Articles
Where is Wisdom?
Where is Wisdom? Jordan Pickering, GWC Faculty, Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Greek LTh (GWC), BTh, Hons BA (NWU), MTh (Stellenbosch) In an era when even Christians ask the proud and the...
Introverts & the Church: Introverts in Ministry
Introverts & the Church: Introverts in Ministry By Gabriella le Grange In my previous article, I discussed the main characteristics of introverts, namely that they need solitude to regain...
Introverts & the Church: Understanding and Ministering to Introverts
Introverts & the Church: Understanding and Ministering to Introverts By Gabriella le Grange Have you ever had the feeling that you just do not belong? I hazard a guess that this is the...
“Follow Your Dreams?”
"Follow Your Dreams?" Bradley Trout, GWC ERF (Evangelical Research Fellowship) PhD student I remember once attending a talk at a high school where the speaker – some accomplished athlete –...
Eating Breakfast for Lunch and Dinner
Eating Breakfast for Lunch and Dinner Stephen Rockwell, GWC Faculty, Biblical Studies, New Testament, Greek BSc Hons 1st Class (Sydney), LTh, BTh (GWC), MTh (Moore) They say – by the way, if...
Pessimism and Hope: Bruce Springsteen and the Book of Ecclesiastes
Pessimism and Hope: Bruce Springsteen and the Book of Ecclesiastes Mark Norman, GWC Faculty Biblical Studies, Philosophy ,Lth (BISA), Bth Hons (UNISA), Cth, (University of Cambridge) Mth (UNISA),...
How well does your Church know God?
How well does your Church know God? By Len Ritchie, Evangelical Research Fellowship. As Christians, we are always seeking to know God better, but often struggle to measure how well we are doing....
Ritual Killings Motivated by Superstition and False Worship
Ritual Killings Motivated by Superstition and False Worship By Paul Lumbu Kayumba, Evangelical Research Fellowship. It is awful to hear and see what has become of that beautiful Zambian city of...
Purpose-Driven Preaching
Purpose-Driven Preaching Jordan Pickering I must confess – I have been known to be a boring preacher. Often being boring is not a matter of preparation or expertise, or style of delivery. Often we...
Rethinking Eschatology
Rethinking Eschatology Let’s discuss that long-bearded theological word everyone should know…eschatology. Wikipedia: “Eschatology is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or...
RECLAIMING CONVERSATION IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
RECLAIMING CONVERSATION IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION By Jonathan More, Vice-Principal The headline of Laura Pappano’s article in the New York Times declared 2012 to be “The Year of the MOOC.” With one...
To Read Or Not To Read?
To Read Or Not To Read? By Sinenhlanhla Majola, GWC Honours student, and Evangelical Research Fellowship member My friend Matt studies music at UCT and he will be graduating at the end of this year....
WHY SHOULD WOMEN STUDY THEOLOGY?
Why should women study theology? By Gabriella le Grange One day, while reading Knowing God by J.I. Packer at the hairdressers’, my hairdresser and I got chatting and she asked what the book...
Lost in Translation(s): The New NIV and the Biblical Languages
Lost in Translation(s): The New NIV and the Biblical Languages Translations are a big deal. I mean, most people do not have access to God’s Word in the original Hebrew (OT) and Greek (NT). This is...
White SA: Racist or in recovery? Part II: Post-publication Answers to Objections
By Jordan Pickering After posting this article on the News24 public forum, it was clear that many had missed the point. There were several responses that merely confirmed that the long-overdue...
White SA: Racist or in recovery?
White SA: Racist or in recovery? Previously self-published on News24 (https://www.news24.com/MyNews24/White-SA-Racist-or-in-recovery-20150719) by Jordan Pickering. When I was a child in the 80s,...
The Heresy of Boring Preaching
The Heresy of Boring Preaching J Pickering Which is worse? To be a boring preacher or a heretical one? Good-hearted graduates of our college will answer ‘a heretical one’, and they would be correct....
Movie Review – “Son of Man” in Africa
Reviewed by Jonathan More In a third-year course entitled "Jesus and the Gospels" we investigate how the four Gospels combine to give us an account of Jesus' life and his ministry. We also pay...
A tribute to Rev. Jeremiah Zondi, past student of GWC
Jeremiah Zondi studied at Trinity Academy in Pietermaritzburg before coming to GWC in 1994. He only had a year to become a GWC man, but that he did. I remember him as an enthusiastic hard-working...
Welcome to Upsy Down Town by Stephen Rockwell
My kids like to sing a song about a fictional world where everything is upside down. It’s called Upsy Down Town – you may know the song. If not, then here are the words: In Upsy Down town, The sky...