How Early Should Parents Start Teaching Their Children?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 

Proverbs 22:6 has two main points: a command and a consequence. The command comes first because if we obey it, we’ll reap good consequences. If we disobey, the consequences are awful. 

The Command to Train Your Child

Here is Solomon’s command: “Train up a child in the way he should go.” He’s talking to educators and teachers, mostly parents. This is somewhat unique because Proverbs is not directed to parents. Primarily, it is written to youth. Proverbs 1:4 states that the purpose of the book is “to give…knowledge and discretion to youth.” Young people naturally struggle to make wise decisions, so God gave the book of Proverbs to help them. 

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A Bright Light: Uganda Stands Against LGBTQ Imperialism

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–– Evan Cantrell

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Uganda’s Constitutional Court Upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023

“What is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.” – Edmond Burke. 

This June, our continent will see its first-ever “Africa Pride” event, a virtual event celebrating homosexuality across Africa. The event is organised by “Reverend” Troy Perry, an American activist, in protest against the criminalisation of homosexual behaviour in Africa. This announcement comes as a bill has been introduced in Botswana’s parliament which would amend the constitution to incorporate specific protection for “intersex persons”, a move which has been widely condemned by Christians in the southern African nation. 

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Should Christians Have More Kids?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Galatians 6:7 teaches an important principle: you will always harvest what you plant. This concept is especially pertinent regarding the falling birth rates worldwide, including in Africa. 

When a society ignores God’s directive to be fruitful and multiply, its death rate will surpass its fertility rate and that nation will begin to die. For example, researchers estimate that the population of Japan–currently at 125 million–will more than halve to 53 million by the end of the century. Russia, Ukraine, and Italy face a similar problem. These nations thought they were smarter than God and now they are reaping the consequences. 

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The Greatest Missionary Biography

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I believe Robert Dann’s Father of Faith Missions is the greatest missionary biography in print.

When it comes to missionary bios, the devotional warmth is superior in Hudson Taylor, the heights of adventure more spectacular in John Paton, the range of emotions broader in The Three Mrs. Judsons, and the team dynamic more pronounced in William Carey. The queue is long for great missionary biographies.

But when I add up all the factors that make a missionary biography great, the story of Groves stands alone on top.

You most likely have never heard of Anthony Norris Groves. Don’t let that deter you. In the early 19th century, Groves left his dental practice in England and travelled with his family 5,000 miles over mountains and deserts, a trip where horses and humans died, to set up shop in the heart of Islam–Baghdad, Iraq. He established the first Protestant mission to Arabic-speaking Muslims.

What are the ingredients of a great missionary biography and why should Christians today read about the life of this great man?

Just as the tilting of a diamond brings swarms of refracted light, reading Groves’s biography gives the reader a kaleidoscope of major themes in missions. Here are ten of them.

  1. Missions and Family

The lessons this book teaches about home life, marriage and children are legion.

Groves was patient with his wife, Mary, who originally resisted tooth-and-nail a move to missions on the other side of the world. Only death awaited her. She knew it and she was right. He didn’t force her. He wooed and persuaded her until she wanted to go for Jesus’ sake.

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KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD: WHY GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NOT RELY ON NATIONAL DEBT TO FUND EXPENDITURE

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–– Warrick Jubber

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Hezekiah was a faithful king and one of the best to rule over Judah. 2 Kings 18:3 records that, “He did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.” Nevertheless, he foolishly let an envoy from Babylon explore his kingdom and even the treasuries of Jerusalem. Isaiah confronted him with the consequence of a future Babylonian invasion that would include the capture and captivity of his sons. Isaiah 39:8 records that Hezekiah responded with the words, “‘The word of Yahweh which you have spoken is good.’ For he said, ‘For there will be peace and truth in my days.’” Hezekiah was relieved that he and his generation wouldn’t suffer the Babylonian invasion. As we would say, he kicked the can down the road and left his sons and their generation to deal with the consequences of his folly. 

This seems to be the attitude of many governments around the world, especially in Africa, as they recklessly spend on government projects that leave future generations to deal with the consequences.

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Can Education Be Neutral? An Argument for Christian Schools

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Satan has always tried to wrest the role of education from parents and place it into the hands of the State. In a 1933 speech, Adolph Hitler said: “When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already.’”

Recently South African political leader Julius Malema encouraged a gathering of low-income men and women to bear more children. If you can’t afford them, he said, there’s nothing to worry about. That’s why government exists. He promised his political party would take care of their children by doubling the child-support grants.

When it comes to Africa’s educational problems, the solution is not more government intervention but less, and not less Christian influence but more. 

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Empty Hands on Empty Heads? A Case for the Formal Ordination of Elders

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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The Indian natives begged their mentor to change his mind. He did.

Born in 1790, Karl Rhenius was a German missionary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Joseph Wolff, the famed “missionary to the world”, called Rhenius “the greatest missionary that has ever appeared in the Protestant Church.”

Rhenius served as a missionary in India for 48 years with no break for furlough. He helped establish over one hundred local Christian schools and was instrumental in thousands of Hindus coming to Christ. He succeeded in Bible translation work and spoke Tamil fluently. His friends saw him as cheerful, tough, intelligent, and totally consecrated to Christ.

His strategy was simple. Send out trained Indian disciples to preach and distribute literature. If they found interest in the village, they’d start a small elementary school. As schools grew, conversions followed and the new Christians were gathered into local fellowships.

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Review: Engenas Lekganyane and the Early ZCC

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Barry Morton, Booksmango, 242 pages, 3 of 5 stars

The Zion Christian Church (ZCC) is the African and ecclesiastical version of the Freemasons—shrouded in mystery and secret rituals. What’s so special about the tea they’re brewing? Why is the water they splash on faces so magical? What makes their uniforms blessed? The answers are difficult to find.

Despite its twelve million members and place as southern Africa’s largest African Initiated Church, the ZCC is nearly empty of any historical or theological literature.

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A Christian View on Plagiarism and ChatGPT

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Recently the University of Fort Hare in South Africa has been ensnared in controversy. One of its professors has been charged with ignoring the plagiarism of nine postgraduate students under his supervision. This comes over two decades after another infamous plagiarism case in South Africa, where a doctoral thesis was submitted to the University of Witwatersrand, having been copied word-for-word from another student’s post-graduate thesis. Upon discovery, the professor was fired from the university and his PhD was invalidated, a reminder that plagiarism remains one of academia’s most serious offences. 

Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s ideas or work and passing them off as one’s own. For centuries this has been a worldwide problem and today’s Africa is no exception. 

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Will Your Vote “Fix the Country”?

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–– Andrew Zekveld

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I still remember one of the more tense political engagements of my earlier years as a pastor. It was in the days leading up to a national election in the country of South Africa. The parties involved in that particular political fight were not political—instead, it was a husband and his wife, each roping the pastor in for self-vindication. One spouse argued that a Christian’s vote should be determined by moral issues while the other argued for economic and political freedoms and improved service delivery.

What should the determining factors be in influencing a Christian’s political vote?

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Choose Your Love: Steps for Young Men in Finding a Wife

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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For centuries breeders have tried to predict the fastest racehorses. Secretariat, a thoroughbred that won the 9th American Triple Crown, is considered by many to be the greatest racehorse of all time. He set and still holds the fastest time in all three Triple Crown races. The average thoroughbred’s heart weighs almost 4 kg. Secretariat’s heart weighed nearly three times that. For some years now, yearlings have been selected on the basis of heart size, as judged by ultrasound measurements.  

We can also predict the weather. The old adage is often true. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.” Jesus said a similar thing in Matthew 16:2-3: “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is read and threatening.’”

But forecasting the weather and fast racehorses seems somewhat trivial compared to predicting who will make a godly wife. Every Christian man wants to wed a virtuous woman, but how can he know? Is it possible for a man to predict who will be a godly wife?

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Illegal Immigration: Is it ever right to do wrong?

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–– Mark Christopher

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The issue of illegal immigration is a persistent problem affecting many nations around the world at the present moment. South Africa has long been impacted by an unknown number of illegal aliens from neighbouring countries. Most of these are understandably seeking a better life. The estimates on the number of illegal immigrants in South Africa range from 5 to 10 million people. 

This large influx of people has led to periodic episodes of xenophobic violence as some South Africans feel threatened by those they consider stealing their jobs and opportunities for a better life. Violence against those who have illegally entered South Africa’s borders only exacerbates the problem without offering a positive corrective.

The question before every blood-bought believer in Christ is how should Christians biblically view illegal immigration and immigrants.

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Marching to Zion? An Overview of Southern Africa’s Largest AIC Church

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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The Zion Christian Church (ZCC) has been in the international news recently. On Thursday, 28 March 2024, a small town in Limpopo South Africa was the scene of a horrific bus crash that took the lives of at least forty-five people. The bus was travelling from Botswana on the way to an Easter gathering as part of the annual ZCC festivities. 

The driver lost control and the bus careened off a bridge and fell 50 meters below where it burst into flames. Everyone on board was killed, except for an 8-year-old child who remains in serious but stable condition. 

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A Survey of Slavery and Salvation

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–– Gideon Mpeni

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Africa is a beautiful continent. Yet, beneath the edges of this amazing tapestry are dark threads of various evils. From Cape to Cairo, we hear various cries of desperation and one of those African cries is heard from the closed doors in Oman from a woman as she suffers the trauma of severe burns inflicted by her so-called bosses. Her name is Blessing, she was among those women lured with offers of domestic work, only to be trapped in a cycle of exploitation, and thrown into the dungeon of despair. 

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A Biblical Guide to Voting

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–– David de Bruyn

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This year sees a number of crucial elections around the world: Taiwan, Pakistan, Russia, the United States, and South Africa among others. All in all, at least 64 countries will vote for government, including 18 African countries. 

When Christians vote, they are exercising a right given to citizens of a democratic state: they are requesting certain persons to be their government. And since Christians answer to God first, their vote must represent a request for a government that obeys God’s mandate for human government.

The Bible lays certain obligations on all human governments. Any political party that refuses or neglects to do these things is disobeying God, and a vote to support them is essentially a Christian ignoring his or her Father’s explicit will for human government. 

So what does God expect from human government?

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How to Serve Before Kings in an Age of Unemployment

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–– Titus Cantrell

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South Africa is facing a dire shortage of skilled workers, according to a recent article published by Antony Sguazzin on Bloomberg. As businesses attempt to start or expand operations in what Sguazzin calls “Africa’s most industrialised economy,” there are certain job openings that employers simply cannot find qualified candidates for. Most of these are in the areas of engineering, science, information technology, and management. 

Sguazzin writes, “This skills shortage has been identified by the South African presidency as the second biggest impediment to economic growth, after crippling power outages.” The Department of Home Affairs releases an annual list of these “critical skills” designed to expedite the visa process for foreigners who can fill these gaps. However, Sguazzin points out that less than 50% of these critical skills visas are approved, and applications have declined significantly over the last decade.

While this skill shortage presents a major challenge to South African businesses, Christian young people should also view it as an opportunity and a guide for their education and career choices. 

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Institutionalised Envy: How the 10th Commandment Can Make or Break a Country

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–– Tim Cantrell

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Institutionalised Envy: How the 10th Commandment Can Make or Break a Country

As we in South Africa approach a major election, it is crucial for Christian voters not to be naïve or ignorant, but to recognise that all political systems are not created equal.  Every form of government is fallen, but not in the same way or to the same extent.  

Constitutional democracy and a free market are rooted in many biblical principles, when rightly applied. Socialism (and its end goal, communism) is rooted in envy, greed and covetousness.  It has bred all kinds of theft and trampling over private property rights (as enshrined in the 8th commandment against stealing) and discourages a biblical work ethic.  As Margaret Thatcher famously said:  “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”

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How to Teach Your Children Hard Work

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Child labour is bad. Hardworking children are good.

Child labour is the illegal employment of children in business in order to exploit them. Many of the countries most guilty for child labour are found in Africa. Christians should rightly reject the exploitation of children for financial gain as evil. But every parent should teach their children a Protestant work ethic in hopes of equipping them for a productive life in adulthood.

How may parents succeed in teaching their children to work hard? Here are five principles.

First, wait to have children after marriage. Many children learn hard work from their mothers but mothers cannot be everywhere at once. Single mothers that work full-time jobs lack the vigilance and time to oversee and correct the lazy trends in their children. Fatherless homes are without the male intensity necessary for a disciplined family structure.

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A Biblical Perspective on Witchcraft

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Witch hunting is a serious problem in Africa. If locals suppose their neighbour is a witch or engaged in witchcraft, they may injure that person, or even kill them.

Traditional African View on Witchcraft

According to Samuel Waje Kunhiyop, the common traditional African view is that since God does not allow or ordain evil and there is evil in the world, it must come from demons.

Witchcraft, then, is the cause of most suffering in the world. If someone is hit by a car while walking to work and dies, or if a child falls out of a tree at school and is killed, in the African mind, the explanation is often witchcraft.

Why some people are more affected by witchcraft than others may be owing to their neighbour or enemy placing a curse on them. Perhaps a witch doctor is involved.

A common proof of such witchcraft is the thousands of stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. It is debatable if these stories are true. What is not disputable, however, is that the belief in these stories is true. Christians must be careful to address these issues seriously, as many people wholeheartedly accept the holistic activity of the demonic world.

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How Should Adulterers Be Punished?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions: #12

Answer: In the Old Testament (OT), God enacted the death penalty for adultery among his people, provided it followed due process. The New Testament (NT) calls adultery a sin but not necessarily a crime and urges the church to excommunicate its members that refuse to forsake it.

Problem: Leviticus 20:10 clearly demands the death penalty for adultery, while Jesus in John 8 lets the adulterous women go free.

Explanation: Leviticus 20:10 states that the punishment for adultery is death. “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbour, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.” The penalty is emphatic. Literally, “dying he shall die.” There is no doubt. If a person has sexual intercourse with someone else’s spouse, he must be put to death (Dt. 22:22-24). Continue reading →

Should Churches Use Anointing Oil?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Should Churches Use Anointing Oil?

Selling sacred oils has become big business in Africa. Not uncommon are stories of pastors who bring children back from the dead by anointing the deceased with oil.

Pentecostal churches from around the continent have flooded the market with their holy anointing oils, promising fortune and healing to those who buy their products. Not surprisingly, churches that promote sacred oil are often entangled in a host of other sins.

In the world of Prosperity Churches, nothing is free. There is always a price to pay. For example, Mathius Bhebhe, a so-called prophet at Waters of Revelation Ministries in Zimbabwe, said:

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A Guide to Government and Godliness

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–– Jonathan Klimek

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A Guide to Government and Godliness

This year in South Africa the National Elections will take place on the 29th of May. You may ask: “How does God view elections? Should we vote? Which party do we choose—the “lesser of many evils”? 

It is important that we as Christians consider our role within the political sphere of our Country. Our faith is not confined to the pews of our church; rather, it should infiltrate every facet of our lives, including our engagement with our Country and its politics.

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Are the Two Creation Accounts Contradictory?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions: #11

Answer: No. Genesis 1 and 2 are complementary. Though animals and mankind were created from the ground, God made Adam subsequent to the animals and uniquely in His image, thus giving Adam dominion over the earth.

Problem: Genesis 1:25-27 describes God creating of all animal life before mankind, while Genesis 2:18-22 teaches that God created humans first, then animals.

Explanation: The creation account in Genesis 2 is not contradictory to the creation account in Genesis 1. It’s simply more detailed. Genesis 1 uses a wide-angled lens to overview the creation of the world in six, literal, 24-hour days. Genesis 2 zooms in to give more details about the creation of man and the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 1, you’re looking at creation atop New York City’s Empire State Building. In Genesis 2, you’re observing the sixth day of creation from the sidewalk. Continue reading →

When an Evil Nation Does Right

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Zimbabwe and King Manasseh

In February of 2024, the Government of Zimbabwe sent out a press statement strongly rejecting the efforts that foreign nations have made to ensnare its citizens into homosexual behaviour through the offers of educational scholarships.

Like other African nations such as Uganda, Zimbabwe firmly condemns Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender activities. Zimbabwe opposes the viewpoint of several neighbouring countries, namely South Africa and Mozambique, both of which promote significant LGBT protections.

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Biblical Counsel on Marital Engagement | Part 1

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By the time Maria Dyer agreed to marry Hudson Taylor, two other ladies had already rejected his marriage proposals.

The soon-to-be-great missionary had recently arrived in China when he fell in love with the squinty-eyed Maria. She was young and her parents were dead. A group of English missionaries—one of whom was an old maid—had watch care over her.

When word got out of his letter proposing marriage to Maria, they were disgusted. “The nerve…!” Maria was a lady. Taylor was a young, poor, unconnected Nobody. She was proper. He was no gentleman, without a sufficient education and without position. She was tall. He was short, a “ranter”, a Plymouth Brethren. Worst all, he wore Chinese clothes and a long pigtail like his Asian neighbours. Marriage? Maria’s guardians wanted Taylor horse-whipped.

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Christian Duty in the Wake of Infanticide 

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–– Lennox Kalifungwa

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Hallmarks of a Genocidal World

Where lies the most perilous domain on Earth in our time? Is it within radical Islamic states or amidst gang-ridden urban communities? No, the womb, intended as a sanctuary of life, has become the most treacherous place on earth. Consider Zambia, where numerous abortions are carried out under the guise of women’s rights and gender equality. Across the globe, millions of unborn lives are intentionally ended each year in the name of justice and freedom. Make no mistake, feminism has produced the greatest genocide in the history of the world. This phenomenon is globally promoted, funded, and celebrated as a perceived hallmark of societal development. 

The chilling parallels between the rhetoric of abortion and historical genocides underscore the moral bankruptcy of a society that condones the wanton destruction of innocent life. Just as past atrocities, such as the holocaust, were justified through dehumanization, so too does the abortion industry seek to obfuscate the humanity of the unborn, thereby sanctioning their systematic annihilation.  

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On Godly Men and Picking Fights

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Godly men are called to fight, but they must pick their fights prudently. “Fight the good fight of the faith,” Paul said (1Tm. 6:12). “I have fought the good fight,” were his last words (2Tm. 4:7). This differs from today’s 11th Commandment: Thou shalt be nice. Break this command and you’ll incur the world’s wrath. 

Consider the recent expulsion of final-year law student Shaun Christie from North-West University in South Africa. On 6 February 2024, an orientation programme was held for first-year students at the Potchefstroom Campus. Students were forced to sit for LGBTQA+ indoctrination, which opposed many of the students’ religious convictions. Christie, a Christian, publicly stood and voiced his protest at the presentation, which was captured on camera. Afterwards, the university expelled him for what they called disruption and denying free speech. Christie refused to back down.

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Biblical Food For Thought Before Voting

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–– Mark Christopher

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Because it is an election year here in South Africa, I am reminded of the humorous definition of “politics”. It is a compound word from poly meaning “many” and tics — “blood-sucking creatures”. And while there may be some truth in this, Christians have an awesome responsibility to vote according to Christian principles derived from God’s word. Sadly, too many people vote according to their wallet, blindly based on past history, or they vote based on what they think the government will give them materially. Some vote out of blind devotion to their favourite political party regardless of the values that the party represents. And then there are those who vote based on an informed decision. 

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Review: R.C. Sproul – A Life

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Stephen Nichols, Crossway, 371 pages, 4 of 5 stars

I was in college when my parents received a flyer from Ligonier Ministries. The first teaching series I ordered was on the Five Solas. I was hooked. I’ve loved Sproul ever since.

It was with great excitement that I read Sproul’s bio written by Stephen Nichols. The book is balanced, inciteful, warm, and loaded with doctrine and humorous stories. For a full summary of the biography, look HERE.

I thought I knew the man well. But did you know that Sproul…?

  1. Said he was the only person in church history to be converted by reading Ecclesiastes 11:3.
  2. Earned a doctorate from the Free University of Amsterdam, even though he never wrote a dissertation.
  3. Would speak Dutch to Cornelius Van Til as they sat on the man’s porch outside Philadelphia.
  4. Married Tim and Kathy Keller, who were also students at the Ligonier Valley Study Center.
  5. Wrote all through the night the 19 affirmations and denials of the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, after the person assigned to the task failed to produce them.
  6. Had 18,000 students and 800 resident students pass through his study center in 1977, only the sixth year of the school.
  7. Was aboard the deadliest crash in Amtrak history, where 42 of the 202 passengers were killed.
  8. Described the Evangelicals and Catholics Together affair as the most difficult time in his life.
  9. Wrote vows for the board members and faculty of Reformation Bible College, to be recited annually, which included the Apostles’ and Chalcedonian creeds, the five solas and the consensus of the Reformed confession.
  10. Within a few days after his death, had over 17,000 responses from around the world respond to the prompt from Crossway: “I am grateful for R.C. Sproul because….”

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Church Planting Methods, St. Paul’s Or Ours?

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–– Malamulo Chindongo

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I have often said that Africa has so many churches that you can buy two for a penny. Despite the numerous churches we see around us, it seems to me that there is very little impact on our communities. I am concerned with the lack of growth and maturity among many who carry their Bibles every Sunday morning but don’t seem to learn from them, let alone read them. Churches are being planted daily on the continent of Africa, especially in the era of self-appointed pastors and prophets. 

Rolland Allen, wrote the book, ‘Missionary Methods, St. Paul’s Or Ours?’ Rolland was puzzled at the way his denomination and others around him were going about church planting overseas. He was not convinced that it was being done God’s way. I too, have concerns with my fellow African church planters; hence my adaptation of Rolland Allen’s title, ‘Church-Planting Methods, St. Paul’s Or Ours?’

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