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God, Christ and the Spirit in Luther and Calvin’s commentaries on the Letter to Philemon
The aim of this contribution is to illustrate the way in which the interpretation of Scripture is influenced by one’s …
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The Trinity and the Old Testament
Confessing God as the triune God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is central to the Christian faith. A basic conviction …
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Cessationism and continuationism: Pentecostal trinitarianism balances the tension
There are three streams of theological thoughts on charismata. The first thought is the cessationists who believe that all sign …
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Can we live a good life? Engaging Kretzschmar’s social ethics
Louise Kretzschmar has served society, the church and academia as a person who has shaped minds in the fields of …
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‘You want to chill with the big boys’: Proverbs 21:4–7 and drug trafficking in Nigeria
Although progress has been made in the study of Proverbs 21:4–7, existing literature is yet to shift focus on the …
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Old Testament dietary laws in contemporary African Christian practice
Old Testament dietary laws consist of the rules that God gave to the Israelites pertaining to what may be eaten …
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A page from Russian cosmology in the Trinitarian story of creation
This article approached the doctrine of the Trinity from the vantage point of the science and religion dialogue, because the …
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Where ‘the unbelievable and the obvious collide’: Spiritual practices and everyday life
Responding to the discernment that the Christian faith may need to pivot towards a more monastic or even mystical frame …
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‘Stop killing us without witness’: Analyses of Rawls’s theory of justice within the context of jungle justice in Nigeria in the light of Deuteronomy 19:15–21
This research examined the increasing human rights abuses, reminiscent of jungle justice, in Nigeria in the light of John Rawls’s …
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‘To your tents, O Nigeria’: An exegetical study of 1 Kings 12:1–16
Solomon’s exerting decrees led to Israel’s prosperity, yet they took away the freedom of the common folks. His son Rehoboam …
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Divine attributes in a trinitarian key
The traditional treatment of the divine attributes in theological discourse has been criticised for what some scholars regard as the …
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Confronting xenophobia in South Africa and the concept of foreigner in Deuteronomy as an act of ‘othering’
This article explored the theme of xenophobia and ‘othering’ (violently targeting African immigrants in particular) as a complex and highly …
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Punishment and forgiveness of sexual crimes: A special reference to sodomy in Calvin’s theology
In 2017, the huge outpouring of articles and monographs concerning the study of the Reformation made explicitly clear how important …
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The Johannine prologue: A hermeneutical key to the community theme
As John wrote to a community grappling with incarnating its communalistic values, he furnishes readers with remedies for addressing such …
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Transformasie in die diverse Afrikanergemeenskap in die postapartheidera: Vier gevallestudies
Transformation in the diverse Afrikaner society in the postapartheid era: Four case studies. Since the end of apartheid in South …
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Erratum: The structure of Ezra-Nehemiah as a literary unit
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South Africa’s Reformed Churches improved aspects of the Dutch church polity in the 19th century
Systematic theology determined church polity, and that had an influence on church history. Thus, the Church Order of Dordt (1618/19) …
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The bride as a ‘locked garden’: An eco-sustainability retrieval of nature metaphor in Song of Songs 4:12–15
Song 4:12–15 depicts the body of the bride as a ‘locked garden’ filled with fruits, exotic and medicinal plants and …
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Deploying the theology of maggots on the excess manna (Ex 16:20) in the fight against corruption in Nigeria
Corruption has undoubtedly become a familiar concept that has almost paralysed the whole gamut of our private and cooperative lives. …
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Pillars of our Faith
The fourth revolution world turned our comfortable lives into a rollercoaster ride of challenges, changes and choices. Apart from the …