It is so easy to say "I believe". The real question however is; what do you actually believe? What is the content of your faith? In a post-modernistic and information age, coupled with more and more people who feel that their faith has reached a stage where the traditional confessions might not fully express their believes, it might just be a valuable exercise to sit down and really think about the content of your own belief system.

We are descendants of Jacques Pinard who arrived in South Africa in 1688 on the voorschoten.  A Family Tree is available here.

It is so easy to say "I believe". The real question however is; what do you actually believe? What is the content of your faith? In a post-modernistic and information age, coupled with more and more people who feel that their faith has reached a stage where the traditional confessions might not fully express their believes, it might just be a valuable exercise to sit down and really think about the content of your own belief system.  (English version)

One of the books I've read at a time when I needed to hear grace and forgiveness (especially self-forgiveness), was a local theologian's little work, "Om uit Genade te Leef" (To live by Grace) by Malan Nel. He writes in this work how he realised how many people have a very skewed idea of God, probably through legalistic and moralistic preaching or through skewed catechism. I can confirm this when reviewing some of the sermons I've heard in my life and in general, the judging tendencies of "good" Christians towards others.