by Tommie van der Walt | 6 Mar 2026 | Articles, Resources
There is a well-known story about a lawyer who came to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” The lawyer answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart...
by Doug Van Meter | 6 Feb 2026 | Articles, Resources
In the novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck says concerning one of its characters, Liza Hamilton, that her total intellectual association was with the Bible…. In that one book she had her history and her poetry, her knowledge of peoples and things, her ethics, her...
by Anton Beetge | 23 Jan 2026 | Articles, Resources
“Do as I say, not as I do.” This is a phrase, I would wager, that most of us have thought or said at some stage or another. We realise that we often do not live up to our ideals, whether they be moral, physical or otherwise. Part of being human is falling short. We...
by Banele Ndlovu | 8 Sep 2025 | Articles, Resources
One of my favourite stage plays is A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. As the play unfolds, we follow Walter Lee Younger (35), our protagonist, as he is driven to the verge of insanity by the pursuit of a dream that he himself cannot put into words. He has only...
by Anton Beetge | 12 Aug 2025 | Articles, Resources
“Trust God and keep your powder dry” is a phrase originally attributed to Oliver Cromwell, although it first appears in written form in a poem by Lieutenant-Colonel William Blacker, entitled “Oliver’s Advice.” The words are lifted from one stanza from that poem: The...
by Dirk de Waal | 4 Aug 2025 | Articles, Resources
Dear Future Intern, My wife, daughter, and I moved to South Africa recently. We were sent here to church plant and are beginning our time by completing the Imprint internship at Brackenhurst Baptist Church (BBC). It is mid-July as I write—six months into the ten-month...
