Sarah and Her Doppelgangers
She was a complex character. She gave her husband permission to get with her maid, but turned and blamed him for the consequence![1]Genesis 16:4-5 She
She was a complex character. She gave her husband permission to get with her maid, but turned and blamed him for the consequence![1]Genesis 16:4-5 She
The Bible speaks loudest on issues about which it is silent. One of the biggest questions that have preoccupied students of scripture is the effect
Amy Biehl had been on a Fulbright scholarship working on projects to facilitate democracy and social justice in South Africa. A day before she was
Oskar Schindler was a faithful hedonist. This paradox was right up the biblical alley. He was a man to whom the Jewish imagination could relate;
“He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.” –
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.[1]Proverbs 21:16 In the first instalment on understanding,
Wisdom is the principal thing. Get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding.[1]Psalm 4:7 Asaph unleashed upon the making of scripture, a combined arsenal
In Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, Thebes is overcome by a plague. The oracle reveals that a murder and an incestuous relationship are the causes of the
“If God is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful. If God is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good.
They told on him. He’d been bad. He was wasteful, said some. Unjust, posted others. His boss was having none of it. His head was
Dear Jacob, It’s a pleasure to write you. Your thoughts, motives and actions have been fodder for much religious exegesis and I have so many
Yahweh was on a mission. He set out to upend man’s age-old approach to knowing and relating to Him. Then, and even now, gods and
A Divine Prop There was the legend of the stick that turned into a snake, a bosom that made hands leprous and a mantle that
The Shaken Leaf As the children of Israel journeyed from Egypt to Canaan, they overcame large armies and defied nature. They were vectors of the
“Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody,” said Benjamin Franklin. Wrong, says the Bible, and so begins a story that is
“For it is better to marry than to burn,” [1]1 Corinthians 7:9 Apostle Paul wrote in response to questions the Corinthian church posed to him.
Oscar Schindler went about his life without Jesus Christ on his radar. The hard-living, womanising, war-profiteering Austrian amassed huge wealth off the back of deprived
The Prophet Jonah is every man of the covenant faith. All he desires is to save God from God. God suffers from an irrepressible urge
What is love? Is it a euphoric feeling? An emotion? Or is it something that requires that little bit more. Perhaps, a manifestation or a
God is in a choke hold. The Almighty is gasping for air. We have squeezed him into our little religious boxes and imposed upon him
Everyone has a scriptural go-to character in a quest for the blessings of heaven. Everyone of these biblical figures has a peculiar anointing or specific
Their meeting started off as deferential as one might expect of a meeting between man and God. Abraham bowed, stooped and ran hither and thither
Puah and Shiphrah do not feature in any list of Bible’s biggest characters. They don’t get nearly as much mention on pulpits as does Jabez,
The love of God is universal to all mankind. I believe it, not because it’s what I’ve been taught but because it’s true. Scriptures are
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? But whom say ye that I am? [1]Matthew 16:13,15 Those questions posed Christ Jesus
“Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.” William Blake (1757 –1827) We are advised that the fear
God does not play dice with the universe, Albert Einstein said. He obviously didn’t read the book of Job. In that book we read that
There’s nothing in Lawrence Sanders’ story to make one suppose he’s joining the world of faith in a search for meaning. While the scene set
“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you.” [1]Leviticus 25:24
Ruth-less-ness is a state of not being like the biblical Ruth. She was famed for her uncommon capacity for love, compassion, patience, industry and faithfulness.
There’s a god on the Pentecostal shelf. It needs you to be god. Your faith is it’s fuel. The more of it you have, the
If you merely profess love for God or a belief in Jesus and fail to show love to your neighbour, your love is empty, useless and lawless.
God’s love, it would seem, is not based on us being on our best behaviour. It is based on the terms of a filial covenant. He said that though we were perpetually inclined towards evil, he would nonetheless remain merciful.
God is just, but let us remember Him also for His unending love and His immeasurable mercy. Let’s also remember that He earnestly desires that you and I will learn to love His creation enough to stand in the gap for them.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Anyone would be forgiven for believing that without faith it
Dear Apostle Paul, Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Billy, a gentile of the Church of Jesus Christ and a student of your
The word of God is not about replacement, displacement or supercession. It is a journey of reconciliation.
God does not suffer unsolicited advocates gladly. The principle is: If God didn’t say: “This is why I’ve done it,” don’t say it for Him. The