Blog Articles

Kevin G. Smith Dr Reuben van Rensburg entitled his farewell address as the outgoing Principal of SATS, ‘An era ends, an era continues, and an era begins’. He argued ...

By Sam Storms Were it not for the fact that no less than the Apostle Paul himself commanded us not to quench the Spirit (1 Thess. 5:19-22), who among ...

Dr Reuben van Rensburg The highlight of any university student’s academic journey must surely be the Graduation1 Ceremony. Years of study, sweat and sacrifice are finally rewarded when that ...

by Dr Christopher Peppler The Foundational Principle concerning the Holy Spirit is stated in the SATS Conspectus as; ‘The ministry of the Holy Spirit – We believe that we ...

by Dr Dan Lioy This year in the church calendar, the Day of Pentecost (meaning “fiftieth day”) occurs on May 20th. Annually, on the seventh Sunday after Easter, believers ...

by Batanayi I. Manyika Introduction “Africa is over-evangelized and under-taught,” so goes the adage. When this maxim is analysed against the backdrop of an exponential growth of Christianity on ...

Having served as the President (in South Africa we call this person the Principal) of the South African Theological Seminary (SATS) since 2006, and before that as its Vice-President ...

A critical time for any church is when its senior leadership changes, but it is a passage all churches and organisations must navigate at one time or another. Leaders ...

SATS Principal Kevin Smith, and Faculty member and PhD student Batanayi Manyika, will be presenting a paper at the SBL conference at The Humboldt University of Berlin this week, ...

By Dr Kevin Smith Like it or not, you have a theology. The question is whether or not it is a good theology. How well does your view of God ...