by Joachim Rieck | 29 Jul 2024 | Articles
I am not really qualified to write a biography on the life of this remarkable man, but I do wish to make a start, hoping that someone qualified will be stimulated to pick up the pen and give us an authoritative biographical sketch on the life and times of Nico van der...
by Tsholo Kukuni | 9 Jul 2024 | Articles
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. Therefore...
by Tsholo Kukuni | 21 Jun 2024 | Articles
This article seeks to encourage pastors to adopt a balanced approach when preaching and teaching about singleness in the church, grounded in Paul’s pastoral teachings in 1 Corinthians 7. The fact that marriage seems to be a norm for all Christians, and hence the...
by Tsholo Kukuni | 13 Jun 2023 | Articles
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, and Charles Spurgeon “the dearest place on...
by Tsholo Kukuni | 14 Dec 2022 | Articles
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 Word studies, knowing about parsing verbs, declining nouns, tenses, aspect, etc. is not tantamount to reading the...
by Tsholo Kukuni | 5 Oct 2022 | Articles
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...