Browsing Theology by Author "10105484 - Stoker, Hendrik Gerhardus (Supervisor)"
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Adapting the Westminster Standards’ moral law motif to integrate systematic theology, apologetics and pastoral practice
Yates, Timothy Paul (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Current loci of Reformed systematic theology and applications to pastoral practice are fragmented from each other creating a dualism between faith (what is believed) and life (how we should live) that impacts pastoral ... -
An analysis of the nature, effectiveness, and reliability of the Bahnsenian method of Presuppositional Apologetics when applied to the South African context
Taljaard, Lonngren (2014)The debate amongst Christian apologists regarding which apologetical method is most useful, continues, and church history not only testifies to this fact, but also displays the variety of ways in which apologetics has been ... -
A comparison of Buddhist compassion to Christian love : an apologetic study
McCoy, Daniel James (2015)The purpose of this thesis will be a contrast of the Buddhist and the Christian responses to this-worldly suffering. Many scholars have proposed that the best way to create a better world with less suffering is to make ... -
The concept of Lordship in the theology of John M. Frame
Barber, John Joseph (2014)American philosopher and theologian, John M. Frame (1939—) is respected as one of the most outstanding systematic theologians in our day. Likely due to the fact that he is still living, academic scholarship on Frame is ... -
A counter-cult apologetic inquiry into "Christ in me international"
Maritz, Daniel Jacobus (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)When the phenomenon of Christ in Me International (CiMI) appeared in South Africa, they received media exposure on multiple platforms. They were blamed by many as the cause for breaking up families and they explicitly ... -
Creating a contextual approach to evangelizing Theravada Buddhists
Grant, D.A. (North-West University, 2018)For Christian apologists and evangelists to understand why the evangelism of Theravada Buddhists has been for the most part unsuccessful, it is necessary to understand the Theravada worldview from a Christian perspective. ... -
Die missiologiese waarde van die messiaanse tema in die Superman kultus
Erasmus, Johan (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Hierdie studie bevat 'n gedeeltelike verkenning van die oënskynlike terugkeer van die meta-narratief soos weergegee deur die superheld-genre. Die verskynsel tree op as ‘n populistiese verwerping van Postmodernisme se ... -
The Doctrine of God in Mormonism : a Christian Moral Apologetic Critique
Gentry II, Thomas Jefferson (North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)This research uses the DEUS Challenge's mnemonic to present four-pronged apologetic engagement with Mormonism. Each of the letters in the acrostic provides a question that serves as one of the four avenues of dialogue with ... -
Does the Christian worldview provide a place for the law of attraction? : an Apologetic study
Maritz, Daniël Jacobus (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This article investigates the infiltration of secular practices in the Christian church with specific evaluative focus on the so-called law of attraction. In 2010 Pastor At Boshoff of the Christian Revival Church (CRC) ... -
Equipping the Christian church to defend, practice and propagate a Biblical worldview of worship in a pluralistic South Africa
Manikam, Terrel (North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)The current South African context boasts a maze of nationalities, ethnic groups, races and cultures. Within this context, the country has gravitated into a melting pot of philosophies, ideologies, spiritualities, belief ... -
Eternity disrupted and the search for meaning : negation of imago Dei and identity crisis in Western culture : a Christian apologetic study
Haug, Nils Arne (North-West University (South-Africa), 2023)It is contended that the raison d’être for the turmoil in contemporary Western society, appertaining to certain existential controversies, are the secular humanist ideologies advocated by zealots of Marxist derived ... -
Geloofsvorming en die vermoë om geloof te verdedig by kinders onder sewe jaar as korrektief op nominale Christendom
Venter, G.J. (North-West University, 2019)Die eens “Christelike Weste" is besig om radikaal te verander. Tot 85% van kinders in Amerikaanse publieke skole en heelwat van die kinders in Christenskole het nie meer ? Bybelse wêreldbeskouing nie (McDowell & Bellis, ... -
Kerkvisitasie in die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika : 'n teologies-etiese studie
Erasmus, Jacobus Johannes Jurgens (2014)This study encapsulates a theological-ethical study of church visitation. It was focussed on the GKSA and wants to make a contribution towards an ethical implementation of church visitation in the GKSA and elsewhere. Church ... -
A liberal view of Scripture within the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa : a presuppositional apologetical response
Taljaard, Lonngren (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)This thesis provides an in-depth discussion on the shifts and changes that have taken place over time within the Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa (DRCSA). Focusing on the church’s history as it pertains to its view ... -
The “Octavius” of Minucius Felix: a tool for modern day Christians in their defence of the gospel
Moyer, Timothy Doy (North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)The Octavius of Minucius Felix was written at around A.D. 200 by a little-known Latin apologist. While there are similarities to his contemporary Tertullian, the Octavius stands as an independent work that is easily ... -
A presuppositional analysis of key concepts of the worldview of the South African Communist Party
Smit, Paul Stutterheim (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Formed in 1921, the SACP has had an influence on South African politics totally disproportionate to their size. This was attained through its close alliance with the ANC in line with the commands given by Vladimir Lenin ... -
The prophetical claims of the founders of Islam (Muhammad) and Mormonism (Joseph Smith, Jr.): a comparison from a Christian apologetic perspective
Derengowski, S.P. (North-West University, 2018)The history of comparing Muhammad, the founder of Islam, and Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism, is relatively novel in contrast to human history, as well as sporadic. Starting as early as 1834, various antagonists ... -
Proposal from an experientialist perspective for educators involved with learners affected by the occult in Mkhuhlu
Nkuna, Vusimuzi Goodman (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)Existing scholarship on children’s participation in the occult predominantly focuses on adolescents with limited reference to preadolescent children. However, ancectodal evidence from non-academic literature from an African ... -
The role of logical argument, persuasion and evidence in Christian apologetics with reference to Matthew 22, John 5, Acts 26 & Titus 1
Van Heerden, Karel Pieter (North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)This dissertation is an investigative study on the case for Christian apologetics from the New Testament. It focuses specifically on the use of logical argumentation and evidence by Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul in ... -
Secularism as opportunity to expose Turkish Muslims in Ris-Orangis to the Biblical gospel
De Lange, G.M. (North-West University, 2019)The Gospel is for all peoples and this includes the Turks. Turkey prides itself on having been modelled on the secular democracies of Western Europe but it nonetheless re-mains a profoundly Islamic country with diversified ...