by Doug Van Meter | 30 Sep 2009 | Being the Church, Matthew
Recently, an evil deed took place in our country as a 17-year-old, grade 11 scholar at King Edward VII was murdered at a party. Several young men attacked young Mfundi and took his life with a knife as they stabbed him seven times. As details in the media reports...
by Doug Van Meter | 23 Sep 2009 | Being the Church, Ephesians
Living the life of one who has been converted is tough going. The old man is dead, but his habits are hard to break. Every day we are tempted by a sinful, satanic world system to walk according to its course. We are told that we need more sex, more money, more things....
by Doug Van Meter | 9 Sep 2009 | Being the Church, Ephesians
Church covenants can sometimes be hot topics. Many believers debate whether church covenants are condoned by Scripture, and some professing believers may even refuse to join a church if they are expected to submit to a covenant. And yet those who are willing to...
by Doug Van Meter | 14 Oct 2007 | Being the Church, Matthew, Romans
South African news portal, News24.com, recently published the following article, entitled “Heaven ‘not for Christians only’,” concerning comments made by Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Heaven is not only for Christians, Archbishop Desmond...
by Doug Van Meter | 14 Oct 2007 | 2 Corinthians, Being the Church
We have spent some time over our last few studies considering BBC’s new church covenant, and with this study we come to the end of our consideration. We have seen what it means to affirm our conversion, our calling, our care, our confession, our commitment and our...
by Doug Van Meter | 7 Oct 2007 | 2 Corinthians, Being the Church
When one studies the Old Testament it becomes quite apparent that whenever God’s people experienced a reformation they subsequently affirmed their covenant with God as well as with one another. And without exception there were three strands to this covenantal...
