South Africa is a country in pain, the wounds of centuries of colonialism followed by the brutal system […]
Category Archive: Theology
I’ve always had a deep passion for theology. Looking back at it, I find it strange that I never considered actually studying it until half a year before I started the bridging programme for my MA. Below are the transcripts of some of my research, reviews, and sermons. I also added some blogs with thoughts on theology.
During my MA in theology, I wrote a paper on short-term missions (STMs) in January 2010. Seven years […]
No church, no Christian can remain content with living life in a way that allows us to watch most of the world lying half-dead in the road and pass by.- Tom Wright, Lent for Everyone: Luke, 47. On the story of the Good Samaritan.
My biggest problem with “Creationists” and “Evolutionist” is how much they simplify reality.
Disrespect, and thereby also wronging, is determined, on the one hand, by the actual worth of the recipient, not by what agent or recipient happens to believe to be that worth; and on the other hand, by whether or not the respect-disrespect import of the action is such as to befit a person of this worth, not by whether the agent or recipient believes it does, or by whether the agent's actions express his feelings of disrespect.- Nicholas Wolterstorff, Justice: Rights and Wrongs, 299.
Originally published on CULTURESHOCK. Since the publication of his 2009 Desiring the Kingdom, James K.A. Smith has been developing […]
One of the dangers of studying Scripture is that the focus can be too much on the cognitive side. […]
In my previous post I spoke about the reasons for partaking in Lent. In this post I’ll make […]
On Wednesday (10 Feb 2016) most traditional Churches start a six and an half weeks of fasting called […]
I’ve learnt a lot during my time at Ichtus Vlaanderen, and one of the many things was a […]
Our church is Cape Town is running an Alpha Course. While these materials are great of exploring Christianity with […]
At the young adult camp of NewGen Stellenbosch in Franschhoek (May 2014) we wanted to give the young […]
At the closing chapel service of my final year at ETF I was asked to lead the meditation. […]
When Mark as Story by David Rhoads and Donald Michie came out in 1982 it wasn’t received well […]
For the course in Advanced Homiletics we had to follow a specific format to prepare a sermon. Since […]
Raymond Hausoul and I edited a book, Je bent jong en je wilt God (“You’re Young and You’re […]
One of the most challenging human experiences is suffering. Every human faces it (although not to the same […]
A group of Dutch scholars focusing on religious pedagogy compiled this work, showing the current state of affairs […]
N.T. Wright is know for his “new perspective” on Paul but also is playing a major role in […]
More and more the field of education is flooded by instrumental approaches: a lot of talk on how […]
