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Alex Hewitson

Alex Hewitson

Alex Hewitson (MDiv, Westminster Seminary California) is the Ministerial Intern at Covenant Waterfall Presbyterian Church in South Africa, and a lecturer of Biblical languages at Mukhanyo Theological College. Before seminary, he had a career in business as a Chartered Accountant (SA). He enjoys refereeing on the Squash World Tour, and owns a coffee shop.

African Reformed Churches: Confessional Reformation In Africa

by Alex Hewitson, Simon Jooste on May 13, 2024

Why A New Reformed Denomination? Reformed Christians understand the significance of the Reformation and its effect on global Christianity. In Africa, there was an extended series of Reformed missions from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries. But this was not the . . . Continue reading →

Topics Church Planting & Growth

Review: Wisdom for Life, 52 Old Testament Meditations By Michael P. V. Barrett

by Alex Hewitson on January 11, 2024

In 2018, a megachurch pastor wrote, “When it comes to stumbling blocks to faith, the Old Testament is right up there at the top of the list.” This sentiment reflects one of the dangers of not understanding the Old Testament, which is . . . Continue reading →

Type Book Reviews

Temple Turnaround: God’s Directions for Doubters in Psalm 73 (Part 2)

by Alex Hewitson on December 2, 2023

In part one of Asaph’s temple turnaround in Psalm 73, we saw that Asaph had not always held to the truth that “God is good to Israel” (v. 1). First, we observed that even the faithful may have doubts (a crisis of . . . Continue reading →

Series Psalm 73: God’s Directions for Doubters, Saturday Psalm SeriesTopics Biblical Exposition, Biblical Theology

Temple Turnaround: God’s Directions for Doubters in Psalm 73 (Part 1)

by Alex Hewitson on November 25, 2023

Talking about doubts can seem almost taboo. How many friends have expressed their doubts about faith to you? How many sermons have you heard about doubts? What would your church friends or pastor think if you expressed your doubts to them? Are . . . Continue reading →

Series Psalm 73: God’s Directions for Doubters, Saturday Psalm SeriesTopics Biblical Exposition, Biblical Theology

Review: A Church You Can See: Building a Case for Church Membership By Dennis E. Bills

by Alex Hewitson on November 23, 2023

When Dennis Bills, a West Virginian minister in the Presbyterian Church of America, received his author’s copy of A Church You Can See in 2017, he was writing to a church world certainly in need of the book’s subtitle: Building a Case . . . Continue reading →

Topics Church Life, EcclesiologyType Book Reviews

Review of the Reformation Study Bible Student Edition, English Standard Version

by Alex Hewitson on August 11, 2022

Study Bibles have a special place in my heart. As a church-going but unbelieving teenager, I did not understand the Bible and had no interest in reading it. But when I became a believer at the end of college, I really wanted . . . Continue reading →

Type Book Reviews
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