Articles
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...
Reflections on Mission
In my view, the heart of Christian mission is evangelism, “Go and Tell” (Mark 5:19). To be sent as a missionary is to be sent to preach. As the Apostle Paul writes (Romans 10:12-15): “For there is...
Theological College and the New People of God by George Athas
The new academic year is upon us. In my brief visit to GWC for the annual language Summer School, I’ve seen new students arrive, as well as old students and faculty return. One of the joys in this...
The Scriptures Testify about me Part 1 By Ross Anderson
Carson DA (ed) 2013. The Scriptures Testify about me. Jesus and the Gospel in the Old Testament. Wheaton: Crossway By Ross Anderson 187 pages 8 chapters 8 Contributors: Alistair Begg (Ruth); Mike...
Great Minds don’t always think alike (or simply don’t think) C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley By Melvin Tinker
Almost everyone knows of at least one famous person who died on the 22nd November 1963- President John F Kennedy. But there were two world famous writers who died on the very same day- the atheist...
From Cape Town to Blantyre, Malawi – By Mareke Nolo
Mareke Nolo is a past student of GWC. He now works as a BUILD trainer in Cape Town and Malawi. BUILD stands for ‘Biblical Understanding for In-service Leadership Development’, a programme that...