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Resolved to fight
Late last night I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed and came across an article shared by a friend titled “Samson: A Strong Man Made Weak.” The article is a blog post by John MacArthur in Grace to You’s “Profiles of Godliness” series, which is an online...
Crazy cryonics and hope-so hope
The New York Times recently published an article by Mark Leibovich titled “Larry King is Preparing for the Final Cancellation.” The article focuses on the fact that the aging talk show host, at 81, is fixated on the subject of death and dying. He religiously reads the...
Justice for Cecil?
Unless you have been living in a state of self-imposed isolation, you are no doubt aware of the big news: On 1 July, just outside Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, an American dentist killed a lion. Cecil, Hwange National Park’s most famous lion, was one of (initially)...
Lies, half-truths and repentance
Back in April this year, an Internet evangelist recorded a conversation with a Florida-based baker, in which he asked her to bake a cake displaying the words, “We do not support gay marriage.” The baker refused to do so and quickly hung up. The evangelist then posted...
When sport became essential
For the past few years, South Africa has been in the grip of periodic load shedding. The national power grid, for various reasons, has come under severe pressure, and in order to curtail the possibility of a catastrophic national blackout, Eskom, the country’s...
Do you despise God?
Do you despise God? I imagine that most people confronted with this question would answer negatively. Relatively few would be so bold as to admit that they despise God. They may not believe in God. They may not fully submit to God. They may not think much about God....