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About Paul Schlehlein

Jesus is Lord. Husband to Lindy. Father of eight. Missionary church-planter to the Tsongas in rural South Africa.

Modesty: A Lost Virtue

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–– Joe Shoko

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It is summertime, and that means Christian men and women, but mostly men, must work all the harder to pluck their eyes out in the face of public indecency and immodesty. Welcome to the postmodern era – where sanity, virtue, shame and dignity have all been thrown out of the window, but nudity, sensuality, and impurity of all kinds have all been embraced in the name of progressivism and inclusivity. The bible has two glaring passages that address the pertinent issue of modest dressing. 

“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire” (1 Timothy 2:9), “but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.” (1 Peter 3:4).

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Should We Believe Everything?

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Answering 439 Bible Contradictions 

Answer: We should believe the good intentions of others as much as possible.

Problem: First Corinthians 13:7 says “believe all things” but Proverbs 14:15 laments that dimwits believe everything and Paul commands the church in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 to “test everything”.

Explanation:  The world thinks Christians are imbeciles that believe everything they’re told. In their mind, only a fool would agree that God created the world in six days, that Jesus walked on water, and that trumpets made the walls of Jericho come tumbling down. After all, the Bible says: “Believe all things” (1Co. 13:7). Thus, Karl Marx called religion the opium of the masses. The church is a trick to lure a world of stupid sheep. Continue reading →

A Practical Way to Find a Mission Field

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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In the old days, finding a mission field may have been easier. Too many options make decisions difficult. In the primitive eras of Great Commission work, missionaries didn’t enjoy as many people groups to consider. 

In the 17th century, most Protestant missionaries went to the Native Americans in North America, in the 18th century to Asia, and in the 19th century to Africa. Maps were unsophisticated and incomplete, especially in a nation’s interior regions. Often, prospective missionaries chose the only option available. 

Transportation was rudimentary. For example, in 1829, Anthony Groves arrived in Baghdad with his wife and two boys after trekking 2,000 miles over mountains and deserts. They travelled by foot, by horse, and by a boneshaking German wagon. This was ten years before Livingstone took a three-month voyage to Africa from Scotland. 

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The Memorization of Rawlins White (Ep. 17)

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Two common excuses people employ for avoiding God’s Word are “I’m too busy” and “the Bible is boring”. A far less typical alibi is “I can’t read”, especially because of the rise of education and printed and digital books worldwide over the past several centuries. But in 15th century England, literacy was far less common, with only a quarter of the men able to read. 

Among these illiterate fellows was Rawlins White, who did not allow his learning deficiencies to stop him from imbibing God’s Word, following after Jesus Christ, and eventually becoming one of the three Welsh Marian martyrs.

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Free Speech and the Murder of Charlie Kirk

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Last night, on 10 September 2025, I joined millions worldwide to read in horror about the assassination of American Christian and political activist Charlie Kirk. It pains us to the core to observe the loss of life of such a young, gifted man, just thirty-one years old, with a wife and two young kids who will now grow up only hearing stories about their Dad.

But the hurt only grows when one thinks about how he died—assassinated on live TV by a bullet through his neck from a rifle a hundred yards away. Who can know God’s ways? His works and thoughts are higher than ours (Ps. 92:5). It’s natural to ask why the Almighty would ordain that such an asset to the kingdom would be brought to Heaven so soon.

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What’s True About the Blood Moon: A Christian View of Nature

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–– Tim Cantrell

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Last Sunday, 7 September, was a rare treat for a few billion people, including us here in Johannesburg, as we witnessed a beautiful blood moon resulting from a total lunar eclipse, painting the night sky with hues of fiery red.  The cause was the moon reflecting the earth’s dusty atmosphere, scattering shorter wavelengths (the usual blue and green light of the moon), while the longer red and orange light reached the moon, making it glow a coppery-red. As NASA stated, it was like seeing “all of the earth’s sunsets and sunrises projected on the moon”.  “The heavens declare the glory of God!” (Ps. 19:1).  “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!” (Psalm 8).

Worship or Worry?

But wait?!  Should we be worshipping the Creator, or worrying about such a celestial sign and apocalyptic omen?  Hindu temples across India were shut down during the blood moon for fear of the negative energies and ritual impurity imposed by this phenomenon.  African traditional leaders explained how this could signal strong winds and sickness, or indicate the death of a king.  Even Christians panic over a red moon, since Scripture mentions this as one of the signs of God’s judgment upon the world near the end.

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The Piety of Thomas à Kempis (Ep. 16)

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A “classic” refers to a book which endures with such excellence that people read and admire it long after the author is dead. Classics increase in popularity hundreds, sometimes thousands, of years past its publication date. The holy Scriptures outpace all books as the classic of classics. Some of its authors lived over 4,000 years ago, yet it still stands atop the bestseller list year after year and has been translated into are more languages than any volume in world history.

The Christian classics that rise above the rest include Confessions by Augustine, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, and The Institutes by John Calvin. Another book equal in substance and readership is The Imitation of Christ by Thomas á Kempis, a man devoted to piety and the emulation of Lord Jesus Christ. 

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The Sin of African Time

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Every culture shares its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The West, for example, is infatuated with the sins of materialism and entertainment, whereas Muslim nations more easily embrace transgressions like polygamy. 

Christian Worldview

As a general principle, a nation that’s been influenced by Christianity will enjoy more strengths in its culture than those countries affected by paganism and false religions. This is because the gospel changes a man’s destiny and his deeds, his future and his feats, his end and his endeavours. Christianity isn’t a mere accessory in one’s life, like a spoiler on the back of a sports car. Rather, Christianity is a worldview that drives a person’s life, like the engine in a pick-up truck. 

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The Trustworthiness of John Huss (Ep. 15)

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Along with Peter Waldo and John Wycliffe, John Huss stands among the greatest of the pre-reformers, Protestant leaders that criticized the Roman Catholic Church and paved the way for the 16th century Reformation led by Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.  

John Huss’s life and teachings influenced the church long after his death. From the Bohemian Reformation came the Moravians, named after the easter region in the Czech Republic. The Moravian Brethren also influenced George Whitefield and the Great Awakening and helped ignite the missionary movement in the 18th century. Thus, God used John Huss as a central tool to impact the three great revival campaigns of the last five-hundred years in church history: the Protestant Reformation, the great century of missions, and the Great Awakening.

A Practical Way for Men to Overcome Lust

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G.K. Chesterton said: “The soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

Behind a grown man stands his wife and children. Behind a young man stands his future wife and children. No sin will destroy his family more than succumbing to lust. Men must arm themselves with the Scriptures to slay the dragon named Licentiousness.

To help men memorize Scripture, the writer of the Psalms sometimes used acrostics as a mnemonic device. For example, each verse in Psalm 145 begins with a new Hebrew letter. It’s not obvious in English but the first verse starts with the letter aleph, verse two with the letter beth and so forth. Psalm 25, 34, and 119 follow a similar method.

God wrote the Psalms this way to help young men and old men remember and memorize the Scriptures. 

Attached are twenty-six verses in acrostic form to help bring success to every man’s battle for purity. 

  1. A: Abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul (1Pt 2:11).
  2. B: Because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife (1Cor. 7:2).
  3. C: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Ps. 51:10).
  4. D: David arose from his couch and…saw…a woman bathing (2Sm. 11:2).
  5. E: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Mt 5:28).
  6. F: For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality (1Th. 4:3).
  7. G: Guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it (Pr. 4:23 NIV).
  8. H: He left his garment in her hand and fled (Gn. 39:12).
  9. I: I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze upon a virgin (Job 31:1).
  10. J: Jesus said…watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation (Mt. 26:41).
  11. K: Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house (Pr. 5:8).
  12. L: Live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age (Tit. 2:12).
  13. M: Man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths (Pr. 5:21).
  14. N: No eye will see me (Job 24:15).
  15. O: Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality (Mt. 15:19).
  16. P: Put to death…what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion (Col. 3:5).
  17. Q: Quench not the Spirit (1Th. 5:19).
  18. R: Renounce ungodliness and worldly passions (Tit. 2:12).
  19. S: Sexually immoral…will [not] inherit the kingdom of God (1Cor. 6:9-10).
  20. T: Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee (Ps 119:11 KJV).
  21. U: Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the…Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom (Mt. 5:20).
  22. V: She was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed (2Sm. 13:18).
  23. W: Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed…to thy Word (Ps. 119:9 KJV).
  24. X: Xercise thyself rather unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little (1Tm. 4:7).
  25. Y: You did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all (2Sm. 12:12).
  26. Z: The name of the slain [immoral] man…was Zimri (Num. 25:14).

A Husband’s Role in His Wife’s Physical Beauty

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Beauty products make big money around the world. The beauty industry generates over $650 billion in revenue worldwide. In 2023, South Africa alone spent $6 billion on beauty products. South Korea leads the world in skin care products, spending $7 billion in 2023. Just the hair industry in South Africa is worth nearly R10 million, as weaves, wigs, and waves make big business in beauty salons and on social media. The cosmetics industry is taking off in countries like Ghana and Kenya, with Nigeria anticipated to be the rising star. 

Lest the reader questions how much men value beauty, in late 2024 King Mswati III (age 56) married the daughter of former South African president Jacob Zuma. She was twenty-one, becoming his sixteenth wife. 

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The Reproof of Wycliffe (Ep. 14)

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In the 14th century the fault lines of the church widened when Oxford professor John Wycliffe clamored for the holy Scriptures in the vernacular of the common man. He, along with John Hus, thrived as a Reformer before the coming of Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli.

Today he is known as the  Morning Star of the Reformation, for just as some planets become visible mere moments before sunrise, so did Wycliffe shined as a pre-reformer. His censure of false teaching and his love for the Scriptures burned brightly in the night sky so as to illumine the Reformation on come.

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Abolishing Bride Price and Traditional Sexual Teachings

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–– Lennox Kalifungwa

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The Church must cultivate rituals distinct from those of the surrounding pagan cultures. This can only be achieved when Christians anchor their identity in Christ above all cultural affiliations. Such allegiance inevitably sets them in conflict with the world, and faithful believers must be prepared to embrace that enmity and endure its costs.

There ought to be a visible and tangible difference between those who are in Christ and those who are not. Where no such distinction exists, it is usually because Christians are bowing to the same idols as the wider culture. The resemblance is a giveaway, betraying a shared—though false—object of worship.

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The Christian and Cryptocurrency

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–– Charles Russell

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Bitcoin has recently hit new all-time highs, breaching $120,000 per coin last month. R10,000 invested 5 years ago would have been worth R103,000 today. In comparison, an investment in the JSE all-share index and the S&P500 index would have only yielded R18,000 and R19,000, respectively.

As a Christian, what should we be doing with this information? Could a significant investment in Bitcoin have solved many of the problems Africa faces today? Could it have solved your own financial problems?

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The Logic of Anselm (Ep. 13)

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Around the time of the Middle Ages, a group of educated Christian leaders began to emerge called “schoolmen”.They sought to discover how reason (the power of the mind to think) and faith could work together. They wanted to use their minds to think deeply about why God exists and who He is. The “first of the schoolmen”, and perhaps the greatest, was Anselm of Canterbury. 

Anselm entered the world during a time when the church had been in decline spiritually and culturally for hundreds of years. The leaders of the church were sometimes more ignorant than the common people. One of the sparks of hope in an otherwise gloomy world was Anselm, sometimes called the “Second Augustine”. He became a godly saint that not only served Jesus with his heart and hands, but also with his mind.

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Geneva Meets BELA—A Calvinistic Look at Modern Education

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–– Tim Cantrell

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If Christ is Lord of all of life, He is Lord of all learning and education.  The “first and greatest commandment” is not only to love Him with heart and soul, but also with “all your mind” (Matt. 22:37).  Both Deuteronomy and Proverbs provide detailed examples and much instruction on the role of parents and teachers in the formation of young hearts and minds:  “Hear O Israel…”, and “Listen, my son….”.

Yet here in South Africa, the battle rages for educational authority.  Recent headlines show ongoing efforts to implement the controversial BELA bill that indoctrinates children with sexual perversion, undermines parental authority, and, in the name of neutrality, promotes aggressively the religion of secular humanism.  Previous TARIFs have warned about the BELA agenda and made a clear case for Christian education.  But what further lessons and examples does church history offer us for Christian education in our African context today?  

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Women’s Rugby?

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Scroll through the BBC’s Africa home page and you’ll find a cesspool of articles promoting violent women’s sports. A cage fighter from Nigeria poses for the camera, her fists up, growling: “I am the queen of the cage.” A video promotes women’s arm wrestling by displaying two ladies with arms the size of #2 pencils—one shrew-sized participant straining for victory while wearing a burka. 

Another article promotes a woman named Peace for becoming the first Ugandan national to sign for a women’s super league rugby squad. Is this wholesome? Should Christians encourage their daughters to play lock and flanker on a rugby team? The implications of our answer go far beyond this one sport but to the very nature of men and women. 

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The Forgiveness of Patrick (Ep. 12)

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While the first 500 hundred years of the church enjoyed a plethora of famous preachers, theologians, pastors, and martyrs, the next half millennium did not produce nearly as many giants of the faith. But the gospel continued to advance from AD 500-1000—the first half of what is poorly entitled the “Dark Ages”.

The success in Christianity grew in part due to the missionary efforts of Patrick of Ireland, a godly former slave, missionary, and bishop that ignored the evil that was done to him in his youth by responding to his enemies with forgiveness and love. Today, he is known as the Apostle to the Irish.

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The Surprising Scarcity of Self-Supporting Churches

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Receiving services and material for free is a serious problem in Africa. For decades, foreign aid has flooded into Africa, though the continent remains the poorest in the world. NGOs grow in Africa like the frogs multiplied in Egypt. Shouldn’t someone shut off the tap and call the annual billions sent to Africa a colossal mistake? Not according to many, where politicians from South Africa still complain about the cutting of USAID, which accounted for 17% of South Africa’s health budget. Other African leaders insist on debt forgiveness. 

What is a church?

Sadly, this mindset has trickled down to the church. Is it healthy that many African congregations are kept afloat through foreign donations? To answer this question, we must first define our terms. The local church is a body of believers that has covenanted together to preach God’s Word and administer baptism and the Lord’s Supper. 

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Cross Purposes About the Cross

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–– Richard Peskett

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Do you ever, like me, struggle to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with black Africans? I speak often to men and women about Christ—on the streets and in the stores—and even though we are speaking the same language, and they smile, and they agree with me, and they take a tract when offered to them, yet  I usually come away convinced that we were speaking at cross-purposes. I failed again to effectively share the gospel. 

“Speaking at cross purposes” means talking with someone about different things without realising it.

Most Africans are “incurably religious people.” They mention “God” more often than the Europeans with whom I grew up. Africans praise “God” for the rain, and for good health. “God is good,” I might say, and people reply, “All of the time.” But how many of these same people actually know God — the One who reveals Himself in His creation, in the Scriptures, and most clearly in the person of Jesus Christ?

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The Purity of Augustine (Ep. 11)

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In the first few centuries after Jesus’ death, the church spent most of its time on defense, protecting the truth against enemies attacking the deity of Christ. After several centuries, God chose a towering figure to go on the offensive.

From the time of the Apostle Paul to Martin Luther 1500 years later, there was no one in the church that better explained salvation by grace alone than Augustine of Hippo. But Augustine’s journey to faith was a winding one, full of obstacles and dangers, no barrier more severe than the 7th commandment: “You shall not commit adultery.”

The Laws God had given his people to help them live holy lives only plunged Augustine deeper in despair. Not until Christ melted his heart of stone could Augustine live a life of purity that God had created him to enjoy.

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The “Big Man Syndrome” in Today’s African Churches

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–– Brino Kumwenda

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The big-man syndrome has dominated the philosophy of leadership in many African churches today. But it doesn’t have to be this way. 

A concerned member of Grace Community Church once asked his pastor, John MacArthur:  “What’s going to happen to Grace Community when you are gone?”

MacArthur answered, “There are people asking me, ‘What’s the replacement plan around here?’ Well, whatever happens to me, this church has many great, gifted, dedicated, highly motivated, and passionate preachers coming behind me that there will be plenty of them to take my place…”

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Should Christians Own Guns? 

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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Gun-ownership in the United States is the highest in the world, with a rate of 120 guns per 100 people. Yes, that’s more than one gun per person. Gun-ownership rates in Africa, however, are tiny (at least among non-criminals), with almost non-existent rates in countries like Malawi, Benin, Ethiopia, and Niger. 

In South Africa and South Sudan, there are less than ten gun-owners per one-hundred people, even though (as of 2024), South Africa has the fifth-highest crime rate in the world. 

South Africa is a very dangerous place to live. According to recent crime statistics from the South African Police Service, 453 homes are burgled every day in the country. This despite each home being clothed in a robe of steel burglar bars and shiny razor wire. 

This raises the question: are Christians allowed to defend themselves? If Jesus said to turn the other cheek, may His followers use dogs, walls, and fists to protect their lives and property? If so, are weapons like guns and knives valid? Consider the following four principles.

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The Eloquence of Chrysostom (Ep. 10)

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It was said of John the Golden Mouth that it was better for the sun never to shine on Constantinople than for Chrysostom to stop preaching. While the multitudes loved him and his enemies despised him, this towering bishop continued to use the oratorical gifts God had given him to honor the name of Christ, even until the very end when it led to his death. 

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Execution of Justice: Should Believers Desire the Death Penalty?

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–– Evan Cantrell

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In 2020, Tafadzwa Shama and Tapiwa Makore (Sr) killed and dismembered Makore’s nephew, 7-year-old Tapiwa Makore (Jr). The killing was part of a pagan ritual intended to ensure the prosperity of their cabbage growing business.

In 2023, the men were sentenced to death for their horrific crime. However, in December 2024, Zimbabwe repealed the death penalty, almost 20 years after its last execution in 2005. As a result, Shama and Makore had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. 

When faced with brutal crimes like the murder of little Tapiwa Makore, our hearts cry out for justice through the ultimate punishment. However, activists argue that the death penalty only breeds more violence, and is ineffective and unproductive. They hold up Zimbabwe to the rest of Africa as an example of what should be done in abolishing the death penalty. 

What does God’s Word say? Is it right for believers to desire that the death penalty be carried out, or does this stand in conflict with the command to “love our enemy”? 

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John MacArthur’s Legacy in Africa and Beyond

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–– Paul Schlehlein

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On Monday, July 14, shortly after 6 p.m., John MacArthur breathed his last breath on earth and was received into the presence of Jesus Christ, whom he loved and had preached faithfully for over six decades. 

I enjoyed the privilege of studying under Dr. MacArthur at the Master’s Seminary and was honoured when he endorsed my first book. His influence reached around the world and will impact the church for centuries to come should the Lord tarry.

Having served for two decades as a missionary in Africa, I would like to highlight four ways John MacArthur influenced this continent for Christ. 

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The Solitude of Jerome (Ep. 9)

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Each generation of church fathers built upon the teachings of the previous era. Should you observe a painting of Jerome, most likely you’ll see him sitting at a desk, reading a book, or holding a pen.

He was learned, eloquent, and a lover of words, most importantly a lover of the Word of God. With these gifts he served the Church well and is best remembered for his translation of the Bible into Latin and introducing the monastic life to the world. 

The giants of the faith that established the foundations of Christianity between the first and fifth centuries are called the Early Church Fathers, a broad category that can be broken into three smaller divisions. The Apostolic Fathers, like Clement of Rome, were contemporaries of Jesus’ twelve apostles.

The Ante-Nicene Fathers predate the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325 and include Justin Martyr and Tertullian. The Post-Nicene Fathers come immediately after the Council of Nicaea and include Ambrose, Augustine, Chrysostom and the focus of this episode, Jerome. 

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Family Overreach in Marriage

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–– Joe Shoko

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Ubuntuism is a good thing. What makes it unique is the emphasis on communal living. Not too long ago, African communities were distinctly community-oriented. It was as if Acts 2:42-47 was being re-enacted, but without Christ as the focal point. Whenever someone was sick, they didn’t run out of aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters to lend a helping hand. 

In such times, high yard walls were still very much a vague, futuristic half–baked concept and the only thing that separated you and your ‘neighbour’ was the closed doors and windows at night. This was the ideal scenario, until it was time for prospective couples to wed. 

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The Composure of Ambrose (Ep. 8)

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Ambrose of Milan stands as one of the greatest theologians and bishops of the 4th century. His pen attacked the false teachings of his day, and his preaching led to the conversion of the great Augustine of Hippo. 

But his greatest contribution to the church may have been his unflappable resolve while under fire from the authority of the State.

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Reading the ANC’s ‘Bible’: A Christian Response to the Freedom Charter

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–– Tim Cantrell

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Last month was the 70th anniversary of South Africa’s Freedom Charter, once called the ANC’s “Bible” by former president, Jacob Zuma. Hailed as the true ‘voice of the people’ for liberation since 1955, it is often elevated to the status of religious dogma, and exalted above our national Constitution. As image-bearers of the Almighty, God has placed this cry for freedom and human dignity in all of our hearts, as we’ve often argued here on TARIF. Muzzling the consent of the governed and trampling on human rights is abominable in God’s eyes and must be opposed.

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