Homosexuals and Communion

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Recently the BBC News website ran a story which made me think a bit about certain secular and church attitudes. The story was published on 28 February and was about protests in the Netherlands to allow homosexuals to partake in Communion. In brief, the story is about a recent upheaval in the Netherlands against the Roman Catholic church's policy of denying practising homosexuals Communion (also known as the Eucharist). I want to get my thoughts about some of the things which I read about in the article out in the open. Read more …

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Boland Men's Convention 2010

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It seems like everything has been squeezed into the month of April this year... which means that it is going to be an awesome month! :-) The Boland Men's Convention will be held on the 10th of April. The speaker this year is William Taylor from St Helens in London. He will be presenting a series of talks on Hebrews 11:

You are invited to join us as we are challenged to re-look at our understanding of "Faith" and the important base it forms to a life of Victory.

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Equip 2010

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Ok, this announcement is a bit late, but there are still some space left. This year, the annual Young Adults' Easter Convention and the Mid-Year Conference (MYC) have been merged into one convention called “Equip”. It will be held from the 1st to the 5th of April (the Easter weekend) at Rocklands in Simonstown and will have the same format as MYC. The guest speaker will be William Taylor from the UK, who will be taking us through Luke 4–6. The cost is R600, and all registrations are done at www.crossword.org.za. Read more …

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Christianity Explained Course

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Wow, this year has just been crazy thus far. Between university and church, little is left other than exhaustion. At TBT, especially, we have a full program, as usual. And starting tomorrow a friend and I will be presenting a short course entitled Christianity Explained in the complex where we live. Read more …

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Crossword 2009

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Just a quick note that registration is open for Crossword Youth Camp 2009! Crossword is a camp held yearly and draws mostly high school students and, other people who are young at heart, from the surrounding CESA churches. This year the theme is "Sure Thing". It will be held from the 14th to the 19th of December at the Paul Roos grounds in Stellenbosch. According to many people at TBT, Crossword is the event of the year! The web page can be found here. Read more …

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TBT Theme Launch for 2010

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It's hard to believe, but 2009 is already finalised and wrapped up, and soon it will be put in storage along with all those other years past. But that process always has a flip side: planning and looking forward to the next year. In the week past, St Paul's and TBT launched their theme for 2010: Amazing Grace (a.k.a. "Putting 'Amazing' Back into Grace"). Read more …

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A Week of Powerful Talks

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Over the past few days I had been privileged to be able to attend a few really good, powerful and challenging talks. It was like coming across a pleasant little oasis during a period of rough and demanding times. Read more …

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Vijay Menon in Town

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This week, Vijay Menon is in Stellenbosch. He is a former Hindu who converted to Christianity and has spent a number of years preaching the gospel. Born in India, he has spent much of his life in London (where he still lives) working as an engineer and is now retired. St. Read more …

Another Map

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"News" is that, two weeks ago, I added another map—I just never got around to announcing it. :-P The map shows the boundaries of the kingdom of Herod I "The Great". Read more …

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TBT AGM 2009

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Tonight we had the annual general meeting (AGM) for TBT for 2009. Looking through the handout which briefly explains the events and activities of the year, I realize again how many initiatives TBT are involved in! It was one of the things that stood out for me when last year I started attending TBT regularly: for such a comparatively small church, it has a lot of energy, enthusiasm and zeal. A large part of the congregation is involved in these initiatives and that gives one a true sense of "community church". Hopefully I can get more involved in this new administrative year. Read more …

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Modus Operandi

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I was suppose to give another TIM talk today, but the flu got me.  It got me bad.  Luckily I'm over the worst of it.  Now it is just rest, rest, rest, rest, rest, rest, rest......  This is actually a great opportunity for me to do the things I can't/don't make time (or enough of it) for normally.  But I guess we'll have to see how my laziness, tiredness, eagerness and guilt balances out in the end. Read more …

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Quoting the Bible

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It is generally a Good Idea to make sure that anything you do, no matter what it is, is legal before doing it. In that sense, quoting the Bible could be a bit of a Bad Idea. Read more …

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Report on MYC 2009

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From Wednesday the 15th to Sunday the 19th the annual MYC was held. This year it was held at Rocklands in Simonstown. This was the first time I ever attended MYC and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We were at a wonderful location, had awesome weather, great teachers, old friends to see again and very cool people to meet!

MYC is held yearly and was organised largely by St Paul's, the church I attend in Stellenbosch. This year it was comprised of Bible teachings, workshops and electives. But we still had a lot of time for fun. :-) Read more …

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Going to MYC 2009

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I'm off today on a week-long holiday, most of which will be spent at this year's Mid Year Conference in Simonstown. I hope to add some content to this site after I get back and also give a report of the conference. Read more …

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