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DOES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIANITY NEED TO BE UPDATED?
Nearly a century ago an American Baptist, Walter Rauschenbusch, wrote A Theology for the Social Gospel in which he proposed that the life and teaching of Jesus would be better portrayed if the “four institutionalized spiritual evils in American culture” … Continue reading
THE FREEDOM WE HAVE TO CHOOSE
The beauty of Hartbeespoort Dam I was thinking how sometimes I get mad at the way my mind runs wild with thoughts, especially when I’m trying to be quiet so that God can have some input into my head and … Continue reading
WHERE IS GOD WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES
“Where is God when tragedy strikes” has long been a difficult and seemingly answerable question. Even the Bible doesn’t give us simple answers. God intervened when Abraham was just about to slay his precious son Isaac, but he didn’t intervene … Continue reading
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ORIGINAL BLESSING OR ORIGINAL SIN? WHICH IS IT?
Matthew Fox wrote that the promulgation of the doctrine of original sin ‘introduces an attitude of self-doubt and lack of reverence for self and one’s beauty that is thoroughly the opposite of Jewish consciousness’. I think these words hold a … Continue reading
Crucial decisions
Have you ever thought of how some of our most important decisions are made when we are really quite young and still maturing? What subjects are we going to study for the next 12 to 18 years? What careers are we … Continue reading
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