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1 Aug

SA Cricketer Converts to Islam… Really?

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Current events, Religion. Tagged: Christianity, cricket, Islam, Religion, South Africa, Wayne Parnell. Leave a Comment

Fast bowler for the South African cricket team, Wayne Parnell converted from ’Christianity’ to Islam in January this year, although he has only gone public with this information on the 28th of July[i]. He claims this happened “…after a period of personal study and reflection and it is a faith that I have always been [...]

27 Jul

Was a Christian Responsible for the Tragedy in Norway?

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Religion, Social Issues. Tagged: bomb, Breivik, christian, Christianity, culture, liberal, media, Norway, Religion, shooting, terrorism. 2 Comments

Last Friday (July 22, 2011), a bomb went off in Oslo killing eight people and injuring many more. Later, a gunman went on a shooting spree at an island youth camp in Norway, killing 68 people. The gunman was arrested and later claimed responsibility for both attacks. When questioned by the police, Breivik claimed that his [...]

25 Jul

Frivolousness, Good Humour and a Christian walk into a Blog

Posted by tyrellh in Devotional, Personal. Tagged: Bible, Christianity, flippancy, frivolousness, humour, jokes, tongue, words. 3 Comments

“Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor” (Eccl 10:1) Solomon penned those Word’s thousands of years ago, yet the truth of them is felt just as much today. Over the past 5 weeks or so, I have been contemplating the difference between frivolity and good [...]

27 Jun

Culture and Christianity

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Religion, Social Issues. Tagged: changing culture, Christianity, culture, diversity, question on culture, Scripture, South Africa. 4 Comments

The while issue of culture is a volatile one. In this age of tolerance one has to be careful what they say. Add to that the extreme sensitivity caused by years of ethnic oppression in South Africa and you have a place where few dare to tread, the perilous cliffs of culture. To even begin [...]

24 Jun

A Few Thoughts on Covetousness

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Devotional, Religion. Tagged: Christianity, covet, covetousness, idols. Leave a Comment

What is covetousness? Many know the 10th commandment, “Thou Shalt not covet” (Ex 20:17), but do we really know what covetousness is? It seem that today sins like drunkardness, homosexuality, unlawful divorce and the like get all the full brunt of pulpit bashing, and rightly so, but what about something as simple as covetousness, which [...]

20 Jun

Reducing the ‘If I Coulds’

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Reflections. Tagged: Christ, Christianity, if I could, parents, regret, regretting, sibling, time. 2 Comments

Harriet Beecher Sowe said, “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.[i]” And what a bitter yet true saying that is. The idea of ‘if I coulds’ came up in conversation the other night with a group of newly marrieds. We were all reflecting on the importance of [...]

29 May

The Uniqueness of South Africa and the Role of Christianity

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Religion, Social Issues. Tagged: abortion, ANC, Christianity, homosexualtiy, hope, liberals, moral regeneration, Religion, Sangoma, South Africa, unemployment rate, witchcraft. 2 Comments

South Africa finds itself in a very unique situation, to put it bluntly, South Africa is a pre-Christian country enjoying many Christian benefits, and yet is thinking like a post-Christian country. The reason I say South Africa is pre-Christian is because we have never had Biblical Christianity as a major force in the country. The [...]

23 May

A Christian Response to Harold Camping and the ‘End of the World’

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Doctrine, Religion. Tagged: 21 May, Christianity, end of the World, eschatology, false teacher, Harold Camping, Rapture. 5 Comments

I was hesitant to write this at first since I did not want to give more publicity to this man and his radio show; however the need to present truth, and the Christian response to this individual is vital. Whenever someone like this does something extreme, orthodox Christians everywhere get a bad name, so it [...]

25 Apr

Being Christian and Voting in South Africa

Posted by tyrellh in Christianity, Religion, Social Issues. Tagged: abortion, ANC, Christianity, DA, education, elections, gay rights, goverment, Politics, Religion, voting. 4 Comments

Here in South Africa, municipal elections are almost upon us. As a Christian who believes that Jesus is Lord of all of life, I once again am thinking through the way I vote, as it is a good practice to question the things we do in the spirit of Semper Reformanda (Always Reforming). The reason [...]

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