Solution to church history problem
Church History.
As I shared before, reading the early history of Christianity in many ways does not make pretty reading. There is much to rejoice about, the growth of the church, the perseverance of the saints through incredible torture and persecution and so on.
However, there was also so much doctrinal confusion. There was so much sectarianism, […]
Church history
I have been reading Paul Johnson’s book A History of Christianity and found his version of the first 350 years strangely depressing. I had never thought about the fact that people would so soon have tried to use Christianity for their own gain and to control others. The struggle to come to terms with difficult […]
Who rules?
THE SOVEREiGNTY OF GOD
Who is regulating affairs on this earth today – God or the Devil? A.W. Pink asks this question five times in the first chapter of his book called the ‘Sovereignty of God’. Theologically, intellectually and doctrinally most Christians would admit God rules in Heaven, but here on earth? Well, that may be […]
Xenophobia - a Malawian perspective
HOW CAN WE SING A NEW SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND?
I have bee ministering the Word of God to a small black community which is five km away from Fish Hoek (South Peninsula- Western Cape) for six years, especially to pupils of Primary and High School.
On Friday 23 May 2008, I was conducting […]
Xenophobia - the wider impact?
Xenophobia
We have been looking at this issue from a Christian perspective. Another passage of scripture that speaks to this issue is Isaiah 16:3. Life is so fragile, our physical existence as well as our living conditions can dramatically change very quickly. None of us know if we may not be a refugee or an alien […]
Xenophobia - care for the strangers among us.
What can we do about xenophobia. Understand the Biblical perspective and act in a Christian way.
Matt 25:31-46 I was a Stranger
This sermon was preached on the day before the xenophobic violence broke out in Cape Town. The next day, Fri 23 May, our congregation opened the doors of our church to house […]
Henry Jooste is the Director for SIM Southern Africa's Sending office. Traveling around the country working with Churches and People who are passionate about serving the Lord, and going where God has called them.
