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  • The call of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) 
    Menken, Maarten J.J. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The story of blind Bartimaeus (Mk 10:46-52) not only displays traits that are unusual for a synoptic healing miracle, it also shows almost all features of a call story. The genesis of the narration can account for this ...
  • Called and sent to make a difference : radical missionality 
    Malan, Nel (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-24)
    The concept ‘missional’ is well established within the so-called missional conversation. It is however often ‘questioned’ by scholars and pastors for different reasons. Sometimes it is almost dissected from the rest of ...
  • Called into the freedom of Christ in a postmodern age 
    Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Within Postmodernity we are facing tremendous ethical challenges while upholding a strong sense of freedom. In this essay I argue that this freedom is often still interpreted within a modern paradigm as an essential freedom ...
  • The calling from the margins : mission to and by hearing-impaired people in francophone churches in Pretoria and Johannesburg 
    Kayenga Mbangu, Stella (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    This thesis is very much concerned about the marginalised, specifically people who are hearing-impaired (deaf and mute) regarding their full participation in the Francophone churches in Johannesburg and Pretoria, and how ...
  • The calling of the Reformed Churches in South Africa in the moral renewal of the urban community in South Africa 
    Sekhaulelo, Motshine Amos (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    The main aim of this study was to investigate the prophetic calling of the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA) in the moral regeneration of the South African urban community. The method of research followed in this ...
  • Calling, is there anything special about it? 
    Nel, Malan; Scholtz, Eric (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)
    Within the Reformed tradition, ‘calling’ is a core concept. Often, this biblical verse is cited when a pastor is installed or a new candidate is ordained, ‘The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it’ (1 Th 5:24 ...
  • Calvin and mission 
    Labuschagne, Jacobus P. (Kobus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    It has often been stated or implied that John Calvin and the Reformers in general were indifferent to or even against mission. The aim of this study is to point out that this understanding is not a true version of the ...
  • Calvin and the confessions of the Reformation 
    Heron, Alasdair I.C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-04-29)
    This article discusses the complicated question of the connection between Calvin and the confessions of the Presbyterian Reformed tradition. Firstly, a contrast is drawn to the question of the connection between Luther ...
  • Calvin on church and government 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2010)
    This article examines Calvin's understanding of civil government as well as the relationship between church and government against the background of radical political change during the sixteenth century. It becomes clear ...
  • Calvin on preaching 
    Schulze, L.F. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    After introducing the congregation of Geneva to whom Calvin preached, the topic of this paper is discussed under the headings of three questions namely: Why did he preach? How did he preach? and, What did he preach? By ...
  • Calvin the preacher: his explanation of the doctrine of predestination in the sermon of 1551 and in the Institutes of 1559 
    Neuser, W.H. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In this study, Calvin 's famous sermon on eternal election of 1551 is discussed and compared to his treatment of the doctrine in his Institutes, 1559. This is a necessary study, never undertaken before, of the correlation ...
  • Calvin's preaching on the church in the letter to the Ephesians 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    Dealing with Calvin as preacher inevitably involves attention to his preaching on the church. With this purpose in mind, three sermons from the letter to the Ephesians are analysed. In this paper the results are discussed ...
  • Calvin, Luther and church unity 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2010)
    This article deals with Luther and Calvin's efforts to preserve and promote church unity. Attention is given to their role as leaders of the reformational movement who self-evidently had to unite people from different ...
  • Calvin, Van Lodenstein and Barth : three perspectives on the necessity of church reformation 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    During 2017, churches with their roots in the 16th-century Reformation, will be celebrating the legacy of the Reformation. It affords theologians and churches the opportunity to reflect on the principles of the Reformation ...
  • Calvin’s election mix in small-scale theology 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11)
    This paper shows how Calvin’s ideas about the Old Testament concept of Israel’s election can be dangerous when they are applied uncritically. The main illustration material is drawn from a context the author was himself ...
  • Calvyn se leer oor die kerk 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    A few aspects of Calvin's teachings on the church are pointed out to encourage the two churches involved in the Hervormde Theological Training to reconsider what Calvin himself has to say. This should not be done only ...
  • Can a major religion change? Reading Genesis 1-3 in the twenty-first century 
    Spangenberg, I.J.J. (Izak J.J.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    Ever since the fourth century Christian theologians read Genesis 1-3 as a historical account about creation and fall. Augustine (354-430), one of the Latin fathers of the Church, introduced the idea of "original sin" on ...
  • Can Christian ethics be used to engage business? A (South) African consideration 
    Fourie, Willem (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2012)
    Business enterprises are in a position to exert a significant influence on society – particularly in the context of developing countries. Businesses no longer simply influence shareholders, employees and customers, but ...
  • Can God create humans with free will who never commit evil? 
    Thai, Lee Pham; Pillay, Jerry (AOSIS, 2020-10)
    Can an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God create humans with free will without the capacity to commit evil? Scholars have taken opposite positions on the contentious problem. Using scripture and the rules of logic, we ...
  • Can MNCs be held morally responsible for the unintended consequences of their operations? 
    Fourie, Willem (Business Ethics Network of Africa, 2013-01)
    There seems to be popular consensus that multinational corporations (MNCs) should take responsibility for both the intended and unintended consequences of their operations. However, within the discipline of ethics, ...