God, Judgement, Hell, Grace, Universalism and Rob Bell
All about God, Judgement, Rob Bell’s Universalism, hell and whether God is fair.
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Dying in Obscurity: In Praise of the Ordinary Life
Why are we afraid of obscurity? What’s wrong with the ordinary life?
The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and Why I Cringe
On New Years day Oprah Winfrey launched her very own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and I cringe, more than I would if someone took a piece of blunt chalk and scraped it on a board for 10 hours.
The Forgiveness of Sins: It’s for Everyone
(Picture courtesy of Andrew Errington) I believe that non-Christians (please excuse the term) can receive forgiveness from God for sins and wrongdoings just by simply asking, if they want forgiveness because they’re sorry for those sins. If you aren’t a Christian you may think that God only forgives people who lead a religious life, if …
Community Group Starts Thursday – ANYONE welcome!
(A picture of the Sandton Towers) We’re launching our first community group on Thursday in Sandton. Anyone is welcome to the group. We’re Christians and the group will focus around Christianity, but the less Christian you are the more welcome you are (well, not that Christians aren’t welcome either, of course!). Really. We want the …
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Original Sin and the Sinful nature, pt. 1
I worry about myself sometimes. Really, I do. I notice that there are certain well accepted doctrines within Christianity that really bug me, and my propensity to find alternative answers can put me on the border of heretic, or – at the very least – hetero-orthodox or something. I take no real pleasure in being …