Bible Perspective is a radio programme presented by David de Bruyn, and produced and broadcast by Radio Pulpit. The programme has been on the air since November 2001, and is broadcast at Sunday 7:30 a.m., and repeated at the following times: Sunday 19:30, Monday 1:00 a.m., Saturday 1:00a.m. and 13:00.
Since 2001
Latest sermons
The Bible’s Paternity Test (1) – True Faith
July 27, 2025
The Bible has a something like a DNA test. The Bible’s DNA test is really…
The Beatitudes – Part 4
July 20, 2025
The final beatitudes describe believers as peacemakers and persecuted. Those who call God Father should…
The Beatitudes – Part 3
July 17, 2025
The first beatitudes focus more on a person’s sense of neediness: poor in spirit, mourning,…
The Beatitudes—Part 2
July 6, 2025
In our look at the beatitudes we’ve seen that these statements are paradoxes. They take…
The Beatitudes—Part 1
June 29, 2025
The greatest sermon ever preached opens with nine statements of blessing. Blessed are the poor…
Thoroughly Christian Families—Part 5
June 22, 2025
If all we knew was God’s greatness, we might fear and reverence Him, but it…
Thoroughly Christian Families—Part 4
June 15, 2025
If ever we are to have children who go on to love God wholeheartedly, it…
Thoroughly Christian Families—Part 3—Routines and Rituals
June 8, 2025
God knows that we are not only shaped from the inside out, with teaching and…
Thoroughly Christian Families—Part 2—Internalising and Exemplifying the Word
June 1, 2025
Shaping the heart of those who live in our homes is not just one thing,…
Thoroughly Christian Families—Part 1
May 25, 2025
Many, many Christian homes are practically secular. They don’t deny God. They go to church…
Epilogue: Restoring Peter
May 11, 2025
Here is inspired Scripture to encourage the most discouraged believer. If Peter can be restored,…
Believe
May 4, 2025
About 35 years ago, a controversy broke out. The controversy was around what it means…
Believe In Order to See
April 27, 2025
What is faith really based upon? Is seeing believing? What do you look to, to…
The Evidence of the Folded Grave-Clothes
April 20, 2025
The Gospel of John has one of the eyewitness accounts of the Resurrection. And it…
What Causes Faith?
April 13, 2025
What produces real faith in the heart? Mary sees a number of things on this…
Buried Commitments
April 6, 2025
The tomb of Jesus is surely one of the most wonderful things, precisely because it…
Injustice Upon the Just One
March 20, 2025
One of the greatest paradoxes of all is this: God will bring justice to the…
God on Trial
March 16, 2025
One of the most glorious examples of the beauty and perfection of Christ is to…
The Apostles’ Creed—The Trinity
March 9, 2025
“My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed.” So goes the…
Barabbas and the Two Thieves
March 2, 2025
On what we think was Friday April 3, 33 A.D., there were three men sentenced…
The Presence of God: Evading or Embracing
February 23, 2025
It was C. S. Lewis who said, “We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade…
The Full-Time Christian
February 16, 2025
“A full-time Christian. Some might say that’s a redundancy. You’re either a Christian, or you…
A Prayer For Ultimate Bliss
February 9, 2025
If you could get something for the person you love the most, what would that…
What Jesus Wants for Disciples
February 2, 2025
God included Jesus’ prayer to both encourage us, and to teach us about our mission…
The Real Lord’s Prayer
January 26, 2025
What would it be like to listen to God pray? What would we hear? If…
Indestructible Joy
January 19, 2025
When you watch advertisements, the actors and models are almost always smiling, to show you…
Comprehending the Comforter
January 12, 2025
There is massive confusion over the Holy Spirit. Many things are attributed to Him that…
Renewal
January 5, 2025
The beginning of a new year often comes with discouragements over defeats and setbacks of…
The Misunderstood Third Person
December 29, 2024
The Christianity that is growing and dominant in Africa is essentially a Christianity that profoundly…
The Christmas Quest
December 22, 2024
Christmas, if we define it biblically, is actually a mission, a quest, an errand. It…
Expecting the Rejecting
December 15, 2024
Some Christians are really not ready for the world’s hatred. They believe they can still…
Christlike Friendship
December 8, 2024
Even though people now have hordes of people they chat with online, tonnes of followers,…
True Christian Spirituality
December 1, 2024
Jesus has one word to describe Christian spirituality. This is really heart of John 15:1-11,…
The Father-Farmer and Fruit
November 24, 2024
Failure to understand what God is doing often leads to disillusionment, and even despair. Christians…
The Greatest Picture of the Christian Life
November 17, 2024
Jesus, the Master-Teacher gave us the greatest picture of the Christian life in John 15:1-11.…
True Christian Peace
November 10, 2024
What is true peace? Is it freedom from worrying and disturbing circumstances? Or is it…
Experiencing God’s Presence
November 3, 2024
Many Christians have little to no experience of God. He is mostly a principle, or…
The Secrets of Ministry
October 27, 2024
The Christian church should contain no unemployed people. There is far too much work, and…
The Face of God
October 20, 2024
Many people prefer a faceless, impersonal God. Others would like to know God as a…
The Comfort of His Coming
October 13, 2024
Many today trust that UFOs come from other worlds, have messages for us, and will…
A New Commandment
October 6, 2024
“What is the thing in the Christian life we are most likely to dismiss, and…
Biblical Living—Part 18—Aging Graciously
September 29, 2024
Few believers enter old age prepared for what a season of loss it will be.…
Biblical Living—Part 17—Decision-Making
September 22, 2024
Christians must make decisions every day: big, small, momentous, or inconsequential. How should Christians make…
Biblical Living—Part 16—Unexplained Symptoms Part 2
September 15, 2024
Many people live with chronic pain or fatigue that seems beyond the powers of modern…
Biblical Living—Part 15—Unexplained Symptoms (1)
August 18, 2024
How should Christians respond to mysterious physical conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Fibromyalgia?…
Biblical Living—Part 14—Eating Disorders (2)
August 11, 2024
Are eating disorders diseases with only a medical cure? Or are there responses that Christians…
Biblical Living—Part 13—Eating Disorders (1)
August 4, 2024
Does the Bible deal with what are now called ‘eating disorders’? Is there hope and…
Biblical Living—Part 12—Depression (3)
July 28, 2024
Depression can be a stubborn darkness. However, with twelve biblical strategies, Christians can respond to…
Biblical Living—Part 11—Depression (2)
July 21, 2024
How should Christians tackle depression? Nine questions help us gather vital information, before beginning to…
Biblical Living—Part 10—Depression (1)
July 14, 2024
Depression can be a stubborn darkness. Does the Bible record people who were depressed? What…
Biblical Living—Part 9—Self-Esteem and Self-Love
July 7, 2024
Are we supposed to love ourselves? We are told continually that a lack of self-esteem…
Biblical Living—Part 8—Dealing With the Past (3)
June 30, 2024
Guilt can haunt a person. Sins in the past have a way of dogging our…
Biblical Living—Part 7—Dealing With the Past (2)
June 23, 2024
What should we do when we have suffered in the past, and are now filled…
Biblical Living—Part 6—Dealing With the Past (1)
June 16, 2024
The past can either be motivation to do right in the present, or something that…
Biblical Living—Part 5—Pressure
June 9, 2024
Stress, pressure and high-demand living are part of modern life. Many live with physical and…
Biblical Living—Part 4—Worry (2)
June 2, 2024
Can we replace worry with something better? The Bible shows us four replacements for worry…
Biblical Living—Part 3—Worry (1)
May 26, 2024
Worry plagues so many hearts. What does the Bible say about worry? Why do we…
Biblical Living—Part 2—Anger
May 19, 2024
Anger is one of those sins everyone does, but few see as a problem. Yet…
Biblical Living—Part 1—Forgiveness
May 12, 2024
Forgiveness can be a real puzzle. How do we sort out who is wrong, who…
A Masterclass in the Christian Life
May 5, 2024
A masterclass is a class given by an expert. What if there were a masterclass…
Judas—How to Condemn Yourself
April 28, 2024
Judas is a study in how to condemn yourself. He was so close to the…
The Servant King
April 21, 2024
The surprising message of the Gospel is that God must serve us before we can…
Christian at the Movies
April 14, 2024
How should Christians approach TV and film? Too often, Christians resort to a narrow kind…
The Last Invitation
April 7, 2024
The Bible sometimes has summary verses, or summary sections, where it compresses and distills truth…
The Two Gardens
March 31, 2024
The fate of humanity was settled in two gardens. In one garden, a man chose…
The Theme of Thorns
March 24, 2024
What did the crown of thorns mean? Though some anonymous Roman soldiers thought they were…
Humble Glory
March 17, 2024
Glory is either obtained selfishly through pride, or sacrificially, through humility. In a fallen world,…
The King’s Presentation
March 10, 2024
Jesus rode into Jerusalem as a prophesied, predicted and yet paradoxical king. If we are…
Extravagant Adoration or Extraordinary Disdain
March 3, 2024
The anointing of Jesus’ feet by Mary and the negative reaction by Judas illustrates two…
Unbelievable Unbelief
February 25, 2024
Have you ever wondered why some people, with all the evidence in front of them…
Lord of Life and Death
February 18, 2024
Whoever can conquer death is surely the greatest Man to ever live. To remove the…
The Father and the Son Are One
February 11, 2024
What do God’s people believe about Jesus? Jesus taught that His sheep believe what he…
Relationship or Religion
February 4, 2024
Religion is not the same as relationship. Religion taxes us, often leaves us lonely, and…
Spiritual Sight
January 28, 2024
Many who are blind can actually see, and many who see are really blind. This…
Who’s Your Father?
January 21, 2024
Most people today would claim to be God’s children, or somehow part of God’s universal…
Light and Freedom
January 14, 2024
It’s difficult, discouraging and dangerous to have little or no physical sight. But it is…
Go And Sin No More
January 7, 2024
A huge part of life is people fleeing from guilt. The way people deal with…
The Flight From Truth
December 31, 2023
Why did God not make Himself so obvious that no one could flee from the…
Christmas and the Problem of Evil
December 24, 2023
Christmas is not meant to be a time of escapism from evil. It is not…
Devotion and Discernment
December 17, 2023
Many people think they can find the truth purely through fact-collecting. But Jesus teaches that…
Real Life From Real Food
December 10, 2023
It is too easy to live a carnal, earth-centred life with no concern for eternity.…
Abundant Provision and Protection
December 3, 2023
Should Christians fret and fear over financial provision, and personal safety? Jesus did two miracles…
Evidence and Unbelief
November 26, 2023
Many think that belief in God and the gospel depends on reasons and evidence. Jesus,…
The Equality of Father and Son
November 19, 2023
Does the Trinity really matter? Or is it a complicated, theoretical teaching with no practical…
The Working Word
November 12, 2023
Many people spend their lives in passivity, waiting for life to happen to them. The…
True Worship
November 5, 2023
What is true revival? It is not the hysterical or glandular religion favoured by many…
Trusting the Words of the Word
October 30, 2023
The worship wars rage around us. What is true worship? Fortunately Jesus taught us with…
Apologetics—Other Religions and the Unreached
October 22, 2023
Can Christianity claim to be the only true religion? In a world of pluralism and…
Apologetics—The Problem of Evil (2)
October 15, 2023
When people object to the Christian faith, they often raise the objection of why God…
Apologetics—The Problem of Evil (1)
October 8, 2023
When defending the Christian faith, Christians are often asked, “How could a good God allow…
Apologetics—Resurrection of Jesus
October 1, 2023
Christianity rises and falls on one historical event: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. If this…
Apologetics—Canonicity
September 24, 2023
Why should we accept the 66 books of the Bible as being the only inspired…
Apologetics—The Reliability of the Scriptures
September 17, 2023
Why should Christians stake their lives on the Bible? Are the Christian Scripture reliable? We…
Apologetics—God’s Existence
September 10, 2023
Should we try to prove God’s existence? Or should we assume God’s existence and see…
Apologetics—Dismantling Unbelief
September 3, 2023
Should Christians be the ones on the back-foot when it comes to explaining our faith?…
Apologetics—What An Unbeliever Needs
August 27, 2023
Some people think that those rejecting God need proofs and evidences to persuade them. On…
Apologetics—How Do People Know What They Know?
August 20, 2023
Since apologetics is defending the Christian faith, giving proofs for the faith, and going on…
Apologetics—What is It?
August 13, 2023
How do we know Christianity is true? How do we answer objections to the faith?…
Topics
Apologetics
Equip yourself to understand and defend the Christian faith, addressing common objections and exploring the intellectual coherence of belief in Christ. Discover tools for reasoned discussions about Christianity’s foundations.
Beatitudes
Explore Jesus’ nine statements of blessing from the Sermon on the Mount. Discover the core of true happiness and godly character, finding transformative principles for a life aligned with God’s design.
Bible
Understand the authority, interpretation, and transformative power of God’s Word. Explore the Bible’s central role in the Christian faith, guiding your study and application for spiritual growth.
Book Study
Dive into in-depth examinations of specific Bible books or the lives of biblical figures. Extract timeless lessons, theological insights, and practical applications for your Christian walk today.
Books
Find publications authored by the contributors of Bible Perspective. Access their written works, offering further resources for theological understanding and Christian discipleship.
Christian Living
Explore foundational principles and practical guidance for daily Christian life. Discover a wide range of topics aimed at fostering spiritual growth, maturity, and consistent obedience in your walk with God.
Christmas
Delve into the profound theological significance and historical events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. Examine the biblical narrative and its implications for understanding God’s redemptive plan.
Church
Explore the nature, purpose, and function of the local church. Understand its biblical structure, leadership, communal life, and its essential role in spiritual formation and mission.
Discernment
Cultivate the Spirit-enabled ability to distinguish between truth and error, good and evil, and God’s will from human wisdom. Grow a keen understanding of Scripture and reliance on divine guidance for navigating life’s complexities.
Discipleship
Explore the process of following Jesus Christ, growing in Christlikeness, and actively participating in guiding new believers. Find resources for spiritual formation and equipping you to live out your faith.
Easter
Explore the profound theological significance and historical events surrounding Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. Examine the central truths of the Gospel and their implications for your Christian faith and life.
Ethics
Explore how Christian principles apply to various aspects of life and culture. Address topics like technology, government, work, and social issues, finding biblical frameworks for moral decision-making.
Evangelism
Focus on the mandate, message, and methods of sharing the Gospel with the world. Understand the church’s role in global missions and equip yourself to effectively communicate the good news of Christ.
Faith
Discover faith as a confident trust in God’s Word and His faithfulness. Explore how this conviction in unseen realities enables you to persevere through challenges and live in reliance on God’s promises.
Family
Find biblical principles for raising children, fostering godly relationships, and building Christ-centered homes. Get guidance for nurturing spiritual growth and healthy dynamics within your family.
Fear of God
Distinguish between the reverent awe of the Lord that leads to wisdom and the crippling fear of man that hinders obedience. Explore the biblical concept of fearing God as a foundation for true godliness.
Journal Articles
Access academic articles written by the contributors of Bible Perspective. Find scholarly resources for in-depth theological study and engagement with various Christian topics.
Joy
Explore biblical joy as a deep, abiding contentment rooted in God’s character and promises. See how this joy flourishes even amidst trials, sustained by the Holy Spirit and a confident hope in Christ.
Parenting
Find biblical principles for raising children, fostering godly family relationships, and building Christ-centered homes. Get practical guidance for nurturing spiritual development and character in the next generation.
Prayer
Examine biblical teaching on prayer, gaining insights into its purpose, practice, and transformative power in your life. Find guidance for cultivating a consistent and effective prayer life.
Resources
Find a comprehensive collection of supplementary materials, including articles, books, and audio content. These tools are designed for deeper study and application of biblical principles.
Sin
Understand the nature of sin, its pervasive effects, and how Christians can confess and overcome temptation. Explore the biblical perspective on humanity’s fallen state and the path to spiritual freedom.
Suffering
Gain biblical perspectives on navigating life’s difficulties, including pain, adversity, and personal struggles. Find guidance on how to respond with faith and hope, discovering purpose and growth amidst hardship.
Worship
Explore the essence, forms, and proper practice of true worship, both individually and corporately. Find guidance for honoring God in spirit and truth, aligning your heart and actions with His worth.