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Anne Rice Interview: Why She Quit Christianity

Check out this great interview where Anne Rice explains why she left Christianity.

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Do We Know How to Ask?

In our modern McDonalds fast-food culture, we can get confused with scriptures that tell us to simply ‘ask’ and we will receive. Attempts at making this easier to understand by including the idea that we must ask what God wants can sometimes just aggravate us. Here’s what I think.

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Why Theology is Important for Social Justice Pt 1

I think theology is a highly important topic. That’s why I write about it so much. Our theology (or lack of one) is important because it influences the way we live, and therefore it influences the way we see justice and how we take action.

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God's Glory is not a Laser Show

(Image from here) What is God’s glory, exactly? What do (some) Christians mean when they talk about the ‘glory realm’? Well, I think for a lot of Christians God’s glory looks something like a laser show, metaphorically speaking. For them…

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In the World But Not of the World: Transformation

(Picture from here) This is the last part on a series of posts that link to a sermon I recently did at my church, Church on the Square in Sandton, Johannesburg. In the last post I mentioned that in this…

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Group Tonight: Discipleship

Tonight (Thursday 16 September) we’ll be talking about the challenges of being vulnerable (discipleship) with each other at our Life Group in Sandton, which meets every Thursday at 6:30 for 7pm. We’ll be chatting not just about ‘discipling’ others but…