Alhoewel Gautengers deesdae met ‘n tikkie leedvermaak die Kapenaars en hul stortgewoontes spot, word ons harte ook deur die nood geroer. ‘n Christen bid as hy of sy met sulke lyding gekonfronteer word. En ek glo dat God ons gebede hoor. Tog voel ek dat ons hierdie leersame oomblik moet gebruik om ons aandag op…

Het logiese redevoering of argumente ‘n regmatige plek in wanneer dit kom by bekering, of is dit juis dit; bloot geloof? Hoe behoort ons as Christene die opdrag om te “glo soos ‘n kind” te verstaan? Hoe is die Heilige Gees teenwoordig in wanneer iemand tot bekering kom? Baie opregte Christene het ernstige besware teen…

When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse, Out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now. The child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb. Pink Floyd Soms kry ek daai vae gevoel dat…

Vir baie mense is die lewe soos daai ou Space Invaders TV-speletjie. Daardie een waar jy jou ruimteskip onder aan die skerm heen en weer beweeg en al die monstertjies en struikelblokke wat van bo af aangevlieg kom moet raakskiet of ontwyk. Hoe beter jy die speletjie van die lewe speel, hoe hoër raak die…

Vir meeste mense is die kerk so bietjie soos die blindederm van ons samelewing: ‘n oorblyfsel van ‘n langvergete era; ‘n meestal-skadelose artifak wat tog soms onsteek en dan liefs verwyder moet word. Almal is wel deesdae “spiritueel”, selfs ateïste. Ontnugter deur armoedige na-verligtings rasionalisme en die knaende bewustheid van die werklikheid as iets meer…

THE MATRIX, INCEPTION, EN DIE SIN VAN DIE LEWE.   The Matrix het die geneigdheid om mense se lewensuitkyk bietjie te ruk, al het jy dit al vantevore gesien. Wat is die werklikheid, en wat is maar net ‘n illusie of “konstruk” wat my onderbewussyn gebou het? Kan ek my eie sintuie vertrou om vir…

God is an includer. When you read about Jesus in Paul, you see that God’s great “plan-through-Israel-for-the-whole-world” (à la N.T. Wright) is being enacted. And  Jesus is the coup de grâce. It is safe to say that God wants as many people in heaven as possible (even though some Christians might not). And yet if…

This is a follow-up to an earlier post is from an email conversation I had with a good friend of mine, Udo from AntWoord.  As usual, Udo’s observations are penetrating and gracious. I’ve rearranged the conversation slightly as I think Udo should have the last word on this one. NOTE:  If speculating about the intricacies…

Starting points for winsome conversations This has become a divisive issue: both among Christians, and between conservative Christians and gay people. Since I am confronted with this quite often, I wrote this piece to organise my own thoughts, and to start conversations rather than end them. God loves gay people. Not only that; he actually…

Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear… I call, I cling, I want — and there is no One to answer — no One on Whom I can cling — no,…