The plagues of Exodus are a ten-part strategy whereby God bests the gods of Egypt. Why? So that Pharaoh would realise that that the God of Israel was infinitely superior to his demon-gods and would, therefore, let His people go. Just before releasing the tenth and final plague on Egypt, God told Moses that
We just cannot avoid the fact that parts of the Old Testament depict God as a bloodthirsty warrior. This is one of the reasons why Andy Stanley wants to unhitch from the Old Testament, and why Richard Dawkins has irreverently described God as “arguably the most unpleasant character
The expression, ‘Connecting the dots’ has become quite popular in South Africa as a way of suggesting areas of corruption without actually being explicit. However, in this article, I want to use the expression very explicitly to connect the dots between the Old and New Testaments. Jesus is of course the dot-connector in chief, but
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Should we be concerned when Andy Stanley, the leader of the biggest church in the USA, says that it is time for us to ‘unhitch’ from the Old Testament? Is he unhitched from truth, unhinged, or just misunderstood? This TruthTalk seeks to answer these questions and explores the relevance of the Old Testament and
In this article, I respond to a challenge to comment on Andy Stanley’s ‘Aftermath’ series of sermons. I recently wrote an article about the five preliminary questions we need to answer before censuring a preacher. As an example, I used the recent flood of criticisms aimed at Andy Stanley’s contention that it
Could it be that Legalism and Licence or Free Will and Divine Determinism are not as different as they first appear? This TruthTalk explores the fascinating idea that many apparent polar opposites are essentially similar when viewed from a different perspective. If you would like to read the article this is
Sometimes things that appear to be poles apart are actually as close as two peas in a pod. I am currently about halfway through Frank Viola’s latest book ‘Insurgence’, and what I have read so far has brought back to mind to two related issues. Frank describes the two well-known polarities
Following THIS post on a rather contraversial theological statement made recently, Dr. Christopher Peppler (a.k.a. Dad) gives a summary with some extra details followed by a question and answer session with me (a.k.a. daughter/admin/non-theologian). I do hope you enjoy it and take up the challenge with me at the end of this podcast.
When we expose someone in public then we often end up exposing ourselves in public. A big-name pastor says something that smacks of heresy and dozens of church teachers rush to denounce him as a false prophet. A local church preacher says something that offends someone’s entrenched doctrine and he might well receive an
After church on Sunday, someone asked me what I thought of the “Bible Secrets Revealed” series currently airing on the History Channel. I hadn’t seen the production, so later that day I watched episode one – sickening! I don’t object to an honest enquiry into the difficulties some people have with the content and