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  • Heidelbergse Kategismus oor die mens as beeld van God 
    Van Wyk, G.M.J. (Gafie) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-08-30)
    Hierdie artikel fokus op relevante konfessionele standpunte oor die tema van imago Dei in die reformatoriese en voor-reformatoriese teologie wat as historiese en sistematiese kontekstualisering dien vir die daaropvolgende ...
  • Hervormde hermeneutiese perspektiewe op skrifverstaan en die Nuwe Testament 
    Geyser, Piet A. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-22)
    This article reflects on hermeneutics in the widest sense of the concept and not on the detailed technicalities from philosophical and other perspectives. Hermeneutics will be taken to refer to the whole act and process ...
  • Hervormde Kerk : soekend na ’n weg tussen ekklesiologiese verstarring en innovasie sonder tradisie 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-08-20)
    This article is a critical contribution to the discourse in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa on ecclesiology. In preparation for the next synod meeting in September 2013, the church is confronted by many ...
  • Hervormde spore op die Tukkie kampus – ’n kroniek van die tweede 50 jaar 
    Ungerer, Andre Gerhardus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-30)
    This article is about the 2nd half (50 years) of the centenary of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) at the University of Pretoria (UP). The NHKA was the first church to join the Faculty of Theology at UP ...
  • Hervormde voetspore op die Tukkie-kampus : ’n kroniek van die eerste 50 jaar 
    Ungerer, Andre Gerhardus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07-31)
    In 2017 the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) celebrates its centenary of theological education at the University of Pretoria (UP). In this article the focus is on the buildup to setting up the first 50 years ...
  • Histories-vergelykende ekklesiologie - oppad na 'n omvattende Praktiese Ekklesiologie 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)
    Practical Ecclesiology is a theological discipline, which opens up the possibility of a multi-disciplinary approach to ecclesiology. One aspect of such a multi-disciplinary Practical Ecclesiology is a historical-comparative ...
  • Homilie oor geloofsonderskeiding in ‘n akkoord van drie 
    Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-08-22)
    This article reflects on discernment as a key Christian faith practice of the believing community that wants to live according to its vision and mission as articulated in 1 Peter 2:21: To this you were called, because ...
  • Homo disruptus and the future church 
    Ungerer, Andre Gerhardus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-21)
    The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a phrase that is frequently heard in the media. This study explores the major changes that this revolution has installed for us. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is an umbrella term ...
  • Hou Christus die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika in stand? 
    Ungerer, Andre Gerhardus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07)
    The Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) that is situated in South-Africa is currently experiencing a serious decline in numbers. The question arises whether Christ will sustain the NRCA in the words of the ...
  • Inkarnering van die missio Dei as praktykmodel vir die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika 
    Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-21)
    The decline of the church in the West is of great concern to many today. The Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA), experiences the same tendency. We are living in a time when survival is on the mind of most ...
  • Institusioneel vasgeloop? Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika 
    Steenkamp, P.L. (Petrus Leonard) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-17)
    The Netherdutch Reformed Church (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) finds itself in a precarious situation. It could be described as a watershed moment in the life of this denomination. The impasse developed due to ...
  • Is rewritten Bible/Scripture the solution to the Synoptic Problem? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-28)
    New Testament scholars have for centuries posited different solutions to the Synoptic Problem. Recently a new solution was proposed. Mogens Müller applies Geza Vermes’s term rewritten Bible to the canonical gospels. ...
  • Karl Barth as a homilist 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-11)
    Any tribute to Karl Barth as the most important theologian of the 20th century must show an awareness of the many facets of his work. He will long be remembered for his monumental contribution to church dogmatics. The ...
  • Kerk met karakter : die perspektief van Gerber Heitink 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Mainstream churches worldwide are experiencing a decline in membership. The wellknown Dutch practical theologian Gerben Heitink’s (2007) latest book "Een kerk met karakter, Tijd voor heroriëntatie" is an attempt to address ...
  • Kerk, die huwelik en seks - 'n morele krisis? 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    Within Western societies the church is challenged by a new sexual "morality". Seemingly, the traditional theological answers do not address the challenge sufficiently. The incompetence of the church to change people's minds ...
  • Kerkreg? Die plek van kerkreg en kerkregering 
    Van Wyk, B.J. (Barend Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    It is generally accepted that John Calvin can be referred to as the founder of the presbyterial-synodal form of church government which is found in the Reformed Churches. It would therefore be appropriate to focus on ...
  • Kerkverband : 'n poging tot reformasie in die negentiende eeu 
    Van Wyk, B.J. (Barend Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-09)
    The view exists that the term denomination is especially evident of the nineteenth century Netherlands at the time when an attempt was made to accomplish change in the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk. The decay in the Church ...
  • The Kingdom of God : Utopian or existential? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-06-26)
    The Kingdom of God was a central theme in Jesus’ vision. Was it meant to be understood as utopian as Mary Ann Beavis views it, or existential? In 1st century CE Palestine, kingdom of God was a political term meaning ...
  • Lense op spiritualiteit en kerkwees : die pad vorentoe vir die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA 
    Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-07-10)
    At this point of time the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) is facing the seemingly unsolvable dilemma of not being able to handle diversity in a positive manner. By applying three lenses to the current impasse ...
  • The Leuenberg Agreement and church unity : a possible matrix to cross ten seas with? 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article gives a short historical background to the debate between Lutherans and Calvinists on unity. It is important that this debate should also start in Southern Africa. The focus is placed on the Leuenberg Agreement ...