The shortfalls of chronological snobbery are well documented, perhaps most famously by C. S. Lewis and therefore unsurprisingly by the late Timothy Keller. Both men...
Following some kind of algorithm shuffle on Facebook, a few weeks back I started seeing videos and images that I would class as conspiracy theories. You can pick your poison—from...
“I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1...
If you grew up in South Africa, then there’s a good chance you were indoctrinated—just like I was. Sitting through history class in the early 2000s it never occurred to...
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to present a talk on Friedrich Nietzsche at KRUX, a Christian Study Centre out in Stellenbosch that “disciples young adults through theological education,...
After reading a passage from The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, in a sermon, someone came up to me afterwards and said, ‘I couldn’t put that book down.’ But before you...
In 1 John 2:1, the apostle outlines one of the purposes behind writing his epistle. “I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.” There are,...
Over my summer break I reread Francis Schaeffer’s refreshing introduction to the Christian faith: True Spirituality. As a brief aside, it’s to our own detriment when we abandon these classic,...
Late on Monday my wife and I were discussing the news that had broken on Monday morning: Pope Francis died. Naturally, you don’t need to search hard for eulogies and...
I’m no economist. Nor am I the son of economist. Neither are my father or I are socialists. I’ve read the Communist Manifesto but growing up in the 90s I’m...