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Border War & Ongoing Apartheid: 1970 - 1990 Section 5

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SECTION 5: 1970 – 1990

BORDER WAR & ONGOING APARTHEID

Social Studies: Section 5A

Significant

Events

Angolan Border War (Cold War)

Tricameral Parliament

International pressure against

Apartheid increased

Formation of the Inkhata Freedom

Party (IFP)

Homelands Established

Ultra-right AWB launched

Steve Biko

Winnie Mandela

Thabo Mbeki

Desmond Tutu

Prime Minister John Vorster

Prime Minister PW Botha

Eugene Terre’Blanche

History

Readers

Read Alone

Ink Bird

Read Together

Kobie and the Military Road

Additional

Titles Chain of Fire

Movie

No 1 Ladies Detective Agency

Natural Sciences: Section 5B Life Skills: Section 5C

Literature Scowler’s Luck

Desert Safari Read

1 book on food, suggestions

on our website

Movie

Check your library for

movies on bird life or

wetlands.

View & Do

Jamie Oliver’s TED talk

Take up a sport/daily

walk/weekly hike

Optional Additional

See course website for other

suggestions

Apologetics: Section 5D

Resources Learn the Bible in 24 hours,

Chuck Missler See course website for links

Additional Modern Spirituality and your

mind, Voddie Baucham See course website for links




5A – READ ALONE

The Ink Bird, Maretha Maartens

A young boy sells newspapers to bring in a small amount of money to look after his

pregnant mother and three younger siblings. The desperation of his situation is set

against the backdrop of the students’ uprising in the Bloemfontein area.

Saturday in Africa

The landmines in Africa, Mozambican soldier, The Unknown Child, Let there be

peace,

Anthology

Luanda or Bust, Playing the game of sports boycotts, Crossing the Rubicon

5A – READ TOGETHER

Kobie and the Military Road, Peter Younghusband

A young boy loses the use of his legs and both his parents in a car accident. He goes

to live with his aunt and uncle in a rural area. He meets up with an older man who

owns land with an extensive wetland on it. This story has a conservation theme but

is set during the border wars between South West Africa and Angola and has some

historical importance too.

Various links on course website

We recommend that parents read these first and then discuss them together.

5A – ADDITIONAL TITLES

No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, BBC Series

This is not South African, but it is a most delightful look into modern day Botswana.

The main fictional character, Mma Precious Ramotswe, solves crimes in Gaborone.

There are 17 novels in the series. We recommend the series, with parental guidance.

You can find the link to purchase the DVD on the course website.

Day of the Giants, Pieter Pieterse

This is about the will to survive and the effects of the war. Set in the Limpopo Valley

"in the ravaged heart of Mozambique," crippled boy is left alone and cares for a lost,

wounded girl and an elephant wounded by a landmine.

Love, David, Diane Case

This award-winning book describes the life of a family on the Cape Flats. Anna, the

story-teller is the younger step-sister of David, who is fourteen, rebellious and at

times involved with bad company. It is primarily a story about human relationships

but also reflects social situations in South Africa. Since the father, who drinks, is

physically harsh at times, this story is not suitable for young children. There is also

reference to marijuana.




5A – RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Field Trips Wetlands in your area

Bird Park in your area

Annual air shows at air bases (Hoedspruit, Waterkloof, Overberg, Ysterplaat etc)

Bredasdorp military air show

South African Air Force Museum, Ysterplaat, Cape Town

Capetonians can visit Ysterplaat each month when the veterans fire up the last

Shackleton Aircraft from the Second World War.

South African Military Museums

Websites https://saafmuseum.org.za/tag/ysterplaat/

https://saafmuseum.org.za/the-shackelton-in-the-saaf/

http://www.airshowsa.org.za

http://samilitaryhistory.org/mussocco.html

Art Appreciation If you bought the optional South African art appreciation course, study the following

artists during this section: Strijdom van der Merwe, Bonnie Ntshalintshali and

William Kentridge

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE - A veteran of the

Angolan Bush War reports:

“Flies were everywhere. You would shoe them away

from your food and before you got your fork to your

mouth it would be covered in them. We also didn’t

bathe for months at a time for fear the enemy would

smell our soap. When we got back to camp we could

take our pants off and they would stand upright from

the dirt. I know that it was only the prayers of my

mother who kept me safe in these years, I should

have died many times over.”

https://saafmuseum.org.za/tag/ysterplaat/

https://saafmuseum.org.za/the-shackelton-in-the-saaf/

http://www.airshowsa.org.za/

http://samilitaryhistory.org/mussocco.html




5A – SOCIAL STUDIES

From 4 August 1967 until 1993, military

conscription was compulsory for all white

men in South Africa over the age of 16.

Initially, military service was for 9 months,

then it increased to one year and in 1977

2 years of military service became

compulsory. All recruits underwent 3

months of basic training, drilling and

learning the discipline of army life.

Thereafter they were sent to various

places around the country where they

were placed into various regiments.

During this period, the military mostly

comprised of white males who were

subject to conscription; however, Asian and Coloured people, with mixed ancestry,

were eligible to serve as volunteers.1

The South African Defence Force (SADF) fought against liberation movements in

Angola, Namibia and Mozambique and its troops were often deployed to townships to

quell anti-apartheid action.

In 1966 South Africa’s borders were perceived to be under threat, in the context of

the Cold War and Russia trying to gain influence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Northern

Border of South Africa is flanked by Namibia (then South West Africa), Botswana,

Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Angola is north of South West Africa where much of the

fighting took place, in what became known as the “Border War” in 1983.

This is a fiercely debated period of South African history. Some believe that it was

necessary for the SADF to invade Angola to protect South Africa from communist

influence. Others say that the National Party used unsuspecting South African men

as pawns in their greater plan to uphold the Apartheid principles in South Africa.

They allegedly used the SADF to hunt down and clear out the Umkhonto we Sizwe

training camps, which were in Angola.

The Cold War, communism, truth and peace are controversial issues to dig into, if

you are interested.

Nevertheless, there is a generation of men who fought in this war that bear their

scars in various ways. Some, who were not directly involved in the hands-on

fighting, have been able to move on with their lives but others are emotionally

scarred and still battle to deal with memories from that time.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Defence_Force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Defence_Force




5A – HOMELANDS ESTABLISHED

In 1951, the government, introduced the Bantu Authorities Act to establish

"homelands" allocated to the country's black ethnic groups. In total, ten homelands

were created, which amounted to 13% of the country's land. The remaining land was

reserved for the white population. These homelands were the Transkei,

Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Venda, Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu,

Lebowa, and QwaQwa. Each homeland was designed for a specific ethnic group.

The homelands were run by cooperative tribal leaders, while uncooperative chiefs

were forcibly deposed. Over time, a ruling black elite emerged with a personal and

financial interest in the preservation of the homelands.

In 1959 the Bantu Self-Government Act set out a plan called "Separate

Development". This enabled the homelands to establish themselves as self-

governing, quasi-independent states.

The homelands were encouraged to opt for independence, as this would greatly

reduce the number of black citizens of South Africa. The process was completed by

the Black Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970, which cancelled South African

citizenship of all blacks.

The local homeland economies were not well developed and relied on South Africa’s

economy. Farming was not viable largely because of poor agricultural land in the

homelands. Many farm lands were in a poor condition because of soil erosion and

over-grazing. As a result, millions of black people had to daily leave their homeland

homes to commute to work in the mines, for white farmers and in other industries in

the cities.

In reality, only a minority about 40% of South Africa's population lived in the

homelands; the remainder were forced to live in townships, shanty-towns and slums

on the outskirts of South African cities.

However, the true intention of this policy was to deprive black South Africans of their

citizenship by designating them as citizens of the homelands, even if they lived and

worked in ‘white South Africa’.




Map of the black homelands in South Africa at the end of apartheid in 19942

5A – BORDER WAR

On the course website you will find some

resources to read and view together. Kobie and

the Military Road hints at the war, which was why

he was protesting the proposed building of a road

to transport troops to the north.

A study of this war should teach us that we need

to ask questions of our history and what people

accept as truth. We should allow our paradigms

to be challenged.

If you have a father, uncle or family friend who was conscripted into the SADF or

fought for Umkhonto we Sizwe or other branches of the liberation movement, make

a point of talking to them about their experience. Also read about different points of

view and discuss them together.

2 By Htonl - Own work. Bantustan boundary data from the Directorate: Public State Land Support via Africa Open Data, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25392438, accessed 26/12/2017

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25392438




Shirley Erwee (right) and a

South African friend, outside the

cinema screening Cry Freedom in

1988.

5A – THE DISSOLUTION OF APARTHEID

In January 1985, State President P. W. Botha declared that all blacks in South Africa

and the homelands could re-apply for South African citizenship; his successor, F. W.

de Klerk acknowledged that the time had come to negotiate with the mass-based

opposition parties.

In 1989, some of the Rivonia trial prisoners were released, after 26 years in prison.

De Klerk unbanned the ANC, the PAC, the SACP and all other banned organisations.

Then on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was released

while millions of viewers around the world watched the television broadcasts of this

momentous event in South Africa’s history.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE – Shirley Erwee

In 1988, I spent a post-matric year

working in Europe. I made a point of going

to see the movie, Cry Freedom, which was

banned in South Africa at that time.

According to the Los Angeles Times, 30

June 1988, “Only hours after ‘Cry Freedom’

won approval from government censors and

made its South African premiere that

Friday, the authorities banned the anti-

apartheid movie as a threat to public

safety and seized film reels from at least

30 cinemas nationwide.”

The film centres on the real-life events

of a newspaper editor, Donald Woods, who

befriended activist Steve Biko, in the

Eastern Cape, the 1970’s. After Biko’s

death, Woods was banned and fled the

country because of threats to his life and

to get his book published.

Since I had grown up in the Eastern Cape

and read the Daily Dispatch newspaper

regularly, the movie was ‘close to home’.

Later that year, while in London, I made a

point of buying the book, Cry Freedom by

Donald Woods, on which the movie was based. I also bought two other

banned books, to learn more about the struggle for freedom from a

perspective other than the political propaganda of the day promulgated

back home in South Africa, where there were media restrictions.




London "Boycott Apartheid" bus, 1989

Eugene Terre'Blanche

5A – INTERNATIONAL RESISTANCE TO APARTHEID

At the same time in history the Freedom Struggle against Apartheid was moving

forward. Acts of terror due to the armed struggle made life difficult for many and

fear abounded. There were bombings at shopping centres, car bombs, hostage

taking, school riots and more.

International pressure mounted against South Africa from the United Nations. Many

committees and organizations world-wide were formed to voice their opposition to

Apartheid. South Africa was not allowed to take part in international sporting events,

trade embargos were implemented and even South African films were banned in

many countries.

The ANC members who were in exile abroad, spoke at many different gatherings to

raise awareness of the apartheid regime that controlled South Africa. Many South

African artists, playwrights and poets of all races in South Africa wrote and created

anti-Apartheid pieces.

Then in March 1980 the

“Release Mandela” campaign

was launched which raised

massive awareness of the

people of colour in South Africa

and this continued until Mr

Mandela’s release on the 11th

February 1990.

A question often asked about

this era in South Africa’s history

is: “Where were the whites?” It

is assumed that because of the

colour of one’s skin, white

people were all in favour of the

National Party’s politics of separation. This was not so. Some were oblivious, some

couldn’t care, some did what they could to help the black people they knew, whilst

others took up the anti-Apartheid banner as is depicted in the book Lucky Fish. Many

were imprisoned for their anti-apartheid views.

Often white South Africans were associated with

the likes of Eugène Terre’Blanche, who believed in

the superiority of the Afrikaners, the oppression of

people of colour and a volkstaat.

Eugene Terre’Blanche was a colourful character

and you can find his biography on the course

website.

While the scope of this course does not allow us

much time to go into it, the link between the




National Party and Nazism is an eye-opening study to undertake. The AWB was the

ultra-right wing in South African politics as much as the ANC was left in this period.

However, some of the National Party leaders had esteemed the ideology behind

Nazism and adopted core values into their party politics and philosophy, which added

to their apartheid principles.3 Way back in 1918, an Afrikaner organization was

started to further the interests of the Afrikaans speaking people in South Africa. It

was called the Broederbond (Brother Bond). It became clandestine in 1923.

Membership was only open to white Afrikaans males who belonged to one of three

Dutch Reformed Churches.

The secret organisation believed itself to have strong Christian core values and only

backed political allies who shared their belief in a segregated South Africa. The

National Party, which came into power in the 1948 elections, allowed for the

Broederbond with its ultra-right wing political views to take up position in parliament.

The Broederbond is reported to have been most influential under the leadership of

Dr. Piet Meyer. He had been on many study tours to Germany, ruled at that time by

Adolf Hitler. He had made friends with many of the men high up in the Nazi

organisation, such as Rudolf Hess. Dr. Meyer was also the chairman of the South

African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and used the media of the time for his

propaganda.

While this history happened from 1913 – 1948, it is important to realise that even

while the political tables were turning in the late 1980s in favour of releasing

Mandela and unbanning the ANC, much of the old segregated mentality remained,

and still remains, in those who subscribed to this philosophy.

What is important to take away from this window into history is that while many

organisations, worldwide, try to find Biblical content to confirm their ideology, when

looking into the Word of God, we find that God always included any race, nation or

creed IF they turned from their sin and idolatry and turned to His Son on the cross.

In the New Testament, Paul says in Galatians 3:26 “So in Christ Jesus you are all

children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have

clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor

free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

For additional understanding of world events during the time of the Cold War

from 1947 – 1991 you can read two books: White Sands, Red Menace and Green

Glass Sea These two stories are written from the perspective of a young girl

whose father and mother worked on the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima and

then continue with their careers into the Cold War.

3 John Matison, God, Spies and Lies. Finding South Africa’s future through its past.




5A – SOCIAL STUDIES ASSIGNMENTS

1. Write an essay in which you answer the following questions: Against what was

South Africa protecting its borders? How long did this need to be maintained?

What legacy of communism remains in these border nations? What can you say

about the land mine killings and maimings that still happen today?

2. Using the blank map of Africa, mark off all the countries on the continent. Show

by colouring in (red for communism) which countries were influenced by

communist thinking in this time.

3. Do a study on the weapons that South Africa developed during the Apartheid

years like the G-5 Towed Howitzer or the Rooivalk helicopter. Then choose one of

the following and do an in-depth study of who the designer and engineers were,

how successful they were in production, are they still being used etc. Include

pictures and diagrams. Some ideas:Denel’s NTW-20, Seeker 400UAS, Mbombe,

Cheetah fighter jet.

4. In her biography of Steve Biko, Linda Price expressed the following opinion: “It is

important, however, to understand that change could never come about

peacefully in South Africa under apartheid. This is because apartheid itself was

violent.” (page 18)

The Bible says in Luke 1: 3 that, “Nothing is impossible with God.” We now know

that change did not come peacefully but do you think it could have? Write about

or discuss this with your family, how this could have been achieved?

5. Patricia Schonstein Pinnock says: “I write for peace and against war.” You can

read more about her at http://www.afsun.co.za. Read the following war poems in

Saturday in Africa and think about the message the author is conveying through

her poetry?

● Freedom Fighters, page 22

● Fire in the Fields, page 27

● The Landmines of Africa, page 29

● Mozambican Soldier, page 31

● The Unknown Child. Luanda, page 33

● The River Spirits, page 35

● Let There be Peace between Man and Africa, page 37

6. Investigate the role of the ANC abroad while it was banned in South Africa,

during the apartheid era. Keep this information handy to include in a project on

the history of the ANC in the next section.

7. Fill in major events of this period on your timeline and write

about what you found significant in this period of history in

Footprints Through Time.




5B – NATURAL SCIENCES

Kobie and the Military Road lends itself to a study of one of the most important

biomes in the world – the wetlands.

5B – ESSENTIAL READING

Kobie and the Military Road, Peter Younghusband

A young boy loses the use of his legs and both his parents in a car accident. The

story begins when he goes to live with his aunt and uncle who provide him with a

loving home in a rural area. He meets up with an older man who owns land with an

extensive wetland as part of it. This story has a conservation theme but is set during

the border wars between South West Africa and Angola and has some historical

importance too.

5B – ADDITIONAL TITLES

All About South Africa, STRUIK publishers

If you did Footprints On Our Land you will have this book on your shelf. If not, you

should be able to get it from the library. There is a large section on wetlands and

birds that you can read.

Flood Sunday, Peter Slingsby

This is a story of a rebellious youth, who runs away and gets swept into the crisis

and drama of the Laingsburg flood in the early 1980’s.

Albatross Winter, Dianne Case

Set in a fishing village on the Langebaan coast, this is a story of passion and

disobedience and the consequences of that. It is good book for young boys, although

the end is tragic.

A Red Kite in a Pale Sky, Diane Hofmeyr

Thirteen-year-old Lawrence is caught up in the tumult of the flood that struck Natal

in September 1987. After being rescued from the river, he goes back to find the

remains of his home and to search for the other members of his family. He realises

how he has taken things for granted and how the chaos has changed their lives and

relationships.

“Wetlands are the most threatened of all of South Africa’s ecosystems with 48% of

wetland ecosystems being critically endangered.”

-South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), National Biodiversity




5B – RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Field trips St Lucia Estuary

Wetlands in your area (contact your local botanical society

to find out where they are)

Intaka Island in Cape Town – highly recommended

Rondevlei in Cape Town

Websites http://intaka.co.za

http://www.zeekoevlei.co.za http://www.stluciasouthafrica.com

Movies Check your library for videos on wetlands or South African

birds.

5B – NATURAL SCIENCES ASSIGNMENTS

1. What other names besides “wetlands” do we use for this type of area?

2. On a map of South Africa mark the wetlands in our country.

3. Find out what a wetland is and write about your findings.

4. Choose 5 birds mentioned in the story and find out all you can about them.

Sketch them in your nature journal.

5. Design a poster that could be used at a rally to save the wetlands. Use whatever

computer software you have to create it.

6. Many environmental groups and scientists blame the destruction of nature on

man and climate change. Once you have read and watched the items on the

course website on this topic, write an essay on your responsibility to the

environment is and how you are going to implement positive changes at home to

be a creation conservationist. (Try recycling, using less plastic packaging, saving

water, growing your own veggies, make eco bricks, participate in a beach clean-

up or anything along those lines.)

http://intaka.co.za/

http://www.zeekoevlei.co.za/

http://www.stluciasouthafrica.com/




5C – LIFE SKILLS

Food and health…whether you

are vegetarian, vegan, omnivore

or somewhere in between, there

is more and more need to

address what we eat and what

we do with our bodies in order

to avoid the dreaded

autoimmune diseases.

Despite many opposing views on

issues such as whether we

should eat diets that are high in

animal fat, low carb or high vegetable, meat-free or vegan, all natural health

practitioners agree that it is advisable to get rid of refined sugar, processed foods,

fast food and junk food and add in more whole foods, which provide the body with

nutrition.

There is no prescribed book for this section. We recommend that you do your own

research and make your own informed choice. You can find some recommendations

of books and resources on the course website.

Watch the videos on YouTube that are have listed below and on the course website.

These are compulsory as they go over and above the “meat or no meat” debate.

The second part of this unit focuses on physical activity. These days, so much of life

is sedentary as we drive to and from places instead of walking or riding bikes. We sit

for entertainment; to type emails, assignments and to scroll through Facebook or

other social media. Therefore, movement needs to be a conscious choice. It doesn’t

mean that you must start a sport and/or lay out money at a gym, but it does mean

you need to make time every day to move.

The simplest way is a daily walk as a family as a minimum and then a longer hike on

the weekend of about 2 hours. We are not being prescriptive just suggesting some

solutions we have found as a family. If you can do more than this by playing sport or

going to gym, all the better for you.

There is some non-prescribed reading material for you on the course website which

deals with the dangers of sitting too long, what hiking does for the brain and office

ergonomics. Be sure to check it out!




Office ergonomics has become an essential part of living in the 21st Century where

most workers spend up to 8 hours a day sitting at a computer screen.

Homeschoolers are not exempt from this, so make sure that your ergonomics are

correct and you take a break from sitting, every 30 minutes!

5C – ESSENTIAL VIEWING

Jamie Oliver’s TED talk

Jamie Oliver went to Huntington, West Virginia in 2010 and Americans watched his

series with much scepticism as many in the town saw him as an interfering out of

towner. He works closely with just a few people who are all affected by obesity and

ill health. You can watch the whole series on YouTube but the only prescribed

watching is the TED talk which is listed on the course website.

That Sugar Film, Damon Gameau

To prove how much sugar there is in food the producer of this movie places himself

on a diet eating what many perceive is healthy such as low-fat yogurt, juice, muesli

bars and fruit. It is a serious eye opener even if you don’t eat these items as he

continues to expose and educate watchers on the dangers of sugar in our diets.

DID YOU KNOW …South Africa has the second largest number of obese

people in the world!




5C – LIFE SKILLS ASSIGNMENTS

1. Set up a logbook for yourself or your whole family and keep track of

everything you eat for a week. Do not try to change anything for the first

week, just eat your normal food. After the week sit down and discuss what

you have eaten and figure out where you should cut our sugar, processed

foods and additives.

2. Michael Pollan wrote a book called Food Rules which discusses the issues with

modern food and how to make your own “rules” on what you will eat and

when. You can watch a short clip on this book on the course website. Come

up with your own 10 food rules for your family that brings improvement in

your diet.

3. Make a menu plan, budget and gather your recipes for a week of correctly

balanced weeknight meals. Purchase the ingredients that you need and

budget into your week the time you need to cook for your family. You could

also pick one night a week and cook over the next few once adjusting your

meal plan.

4. Check your office ergonomics when you sit at your computer. Come up with a

standing desk alignment with crates, telephone books etc. See how it feels to

be in the correct position when at a computer. Also check the link on how

texting is causing neck and back damage and make the necessary

adjustments.

5. Start some form of exercise every day. 20-minute walk with the dogs, 20-

minute run or bike ride in a safe place.

6. Make a list of walks or hikes in your area and go out for a 2-hour or more

hike once a week with your family. Make sure you check out the safe hiking

link on the course website.




5D – APOLOGETICS

Counterfeit money inspectors are trained in a

very interesting way. They are not shown the

many different counterfeit notes that circulate

but are rather set to study the real thing over

and over again. What this technique does is so

ingrain the right notes in their memory and

recognition that when they see a counterfeit

note they can immediately recognise it.

For Christian families in this age of relativism and experiential “Christianity” we can

apply the same reasoning. IF we know the Bible well and hold it up as the ultimate

standard of Truth and we study it daily as well as measure everything we see or hear

against God’s truth instead of our best guess we are much more able to recognise

counterfeit Christianity and the anti-Christ.

Besides for this proactive way of filtering out the world the other benefits of knowing

our Bible and meditating on God’s Word is that it is bread and water to our soul.

Consider the following scriptures:

“How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your

commandments!” Psalm 119:8-10

“Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.” Psalm 119:104-106

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it

penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts

and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”

James 1:22

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and

training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for

every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17

“Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word

that comes from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4:4

“To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are

really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-32

“Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly

accept the word planted in you, which can save you.” James 1:21




5D – ESSENTIAL VIEWING

Learn the Bible in 24 hours, Dr Chuck Missler

Dr Missler is a man of God who has a fascinating way of teaching scripture due to his

vast knowledge of the Word, science, history, archaeology and more. He weaves all

these disciplines together in his presentation of 24 1-hour sessions in this series.

*PLEASE NOTE that Dr Missler mentions the practise of Gamatrea in his first session,

but it is not because he believes in its mystical roots, nor does he want Christians to

try to validate the Bible with this ancient cipher, he simply points it out for interest

sake. Don’t get too distracted by it - you certainly can say “Wow!”

5D – ADDITIONAL VIEWING

Modern Spirituality and Your Mind, Voddie Baucham

Voddie Baucham is what one would call a cultural apologist, which means he takes

the Bible and applies it to living in this age. He focuses on how current trends of the

church, thinking, education and choices should reflect God’s truth. This very

interesting, pointed sermon, discusses what people perceive as spiritual decisions but

which are actually rooted in what they think versus what the Bible says.

Emergent Christianity, Caryl Matrisciana

Christian documentary film producer and author, Caryl Matrisciana, has a ministry

exposing how the church is entering into a time of apostasy as it adopts pagan and

worldly ways instead of sticking to the truth of the Bible. This talk was recorded in a

church and the sound quality is not very good, but it is worth watching.

5D – APOLOGETICS ASSIGNMENTS

1. Set aside two separate hours in the evening, twice each week and with your

family to watch 2 of Dr Missler’s sessions. These can be viewed on different

nights. Have a note pad and pen and your Bible handy.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be

ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

PLAN AHEAD

Make a list of the books that you will require for the next section and make sure you

obtain the ones that you still need.




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PORTFOLIO WORK

Before moving onto the next section, take all your work and bind it or place it in a

flip file. Any work that is too big can be photographed and the photo placed in your

portfolio. If you have done the work on the computer, remember to back up your

files. Store this in a safe place.

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