by Doug Van Meter | 24 Apr 2025 | Articles
If you had to pick any church named in the New Testament and label it as a refreshing church, which would it be? Perhaps the church in Smyrna or Philadelphia? What about Philippi? Antioch? Any number of churches might come to mind, but would Corinth be among those?...
by Des Venter | 2 Apr 2020 | Articles
Today it was reported that over 40% of the earth’s population is currently in lockdown. The 60% who are not in lockdown are undergoing some version of quarantine rules. These legislative decisions have seriously impacted all facets of our society: schools are closed,...
by Clint Archer | 8 Aug 2017 | Articles
George Orwell’s seminal political satire, Nineteen Eighty-Four, portrays a nightmarish world that is inescapably under the oppressive control of a totalitarian government. Every minute aspect of this dystopian society is monitored and governed by the unopposed rule of...
by Joachim Rieck | 20 May 2017 | Articles
In my last two blog articles, I asked the question, “Where have all the pastors gone?” I have asked this question from a Namibian context and perspective. Moral failure, personal discouragement, financial problems and the like contribute to a number of pastors leaving...
by Joachim Rieck | 2 May 2017 | Articles
In my last post, I lamented the loss of pastoral integrity, as I observe it from the viewpoint of the Namibian church. In this brief blog, I want to focus on the other side of the coin—namely the contribution of church members to the attrition or loss of men from the...
by Joachim Rieck | 11 Apr 2017 | Articles
Seeing the people, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory...
