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How do African concepts of God relate to the God of the Bible?

A.W. Tozer (1994:11) famously suggests that “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”. I believe this assertion to be correct...

Worth Hearing: Showbread - Matthias Replaces Judas

I was driving around town with a friend the other day when this song started playing. As soon as it came on he turned to me and told me to...

Evolving beyond faith, and ethics

It never really surprises me when I come across an article in public media that rails against religion (even less so when the article vilifies Christians). It was, therefore, not...

Day of Judgment! Day of Wonders!

I'm not sure what it is that makes poetry powerful but somehow magnificence is magnified by rhyme and rhythm, poetry is to literature what High Definition Rendering is to photography....

Looking back and looking forward from 2011

This year marks the four hundredth aniversary of one of the biggest game changers in Christendom's history. Perhaps you're looking forward to the new NIV of 2011 which harvested the...

An Exhortation to Emptying

It was Jonathan Edwards in his “Religious Affections” who said that, “holy desire, exercised in longings, hungerings, and thirstings after God and holiness, is often mentioned in Scripture as an...

Jesus and the Answer to Jehovah's Witnesses

Colourful booklets and smart attire make it easy for the person on the other side of the spyhole to figure out that the pair standing outside the door is a...

Can we call Jesus the proto-ancestor?

The Jesus of Africa must be the Jesus of the Bible if Africa is to have any hope in God” (Krohn, 2007)

Watch The Rising Day with me

Perhaps you've noticed that I have an interest in quality music that is quality in two ways; musically and lyrically. Well, I believe that Tim Challies has pointed me to...