Women’s Rugby?

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Paul Schlehlein

–– 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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Who was to Blame for Original Sin?

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Paul Schlehlein

Answering 439 Bible Contradictions

Answer: Eve was guilty for the first sin, but Adam was responsible for original sin.

Problem: First Timothy 2:14 says Eve (not Adam) was deceived into sinning first, but Romans 5:12 says that sin came into the world through Adam (not Eve).

Explanation: First Timothy 2:14 declares: “Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.”

This verse gives the second reason why Paul prohibited women from teaching the Bible to men in the church and exercising authority over them (2:12).

The first reason comes from v. 13: “Adam was formed first.” But Paul, never one to leave his audience short-handed, gives another basis for men-only preachers: Eve was deceived, though “Adam was not”. Eve, being tempted by Satan, sinned first by eating the forbidden fruit (Gn. 3:6). Continue reading →

The Dark Truth Behind Feminism’s War on Womanhood

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Paul Schlehlein

–– Lennox Kalifungwa

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As shrill chants echo through the air and half-naked bodies move with faces twisted in fervor, an outsider might wonder what kind of place they’ve stumbled into and who these people are. But as cries of “my body, my choice” and “smash the patriarchy” resound, the scene begins to make sense—this is a Women’s March, a feminist rally where propaganda is wielded to incite mass disruption. The Women’s March, now a global phenomenon, has taken root on the African continent. Though African feminism carries its own distinct emphasis and pedagogy, it remains deeply entwined with the radical principles that birthed the movement.

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Feminism and Valuing Women as Stained Glass Windows

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Paul Schlehlein

–– Paul Schlehlein

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What do the following three worldwide occurrences have in common?

First, daycare centres across the globe have experienced explosive growth. In the Netherlands, for example, 85% of children under age four attend formal daycare. Every day in South Africa, more pre-schools and creches are being added to the already existing 43,000 early childhood development centres, with one company calling daycare the strongest target for business entrepreneurs.

Second, as of 1 June 2024, 27 countries have women serve as Heads of State, a significant rise from years past. Worldwide, over a quarter of all parliamentarians in lower houses are women, up from 11% in 1995, the highest percentage being Rwanda at 61%. Currently, the world boasts well over a dozen female defence ministers, including four in Africa—Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Togo, and South Africa.

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Are Career Moms Better Off?

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Paul Schlehlein

–– Paul Schlehlein

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Should more mothers participate in the workplace? Will mothers who seek careers enjoy more peace and fulfilment? According to an article by Stellenbosch Business School in South Africa, women are unrepresented in today’s workplace, and businesses throughout Africa face gender imbalance, essentially punishing mothers for “having children”.

Legion are the articles written by African mommies trying to balance a career and children. One Nigerian career mother fired seven nannies in one year. Another mum from Uganda argued that children cared for by strangers are no worse off than those cared for by their mothers. What are we to make of this?

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Why Caster is Faster: A Christian Response to Transgenderism

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

–– Paul Schlehlein

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If you think the transgender debate hasn’t reached Africa, think again. Trans ideology has been gaining ground in Africa for decades.

Take, for example, Caster Semenya, a South African middle-distance runner and two-time women’s Olympic gold medal winner in the 800 meters. Semenya doesn’t just win races. Semenya dominates, the media describing the races as “coasting to victory” and “winning easily”.

The problem is that Semenya is not a woman. Semenya is a man who identifies as a woman. He has all the biological marks that only males possess: XY chromosomes, male genitalia, and high testosterone levels. He’s married to a woman with whom he has a child. Even his rare genetic condition can by definition only affect males. How then can Semenya call himself a woman?

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Africa, Female Circumcision and Islam

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

–– Paul Schlehlein

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In August of 2023, three women in The Gambia were ordered to pay a fine or face jail time for practicing female circumcision. They were charged under the country’s Women’s Amendment Act of 2015, which outlaws female circumcision.

Despite this law, at least half of the women in The Gambia have undergone this procedure, often performed by older women in the community.

What is Female Circumcision?

According to the World Health Organisation, female circumcision involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. This procedure is common in many African countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Eritrea. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that 200 million girls and women globally have undergone female circumcision.

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MM 48: “Should the Word ‘Obey’ be in Wedding Vows?”

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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First a story. I believe it was Princess Diana who was the first royal bride to omit the word “obey” from her vows when she married Prince Charles in 1981. Their vows were read aloud from the Book of Common Prayer.

Here’s a standard wedding vow from the Church of England:

“WILT thou have this man to thy wedded husband, to live together after God’s ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?”

She took that word “obey” out. This is very common in our world today.

Especially with the women’s suffragist movement in the 1920’s in America, vows often now us “love and cherish” in replacement of the word “obey”.

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TARIF: Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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Today is Friday, August 25^th, A.D. 2023. This is The Africa Review in Five, written by Paul Schlehlein and presented by Yamikani Katunga.

Sorry Benin, Legalizing Abortion Won’t Make Things Safer

A recent article in the Guardian tells of a gynaecologist in Benin and the journey that led her to push for abortion rights in her country. As the story goes, a young pregnant lady had come to her for the abortion of her unwanted baby. At the time, most abortions were illegal in the country of Benin, so the young gynaecologist urged the girl to keep the baby.

Some days later the doctor saw the young girl again and discovered that she had performed a secret abortion, most likely through pills or bleach or some other “unimaginable and inhumane method”. Not only was the baby dead. The mother was near death herself.

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MM 46: Where Should Parents of Big Families Find Encouragement?

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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First a story. Anthony Norris Groves, his wife, and children survived innumerable tragedies while living as missionaries in Bagdad, Iraq in the 1800s, including a terrible plague that killed tens of thousands and a flood that destroyed many homes and killed thousands more. They also endured the hatred of the locals. One might think that his children became embittered at their parents. Maybe they would despise the God their parents came to serve.

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TARIF: African Women in Combat

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Paul Schlehlein

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African Women in Combat

Last month at the International Association of Women Police, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged the women of his country to take a greater role in fighting his nation’s problems with crime. Under the guise of “women’s empowerment”, the conference gathered thousands of senior women police officers from around Africa, from countries like Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

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