With God’s sovereign removal of exclusively white political rule in South Africa, there have been implications for Christianity that has arrested many thinking South Africans. Is Christianity just a white man’s religion, a tool of oppression and control? Does one deny their identity by converting to Christianity? These are real questions that are grappled with…
Category: Religion
4 Way to Grow in the Year to Come
A new year is upon us. In just over two weeks we will be enveloped in all the hustle and bustle of 2014. Now you may think a New Year post like this is a bit early, but do read on. Assuming you plan on making new year’s resolutions, I have a four suggestions here…
Surviving Zombieland! Part I
She walked silently into her room… sat down and opened the ruffled pages of her Bible. She could hear the drunken cries coming from outside. Would her friends understand why she didn’t join them? Why she didn’t party the way she used to? Or consider the following rewrite: She walked silently into her room. Sat…
Humanistic Arguments for Good and Cooking Lessons from Sesame Street
Anthropology… the study of man. The Bible has a very specific anthropology; it defines and describes people in no uncertain terms. What you believe about man and his problem will greatly influence what you do to help man, if indeed you think he has any problem at all. The Bible identifies man’s main problem as…
The Road to Idolatry is Paved with Many Good Distractions
Everyone expects bad things to be a distraction, but few people anticipate the danger good things can be. Firstly it must be clear what we are being distracted from when we talk about being distracted. The Westminster Catechism’s first question (after which my dear friend and colleague’s blog is named) is “what is the chief…
A Letter to Single Christians
Dear single Christian brother/sister It’s been nearly two years since I left the single game to be married to the most wonderful wife there could be (I’m biased, I know). I remember with disparagement the days of my singlehood and am so very glad that they are over; yet I relive some of those chilling…
The Bible’s Not History?
In an attempt to use my day off to do some reading unrelated to Theology, I picked up Derren Brown’s book entitled ‘Tricks of the Mind’. I was looking forward to seeing how some of his tricks were done, I was also intrigued to read about the memorisation techniques I saw the promise of in…
What We Can Learn From What Restrains Our Sin
How are you dealing with sin in your life? Is it even a concern for you? Is it a lessening concern? As I reflect on this I can help but think of John Owen’s wise words, “Be killing sin or it will be killing you”. I have seen people fall into the most dire situations…
SA Cricketer Converts to Islam… Really?
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…
Was a Christian Responsible for the Tragedy in Norway?
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…
