Radio Pulpit Bible Perspective

Bible Perspective

Deep theology & down-to-earth applicability.
Bible Perspective looks at aspects of life through clear, Biblical lenses with Pastor David de Bruyn.
Weekly English South Africa Religion & Spirituality · Christianity
146 Episodes
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Clearing Up Confusion About the Holy Spirit

There is massive confusion over the Holy Spirit. Many things are attributed to Him that He has no part of. Many things that He truly does are not honoured, admired or praised. One side of the church expects Him to do things that Scripture does not promise He would always…
12 Jan 26 min

The Beginning of a New Year

The beginning of a new year often comes with discouragements over defeats and setbacks of the previous year. Jesus restored a defeated and broken Simon Peter in John 21, which becomes a model of renewal for all of us
5 Jan 25 min

Misunderstanding the Holy Spirit

The Christianity that is growing and dominant in Africa is essentially a Christianity that profoundly misunderstands the Holy Spirit. It misunderstand His nature, it misunderstand His work, it misunderstands His purposes. Instead of having a theology of the Holy Spirit derived from Scripture, it is almost entirely a theology derived…
29 Dec 2024 25 min

Christmas - a mission

Christmas, if we define it biblically, is actually a mission, a quest, an errand. It involves a Sender, and the one Sent. Christmas celebrates the arrival of the Sent One, the Questing One. Christmas is not really an end point of this quest, a celebration of the mission completed. Christmas…
22 Dec 2024 26 min

Why the World Hates Christians: Understanding the Root of Hostility

Some Christians are really not ready for the world's hatred. They believe they can still be on great terms with the world if they are diplomatic, or winsome in personality, or explain things better, or do better marketing and branding of Christianity, or do more apologetics and show reasonable people…
15 Dec 2024 25 min

Christlike Friendship in a Lonely World

Even though people now have hordes of people they chat with online, tons of followers, likes, subscribers, and "friends" online, people are still haunted by, and chilled by a profound loneliness. People live behind their screens, live in bigger and bigger cities, where you are more and more anonymous, lost…
8 Dec 2024 25 min

The secret to spirituality

Jesus has one word to describe Christian spirituality. This is really the heart of John 15:1 - 11, which centers around this word "abide". We need to know what it is, how it happens and what it looks like when it's happening. Here we can learn a true, biblical Christian…
1 Dec 2024 26 min

Understanding God's walk with you

John 15 describes how God works with us according to our state. Understanding how God is dealing with us helps us understand where we are with respect to Him. Am I truly one of the branches? Then I should expect certain actions of the Father toward me. Am i not…
24 Nov 2024 25 min

What is true peace?

What is true peace? Is it freedom from worrying and disturbing circumstances? Or is it calm within and during the troubling circumstances? Jesus teaches us what true peace is in John 14: 27 - 31
10 Nov 2024 25 min

Experiencing God in a living relationship

Many Christians have little to no experience of God. He is mostly a principle, or an idea. Yet Jesus Himself taught how we may experience God in a living relationship. We find this in John 14:19-26
3 Nov 2024 25 min

Three secrets of ministry

The Christian church should contain no unemployed people. There is far too much work, and far too many needs, for any to be idle or inactive. In John 14:12 - 19, Jesus teaches us the three secrets of ministry
27 Oct 2024 26 min

Whoever had seen Jesus had seen God

Many people prefer a faceless, impersonal God. Others would like to know God as a person, but do not know where to look. Jesus answered both perspectives with a stunning claim: that whoever had seen Him had seen God
20 Oct 2024 25 min

The comfort of His coming

Many today trust that UFO's come from other worlds, have messages for us, and will create a new world for us. Long before the UFO phenomenon, Jesus Christ claimed to be from another world, gave us the message of salvation and promised to take us to His Father's house. Whom…
13 Oct 2024 25 min

The commandment that summarizes the Christian life

What is the thing in the Cristian life we are most likely to dismiss, and yet is the most important? As Jesus is departing from His disciples, He gives them a new commandment that summarizes the Christian life, and is one of the greatest forms of evangelism
6 Oct 2024 25 min

How should Christians view old age?

Few believers enter old age prepared for what a season of loss it will be. Consequently, many experience their senior years with disappointment, despair and anger. How should Christians view old age? What are the special challenges of growing older? Knowing what Scripture teaches about ageing will prepare us for…
29 Sep 2024 25 min

Christians and decisions

Christians must make decisions every day: big, small, momentous, or inconsequential. How should Christians make decisions? Does the Bible promise divine guidance for decision making? We consider eight principles to help the believer make wise and God-pleasing decisions.
22 Sep 2024 25 min
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