Articles
Articles from Sola 5 Pastors
“Covenant” as a Verb; “Covenanting” as a Participle
This article seeks to encourage the believers to use covenantal language when inviting or encouraging people to attend church services. The church is indispensable; hence, Mark Dever calls it “the gospel made visible”[1. Mark Dever, The Church: The Gospel Made Visible...
Rhetorically Speaking: Responsible Use of Rhetoric in Preaching
As the proverbial saying goes “a little Greek is a dangerous thing.” I think Hebrew scholars would argue the exact same thing about a little Hebrew. [1. And other parts of the Bible written in Aramaic.] Word studies, knowing about parsing verbs, declining nouns,...
Deacons: Marvellous Pastor-Like Servants in the Church
I set out to write this brief article about deacons in the church because I think that the role of deacons is a neglected topic, or a topic not taught well, in the church. The other reason I wrote this article is because I am aware that churches differ on what kinds...
How to Charitably Disciple and Disagree
This article is the last instalment of a three-part series based on Christian charity. We are Sola 5. In one of our core values we affirm the following: “that in essentials there must be unity, in nonessentials liberty and in all things charity.” The latter, namely...
A Tribute to Peter Sammons
South Africa’s loss is England’s gain. So we would all concur as we say goodbye to our brother and fellow pastor, Peter Sammons. Peter, having accepted the call to Artillery Street Evangelical Church in Colchester, England, leaves our land and does so bequeathing a...
Solus Christus: The Centrality of Christ Alone
Of the five solas, solus Christus may be most pivotal. Without the person and work of Jesus Christ, we have nothing to talk about. Jesus is the interpretative key of the Bible (sola Scriptura). Jesus is the only means by which one may receive God’s grace (sola...
Disagreeing Well: Towards a Charitable Application of Romans 14:1–13
This post is a follow-up to the one I previously wrote on “a charitable understanding of the nature of what is biblical or unbiblical.” In that post, I attempted to persuade you to be charitable towards people you differ with or disagree with on certain doctrinal...
Towards a Charitable Understanding of the Nature of What is Biblical or Unbiblical
The term “unbiblical” is sometimes used to define, describe and classify practices and doctrines that people do not agree with. I am certain that you and I have heard someone criticise a practice or doctrine held by people they disagree with as “unbiblical.”...
Grace Alone
Have you ever been given a gift you knew you could never repay? That sounds like a silly question. Why would you repay a gift? It’s a gift! But don’t we often feel obligated to “return the favour” when given something? Isn’t that what lies behind unwritten social...