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Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 31 Issue 1 (2010)
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-12)The aim of this article has been to critically assess and unmask Anton Szandor LaVey’s Philosophy of Indulgence reflected in The Satanic Bible (1969) as a dogma based assault on Scripture. The main task of this article ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)Using the limited resources for proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ in a rapidly changing world presents problems for preachers. Preaching in the reformed tradition is based primarily upon the Bible and the tradition ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)The search for new paradigms and perspectives for practical theology in South Africa begins with the context, South Africa. What perspectives are given and what perspectives respond to the call of this context when this ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)The problem addressed in this article is twofold: firstly, how can a question be posed (on the naturalness of religion) consisting of two concepts (naturalness and religion) that are both somewhat vague and secondly, what ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)This article engages with the work of scholars such as Jacob Milgrom and Avi Hurvitz on dating the Priestly text (P) in the pre-exilic period. In response to Wellhausen’s argument that P is guilty of archaising, Milgrom ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)The fundamentalist reaction to contemporary theological discourse in South Africa expresses the need for homiletics to give serious attention to the pre-understanding of our existential situation in order to understand ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)Joshua 3 and 4 confront the attentive reader with several literary problems, especially with regard to chronology. This article attempts to provide a solution to the problems in Joshua 3. The author reconstructed narratives, ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)This article investigates the intertextual influence of an ancient poem on a few modern-day poems. Other literary creations on which ancient poems have left their mark also come to the fore. The ancient poem under ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)This article is an effort to deconstruct narratives regarding the body. Body theology as developed by James B. Nelson forms the basis for a literature study as well as an exploration of an embodied pastoral anthropology, ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-09)The aim of the current article is to show that an important element behind the establishment of evangelical missions to Brazil – particularly during the pioneering stages – was evangelical revival, especially that which ...
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Verhouding tussen Christologie en etiek in Kolossense - praxis vir die postmoderne gelowige en kerk (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)In Colossians, there is a close relationship between Christology and ethics. This relationship provides answers to the many questions that face the postmodern believer and the church in the current secular world. Believers ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)To the Reformers, legalism was one of the greatest dangers that threatened the heart of preaching and Christian life in general. Luther argued that where preaching solidifies and degenerates into legalism, the essence of ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)The questions of how social capital is measured and how it is generated have received ample attention in recent years. This article is an attempt at making a modest contribution towards addressing these issues and ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)According to the New-Testament authors, the life of Jesus, as Christ, should be seen in light of the Old-Testament texts. It seems that all the messianic texts in the Old Testament had been fulfilled in Jesus. The Messiah, ...
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(OpenJournals, 2010)Given the many approaches regarding the use of the Bible, the ethical work in biblical interpretation and the work of being concerned with an ethical issue affecting the Christian as a moral agent cannot be separated from ...
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(OpenJournals, 2010)Prof Gerrie Snyman’s book 'Om die Bybel anders te lees: ‘n etiek van Bybellees' (2007) attracted considerable attention in Afrikaans-speaking reformed circles in South Africa. In this article, some of the responses to and ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-09)Following on a previous article, three more problematic lexical items which occur repeatedly in Romans are discussed: summarturewv , ta; eq[ nh/eq[ nh and logizv omai. Typical of the old, etymological approach, translators ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-03)The hypothesis offered in this study is that the Johannine texts are authoritative, canononical documents with the inherent potential that is applicable to the practical lives of the faithful. Since Biblical texts are ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)The sending out of seventy-two disciples by Jesus in Luke 10:1–16 provides both a theological justification and a modus operandi for the church’s participation in God’s mission to the world as described in Luke-Acts. ...