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There are a couple of reasons, but here’s one. Point Eleven on their Statement of Faith aka membership contract…
11. With regards to submission to authority, we believe in the principle of being in authority because you are under authority. As such, it is understood that membership shall be subject to submission to authority in matters [...]

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I’m tired of intolerance, hatred and war. I’m tired of groups attacking one another, to feel better about themselves. I’m the unfortunate recipient of a collection of genes or memes or a combination of both that causes me to simply care a little too much. Right now, I’m trying to check out a variety of [...]

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During my 16 December visit to Shofar, I learned another interesting thing about their language and definitions that tends to confuse the scientists. What I learned was, the supernatural really does exist! Now the typical scientists say “stupid people, it does not exist”, but they are not using the same definitions.
What I learned was that [...]

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Last night (30 December) I attended Shofar again. Interesting stuff. To be fair, it wasn’t one of the regular speakers, it was another guest speaker named “Jarrod Davidoff”, whose organisation is titled Save the World Foundation.
Some of the things I learned: it takes his organisation on average R10 to lead a soul to Jesus. By [...]

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UPDATE: I was wrong in this post, Shofar did have a Christmas service. My information was thus old. (A few years ago they did not have a Christmas service.) My sincerest apologies for the incorrect assumption, I will try my best to not to repeat this mistake.
On Christmas, I attended the Stellenbosch Gemeente service. [...]

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I attended Shofar last Sunday. I have many questions and thoughts I’d like to share, but I’ll try to stick to one particular subject right now: the subject of the sermon. The sermon was presented by a guest speaker, I’m afraid I forgot his name.
The key idea presented was pretty much the “Be Holy, for [...]

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Having handed in my thesis, I’m finally on holiday. Finally I get to do what I want, without the nagging feeling that there is one particular thing I should be busy with 24/7. With this new-found freedom, I’m heading back to Shofar today. The last time I went to Shofar was back in 2004. I [...]

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