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  Anyone with eyes, ears, and two or more brain cells knows that societal values are changing. However, perhaps fewer realise just how fast the changes are taking place, and even fewer appreciate the implications and outworking of this phenomenon. NORC, at the University of Chicago, recently conducted a poll that revealed some insight
ChatGPT has been much in the news lately with some praising it for making business easier, and others warning that it will make millions of jobs redundant. What is ChatGPT? In case you haven’t heard about it, ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The name “ChatGPT” combines “Chat”, referring to its chatbot functionality,
  From time to time, stories about Heaven appear on YouTube or in books. Over just the last three months, friends have sent me several videos of people testifying to their out-of-body experiences of a life hereafter. What are we to make of them? Are they biblical, do they contribute to what we know
  The Asbury University revival was much in the news a while ago and Christians from all over the world tracked it hopefully. Was it the start of something bigger and more far-spread? “Oh Lord Jesus, let it be so!”. But, now the Asbury awakening has receded like a wave on the shore and it

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My name is Christopher Peppler and I was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1947. While working in the financial sector I achieved a number of business qualifications from the Institute of Bankers, Damelin Management School, and The University of the Witwatersrand Business School. After over 20 years as a banker, I followed God’s calling and joined the ministry full time. After becoming a pastor of what is now a quite considerable church, I  earned an undergraduate theological qualification from the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa and post-graduate degrees from two United States institutions. I was also awarded the Doctor of Theology in Systematic Theology from the University of Zululand in 2000.

Four years before that I established the South African Theological Seminary (SATS), which today is represented in over 70 countries and has more than 2 500 active students enrolled with it. I presently play an role supervising Masters and Doctoral students.

I am a passionate champion of the Christocentric or Christ-centred Principle, an approach to biblical interpretation and theological construction that emphasises the centrality of Jesus

I have been happily married to Patricia since the age of 20, have two children, Lance and Karen, a daughter-in-law Tracey, and granddaughters Jessica and Kirsten. I have now retired from both church and seminary leadership and devote my time to writing, discipling, and the classical guitar.

If you would like to read my testimony to Jesus then click HERE.