Vir baie jare het ek geleer dat God 'n gentleman is; dat Hy niemand sal dwing om iets te doen nie; dat Hy aan elke mens die vryheid gegee het om morele keuses uit te oefen. Dit was wat ek verstaan het, want dit was wat ek geleer is. En dit het my konsep van God gepas, dat Hy nie…
For many years I taught that God is a gentleman; that He will not force anyone to do anything; that He gave every human being free moral agency – the freedom of exercising choice. That was what I understood, because that was what I had been taught. And it fitted my concept of God, that He is not a bully…
Daar is mense wat onomwonde verklaar dat hulle die hele Bybel beskou as bindend op hulle. Tog, as julle daaroor pols, kom jy agter hulle het te vinnig gepraat. Ek weet nie van enigiemand wat die Bybel ag as die geïnspireerde Woord van God, wat nie sommige gedeeltes beskou as nie bindend of nie van toepassing op hom of…
There are people who state unequivocally that they view the entire Bible as binding on them. Still, if you press them, you find out they talked too soon. I don't know of anyone who considers the Bible to be the inspired word of God, of which some passages he or she does not consider to be binding or not applicable…