Rekindle

Christian South Africans thinking in the open about culture, ethics, literature, Scripture and God in our context.

Tag Resurrection

Easter: We Rest Now, Awaiting Our Final Rest

Easter: We Rest Now, Awaiting Our Final Rest

Last week I reflected on one of my favourite speeches: two minutes of existential comedy from the brilliant Jim Carrey. In it he refers to life as a “terrible search”...

Graham Heslop
14 Apr 2022

Jesus' Resurrection and the Christian Life

Though the reference eludes me, C. S. Lewis once wrote, “A man can't always be defending the truth; there must be a time to feed on it.” In the past...

Graham Heslop
24 Apr 2019

Doodle: Constantine, the Caesars, and Jesus Christ

Last week I posted an article on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I argued that the birth of the early Christian church is more than a historical peculiarity, for it...

Graham Heslop
04 May 2017

How the Early Church Proves the Resurrection

In her most recent novel, Lila, Marilynne Robinson draws back the curtain on a character who, though present in her previous two novels, Gilead and Home, has remained fairly mysterious....

Graham Heslop
28 Apr 2017

Doodle: Resurrection Bodies and The Silmarillion

This year our small groups have worked through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. With us fast approaching the end of this apparently eclectic, immensely encouraging, and sin exposing epistle...

Graham Heslop
02 Oct 2013

Resurrection Day

What a fantastic reminder; today, a couple thousand years ago a Galilean carpenter/teacher proved to be more than just a rabbi or even a prophet but the very Saviour of...

James Cuénod
04 Apr 2010