The following is an excerpt from a booklet my mother wrote, she is now at home with the Lord after serving Him as best as she could. In her zeal for evangelism she mingled her story of coming to know Jesus with an apologetic against pretty much every major religion. I have removed the extensive…
Category: Christianity
OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION: WHEN AND WHERE TO START
People want to know how to stop laziness. They want to know how to stop procrastination. They want to plant a seed, so they spend their time watching the wind to determine when is the best time to plant. They want to reap the benefits of creative, hard sustained work, but they spend their days…
WHERE DOES DISCIPLINE COME FROM?
Where does discipline come from? This is a simple answer. This is a complex answer. One the one hand it comes from the Holy Spirit. He undergirds natural human abilities and directs them towards a goal more glorious than just your own ends. He directs them to bring glory to God. On the other hand,…
What Drives Me?
What drives me? At the end of last year, a friend asked me that. Two things drive me. 1: I know that somewhere out there, something, someone is also preparing. That thing or person is my enemy. It is working, training, planning and preparing to meet me on the battlefield of life[i]. I don’t know…
Table Talk: Episode 24 – Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship
0:00:00 – Opening 0:05:40 – Introducing Craig Blomberg 0:10:00 – Western entertainment mentality 0:15:30 – 2 Corinthians 9:16 0:18:00 – Lack of wealth creates an awareness of need for God 0:21:00 – Seduction of wealth to sin 0:28:30 – Zephaniah and Augustine – Wealth and sex 0:31:20 – Great Commission and money expenditure 0:33:20 –…
Table Talk: Episode 23 – Experimental Calvinism
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Table Talk: Episode 22 – From The Earth Up – “A Synoptic Portrait of Christ”
0:00:00 – Opening 0:01:03 – Welcoming Dr Darrell Bock 0:07:40 – The Synoptics particularly useful for the unbeliever 0:10:40 – How we handle the gospels unhelpfully 0:12:56 – Cultural Scripts 0:24:00 – How the Gospels came into existence 0:29:50 – The ‘missing’ gospels 0:40:00 – Jarius’ daughter and the differing accounts 0:48:58 – The healing…
Table Talk: Episode 21 – The State of the Gospel in South Africa
0:00:00 – Opening 0:06:40 – Introducing Dr. Desmond Henry 0:12:55 – Why is thinking through the state of the Gospel important 0:18:15 – The Global Picture of Christianity 0:25:50 – What do the stats say about Christianity in South Africa 0:46:33 – Trends on ethics and what they say 1:08:30 – Monoculture 1:12:29 – The…
Table Talk: Episode 20 – Disunity in the Church
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Table Talk: Episode 19 – The Song of Solomon
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