Is The Bible Still Relevant?
Monday, January 28, 2019
They asked many questions which resonated with their audience. If you would like to view the full interview, go to my YouTube channel: Ashley Thaba. Click on the video titled “Breakfast show 2”. But for those who don’t have the eight minutes or so to watch that, I decided for today’s column to answer one of the questions I was asked live on national TV: Is the Bible still relevant today? Furthermore, they wanted to know why we should read the Bible.
We are all busy people! Who has time to read yet another book? Is there any personal benefit or do we just do it to feel like we are fulfilling some religious duty to attract some type of points with the Almighty “eye in the sky” who we may have to answer to on judgement day IF we even believe in that stuff?
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...