How should a Christian interpret the great stories of the Old Testament? During my theological training, I was indoctrinated against the sins of moralising or spiritualising them. We were ...
Recently a friend and her husband divorced, ripping the family apart and throwing everything into chaos. The two oldest children were over 18 years of age so were already ...
Setting the Scene: From River to Prison There is this enigmatic event early in Matthew’s Gospel. Jesus made a journey from Galilee to the Jordan River where his cousin ...
Few interpretive questions are as important as whether the apostles handled the Old Testament (OT) responsibly. If they read Christ into the OT instead of correctly discerning Him in ...
The human body is one of the most complex systems in existence. With its mind-boggling ability to process excessive amounts of information, protect and repair itself, course correct and ...
I once walked into a large Christian bookstore in Port Elizabeth and played dumb. I said, “I’m exploring Christianity, and I would like to read something on the gospel. ...
Introduction While our Seminary staff were working through 1 Corinthians 7, one pastor shared a story that has stayed with me. A woman came to him in desperation—bruised, terrified, ...
The Danish theologian and philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard once told a story of a king who fell in love with a poor maiden, but he realized that there was a ...
Recently, friends of ours became parents for the first time. A week after the baby’s birth, they visited us. The husband held his daughter for about 10 minutes, only to ...
We often admire people who saw truths long before the rest of the world caught up. William Wilberforce fought for the abolition of slavery when most still defended it. ...
