Get Up & Go Breakfast - Life in Action Worldview - Prof Dion Forster

Prof Dion Foster - 13 October 2022

Prof Dion Forster is the Head of Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, and the director of the Beyers Naudé Center for Public Theology. Every week Prof Dion helps us to express our faith practically with a dose of his infectious passion for life and the Word.

13 Oct 2022 8 min

Prof Dion Foster - 06 October 2022

Dion shares a message from Brazil this week, with his focus on Diversity – What makes us different and what brings us together

11 Oct 2022 5 min

Prof Dion Forster - 29 September 2022 – Be Grateful

Dion challenges us in the area of living a life of gratitude with a focus on Psalm 116:12-19

11 Oct 2022 6 min

Prof Dion Foster - 22 September 2022 - Trusting Jesus No Matter What

It can seem difficult trusting Jesus even at times when we may not understand how God is working, or what may be happening around us or to us. Prof Dion walks us through Proverbs chapter 3.

11 Oct 2022 9 min

Prof Dion Forster – 15 September 2022 - Grief and Mourning

In the light of some public grief (the flooding and deaths in the Free State, the anniversary of 9/11 and the passing of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd) Prof Dion shares around Matthew 5:4 and the importance of grieving and mourning.

21 Sep 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Forster - 08 September 2022 - Perfect Peace in Difficult Spaces

Dion shares a bit on the remarkable Bear Grills, his testimony and what verse inspires him when he deals with the difficulties of life - Isaiah 26:3

12 Sep 2022 6 min

Prof Dion Forster – 01 September 2022 - God Behind the Scenes of History

God is actively involved in shaping history and also shaping our lives, and our role in history. God has a good goal in mind with us and we need to trust His hand at work.

5 Sep 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Foster - 18 August 2022 - Imagining God’s Future for Us and Our World

The Prof reminds us that everything that is created and manufactured starts in the imagination. With us, our thoughts and imaginings for the world around us must move to the ‘manufacturing’ stage. Only through action can we see real change in our world and the world around us.

19 Aug 2022 8 min

Prof Dion Forster – 11 August 2022 - Anxiety and Trusting God

Prof Dion takes us through 1 Corinthians 7:15 where God call us to ‘live in peace’. Do we live a life of anxiety and yet still desire to experience God’s peace? Something needs to change and Dion helps us find our way.

15 Aug 2022 9 min

Prof Dion Foster - 04 August 2022 - The Unity of the Church

The Prof looks at what John 17:21 says about unity in Christ

8 Aug 2022 8 min

Prof Dion Forster - Be Strong and Courageous - 28 July 2022

“Courage is the middle ground between 2 extremes: Stupidity and Fear. Courage is something we are all capable of – it’s not an extraordinary virtue.”

28 Jul 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Forster - Being honest with God - 21 July 2022

Dion walks us through Matthew 15:8 as we desire to have a real and substantial relationship with God: ‘These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me’

25 Jul 2022 6 min

Prof Dion Forster - 07 July 2022

We know what James 3:5 says about how we ought to use our words; so are we using our words for good or not? And how about the things we comment on, on social media?

7 Jul 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Forster - 30 June 2022 - Dealing with Fear

We develop fear when we feel that something can harm us. We have been designed to feel these things. It's good. But, on the bad side, the enemy uses fear as a tool in areas where we shouldn't be fearful; in areas we can rightfully trust God.

30 Jun 2022 5 min

Prof Dion Forster - 23 June 2022 - Christian Unity

Prof Dion talks to us about the importance of Christian unity (John 17:21) as a witness of love to the world.

23 Jun 2022 5 min

Prof Dion Forster - 16 June 2022 - Youth Day - Living For Christ

Dion reminds us that we are to live in Christ, to live for the future of our children and other young people.

16 Jun 2022 8 min

Prof Dion Forster - 9 June 2022 - Living in the Spirit

With us nearing 'Trinity Sunday', Dion joins us to talk about what it means to live a life in the Spirit according to John 16: 12-15 as well as Romans 5:1-5

10 Jun 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Forster - 2 June 2022 - Pentecost Power

Prof Dion shares a powerful story that reminds us that we each have the ability to do and be so much more because of the power of God in us!

2 Jun 2022 7 min

Prof Dion Forster - 12 May 2022 - Clean vs Unclean living

Prof Dion takes us through Acts 11 and Peter's vision of what is clean and unclean and gives us a few insights about how the Law worked for observant Jews, but also how Jesus' incarnation shapes the ways in which we live in the world with all of its challenges…

12 May 2022 9 min

Prof Dion Forster - 5 May 2022 - Resurrection Living

Dion looks at the life of Peter before and after the Resurrection. how to we ensure Jesus-Encounters to ensure we live the BEST life?!

5 May 2022 8 min