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The one topic I absolutely dread talking about – Jay-Jay Botha

As a pastor, there’s one topic I absolutely hate preaching about. So before I share it with you, allow me to ease into it by first sharing something else with you.   Probably one of the most frustrating topics any pastor can preach on is the issue of pride. The reason why this is such …

Causing offense – Jay-Jay Botha

Recently a photo I uploaded onto social media was flagged as “content containing false information.” The photo mentioned that, “according to science and religion there are only two genders, and that Nothing will ever change this.” This was Africa Check’s response to my post: We’re not all uniformly XX and… We’re not all uniformly XX …

Why am I a Christian? – Jay-Jay Botha

Growing up in a small town, I clearly remember being disillusioned with Christianity overall. As an avid reader, I read my Bible faithfully, but soon found the Bible “contradicting” itself. What made it worse was that what I read, what was preached from the pulpit, and how Christians overall lived their lives, did not line …