Skrif en kerkorde by A. Celliers, P. J. Strauss

“… The church is continuously called upon to listen to the Word of God so that, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, it can remain church in and for its time, as God intended it to be. …”
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Practicing a Christian Environmental Ethic through Stewardship. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…The article portrays that God’s people are stewards but he retains ownership of all His creation through a careful study of God's Word as illuminated by a number of historical and recent authors. …”
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Practicing a Christian Environmental Ethic through Stewardship by Medard, Rugyendo

“…The article portrays that God’s people are stewards but he retains ownership of all His creation through a careful study of God's Word as illuminated by a number of historical and recent authors. …”
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A partial preterist understanding of Revelation 12-13 within an intertextual framework by J. A. du Rand, Y. M. Song

“… There are two lines of thought in exegetical circles concerning the interpretation of partial preterism, applied to Rev. 12-13: (1) the consistent partial preterism, according to which the whole book of Revelation is God’s judgement directed toward the apostate Jews in AD 70; (2) the transitional partial preterism which argues that the main theme of Rev. 12-19 is God’s judgement on Rome. …”
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The testing of Abraham in Genesis 22 and the testing of Job by S Fischer

“…The analysis of Genesis 22 examines the meaning of God testing Abraham in comparison to other instances of God testing individuals in the Bible and draws parallels with the book of Job. …”
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Divine exultation and agony in the face of evil, a creation theodicy of divine restraint by R. Potgieter

“…Divine exultation and divine agony are viewed from the perspective of divinity, whose initial creation brought God pleasure and its fall an offence so deep that, though he considered its total destruction, God instead opted for divine restraint. …”
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Czy współczesna antropologia uwzględnia wiarę? by Tomasz Kraj

“…It may be particularly dangerous for man. The rejection of God and his plans for man exposes the latter to serious problems. …”
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The situation of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia in the second half of 20th century by Peter Šturák

“…It can be said that it was century of martyrs, but it is also century of the victories of God. In connection with this, ecumenical memory of 20th century martyrs took place on 7th May 2000 in Colosseum in Roma, where Holy Father also said: „At the places, where it seemed that hatred will diminish the whole life and it will be impossible to run from it, witnesses of God showed that love is stronger than death. …”
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ISHMAEL, THE QUR’?N, AND THE BIBLE by S.G. deClaissé-Walford

“…Islam, however, which largely adopts the biblical Pentateuch as a holy book of Islam given by God to Musa (Moses), re-interprets Ishmael’s role in one significant event: the offering demanded by God as demonstration of Abraham’s faith. …”
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The Heidelberg Catechism on prayer: relevance of a 16th Century confession for 21st Century households? by E. Mouton

“… In a world characterized by power abuse and violence, where and how would people with the life-affirming ethos of God’s alternative kingdom be formed? In view of this challenge, the essay explores the potential of the third part of the Heidelberg Catechism (on prayer) for moral formation in Christian households. …”
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Authority of the Father: Eternal functional subordination – Quo Vadis? by W.H. Oliver

“…This is mostly an evangelical movement and is generally concerned with the relationship between God the Father and God the Son, which is regarded as an eternal authoritative position of the Father, and an eternal subordination of the Son – against the mainline Protestant churches. …”
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Hosea 6:6 and identity formation in Matthew by F. P. Viljoen

“…He loves the way Hosea announces that God intends his people to love. Jesus Himself becomes the presence and source of mercy. …”
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Die impak van die verbond op 'n paradigma vir pastoraat by J. Janse van Rensburg, L. Hoffman

“…The actions and experiences of the believer are influenced by this sentence: “I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you … to be your God and the God of your descendants” (Gen. 17:7) …”
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Faith in the year of faith. Ratzinger’s proposal by Pablo Blanco Sarto

“…Faith as an encounter triggering conversion is a fully positive and existencial experience of God, who engages the whole person and personality (unitotality of faith), the reason and love. …”
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The Angelology of Sergius Bulgakov by Maciej Raczyński-Rożek

“…Thus, they constitute “Jacob’s ladder” — the reality that connects the world with God. …”
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Theology and philosophy within Radical Orthodoxy (Milbank) and Reformational Philosophy (Dooyeweerd) by D. Strauss

“… This article aims to show that, despite agreeing on some basic issues such as rejecting the dogma of the autonomy of reason and accepting that there is no territory independent of God, Radical Orthodoxy and Reformational Philosophy nonetheless differ. …”
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On the historical origins of the Heidelberg Catechism by C. Strohm

“…Here papal religion was seen as superstition and a fundamental violation of the true worship of God as well as an infringement of God’s honour. …”
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MISSION AS RECONCILIATION by A van de Beek

“…Renewal of humanity is only possible in the perspective of transcendence: God’s coming in Christ and resurrection to eternal life. …”
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Calvyn oor twyfel by P. C. Potgieter

“…God expects the faithful to actively resist temptations of doubt and uncertainty. …”
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THE CRIMES OF THE NATIONS IN AMOS 1-2 by R Kessler

“…The author of Amos 1-2 sides with the victims and identifies the perspective of the victims with God’s perspective. This lays solid ground for the Book of Amos, in which the social violence of the powerful against the weak and vulnerable in Israelite society is judged in the same way as a crime against God. …”
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