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THE AFRICAN, THE BIBLE, AND CHRISTIANITY When we Christians say “Christianity did not come with the colonisers to Africa...
15/04/2025

THE AFRICAN, THE BIBLE, AND CHRISTIANITY

When we Christians say “Christianity did not come with the colonisers to Africa” we are not saying that a misrepresentation of Christianity was never used to justify enslaving and subjugating African people.

Rather, we are saying that that was not the first time Christianity or the Bible was presented to Africans. It is rooted in the times of the Old Testament with Queen of Sheeba (Queen Makeda). When Christianity came to Africa, it came with the message of Salvation, not of subjugation.

If we used the kind of logic anti-Christianity people use, we would claim that initiation schools are there to kill the young men, or to breed criminals, simply because of what we have seen recently, and that would be an unfair assessment. Because those that kill, and breed criminals, are usually unofficial, and illegally operated.

So because the colonisers misinterpreted certain texts to make themselves think they are a superior race, does not mean that is what Christianity actually teaches.

Christianity teaches that all humans are made in God’s Image, and that becomes the basis of how we view people, and how we treat them.

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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AFRICAN HISTORY (page 493 - 494)According to Ethiopian and foreign sources, Christianity was introduced...
15/04/2025

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AFRICAN HISTORY
(page 493 - 494)

According to Ethiopian and foreign sources, Christianity was introduced into Aksum during the FOURTH CENTURY by Frumentius, a Greco-Phoenician, who became the first head of the church in Ethiopia.. He was instrumental in the conversion of the king of Aksum, Ezana, who became the first Aksumite king to be converted to Christianity. Aksumite CHRISTIANITY was DERIVED FROM EGYPT.

It followed two of the dominant traits of Coptic Christianity: the monophysite creed (which holds that Jesus Christ had a single, divine na-ture), and monasticism. Christian Aksum passed on these two legacies to posterity, which still identify Ethiopian Christianity.

ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AFRICA HISTORY AND CULTURE
(Page 83)

Royalty in Ethiopia includes the SOLOMONIC DYNASTY, initiated, according to Ethiopian tradition, by Queen MAKEDA (queen of Sheba). Ethiopia's tradition of literacy dates back more than 2,000 years and includes a popular form of script known as lessana geez, or simply GE'EZ, meaning "the language of the free."

However, Ethiopia's EMBRACING of CHRISTIANITY, initiated during the rule of King Ezana (r. 320-350 CE) of AKSUM, generated some of the most unique forms of religious devotion and architecture in the world.

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THIS IS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (SAN PEOPLE)They desired no more possessions than they could carr...
15/04/2025

THIS IS ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (SAN PEOPLE)

They desired no more possessions than they could carry. But lack of property had its compensations. They had a sense of living abundant lives, for the resources available to them exceeded their wants. "We are inclined to think of hunters and gatherers as poor because they don't have any-thing: perhaps better to think of them for that reason as free..

The world's most primitive people have few possessions, but they are not poor. Poverty is not a certain small amount of goods, nor is it just a relation between means and ends; above all it is a relation between people. Poverty is a social status.

As such it is the invention of civilization." There was, however, a dark side of the hunter-gatherers' way of life, and it, too, was a consequence of their mobility. People were left to die when they were too old to walk, and twins and other children were killed when they were too numerous to carry.

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13/01/2025

The essence of the righteous person can be defined in Proverbs:

“The righteous are willing to disadvantage themselves to advantage the community; the wicked are willing to disadvantage the community to advantage themselves … ‘righteousness’ is a pattern of life, not merely specific acts. What is at stake is personhood, not merely performance; disposition rather than mere deeds; character behind and beyond conduct” Waltke

Mercy and Justice differentiates Christianity from the rest.1. In Buddhism and Hinduism, the concept of Karma, getting w...
01/01/2025

Mercy and Justice differentiates Christianity from the rest.

1. In Buddhism and Hinduism, the concept of Karma, getting what you deserve, does present a platform for justice but mercy has no place, since we all get what we deserve.

2. In Islam however, there is no justice, because you get what Allah has prepared for you “in eternity past”, meaning you have no choice, but “it is what it is”, no mercy no justice.

3. a. In Christianity however, there is both justice and mercy. Humans have sinned against God, and deserve to be punished for their sin.

b. They can be punished for it, but because they have sin, their punishment cannot sufficiently pay for their sin.

c. So One Who is without sin can pay for their sin, but amongst them there is none, “for all have sinned, and fallen short of the glory of God”.

d. Jesus born of a virgin, was the only sinless man, He committed no sin. He was the only One without sin, thus He could pay the penalty for sinners. A sinless man, as a penalty for sin.

e. In this, both justice and mercy are present. Justice because, sin has been paid for, mercy because sinners who believe, are forgiven, and will no longer pay for their sin.

Since we understand that we did not deserve Christianity, we are merciful to those who are struggling with sin, and patient with those who are unbelievers.

We sometimes miss a lot, when we don’t have the context.Repurposing for the sake of illustration or emphasising truth ha...
25/12/2024

We sometimes miss a lot, when we don’t have the context.

Repurposing for the sake of illustration or emphasising truth has never been evil. Throughout the Bible, there is repurposing, and until we understand that, we won’t be liberated from those who paganise everything.

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

In the Book of Psalm 104:3 Yahweh, the God of Israel is called a Cloud Rider, and Daniel 7:13 “the Son of Man Who came to the Ancient of Days” is also said to be a Cloud Rider. The title Crowd Rider was initially a title for Baal, the Canaanites god of thunder.

The Bible writers gave that title to Yahweh, so that everyone knows that the true Cloud Rider, the True God is Yahweh, and not Baal of the canaanites.

This is why in the New Testament when the Lord Jesus said “from now on, you will see the Son of Man… COMING ON THE CLOUD OF HEAVEN” the high priest torn his robe, as an expression of grief, then went on to say Jesus has uttered BLASPHEMY.

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Paul quoted Aratus in Acts 17:28, Thais Menander in 1 Corinthians 15:33, and also Epimenides in Titus 1:12. These were not Christians, but what they said was important and Paul used that to illustrate truth, even though they themselves might have not intended express these truths.

So then, if you believe Christmas is pagan, then there is nothing wrong with repurposing a pagan date to celebrate our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

“Ndini thanda nonke emakhaya”

19/12/2024

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.
G.K. CHESTERTON

10/12/2024

“…something new without Root”.

“There was a time when churches were teaching the whole counsel of God and most Bible believers in Bible teachingchurche...
21/06/2024

“There was a time when churches were teaching the whole counsel of God and most Bible believers in Bible teaching
churches could carry on intelligent biblical conversations if they had been saved for five years or so. In the last ten years, I have found that most Christians today have become biblical illiterates.

Due to the constant tendency towards all kinds of new experiences (2Tim. 4:3-4), many are influenced to the extreme, and they settle for simply repeating various phrases that they hear without true, biblical understanding. That, then, becomes the focal point of their Christian life rather than conforming to teachings of Scripture which they are not taught. It is getting harder and harder to find people in a local church who have even a very basic knowledge of Scripture, let alone any in-depth knowledge.

The false teachers are going to have a lot to answer for in this area, but so will pastors who have encouraged this in their people rather than taking on the discipline of learning how to do a proper exegesis and expository teaching”

- Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, 1980

2 Timothy 4:3–4 (NET):
4:3 For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.
4:4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths

Author, historian (atheist) Tom Holland While studying the ancient world, Holland writes, he realized something. Simply,...
20/06/2024

Author, historian (atheist) Tom Holland

While studying the ancient world, Holland writes, he realized something. Simply, the ancients were cruel, and their values utterly foreign to him. The Spartans routinely murdered
"imperfect" children. The bodies of slaves were treated like outlets for the physical pleasure of those with power. Infanticide was common. The poor and the weak had no rights.

How did we get from there to here? It was Christianity, Holland writes. Christianity revolutionized s*x and marriage, demanding that men control themselves and prohibiting all forms of r**e.
Christianity confined s*xuality within monogamy. (It is ironic, Holland notes, that these are now the very standards for which Christianity is derided.) Christianity elevated women. In short, Christianity utterly transformed the world.

18/06/2024

It is possible to disagree with your opinion and also love you, disagreement is not always rooted in enmity.

18/06/2024

“Saul who was later called Paul, was arrested”

Reasoning - Saul was then arrested because he was now called Paul. This makes no sense, had he remain Saul, would he had avoided prison.

“Joseph of Aramathea, a Rich Man” is a description not a reason. His riches were beneficial, but they are not the reason why Jesus was taken off the cross.

By scripture alone, we can conclude that Joseph’s tombs was given preference, not because of his money, but because of t...
18/06/2024

By scripture alone, we can conclude that Joseph’s tombs was given preference, not because of his money, but because of the sabbath being close and the tomb being near

Craigm Kp

John 19:41–42 (LEB):
Now there was a garden at the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one was yet buried.
So there, on ACCOUNT of the DAY of PREPARATION of the Jews, because the tomb was CLOSE BY, they buried Jesus.

17/06/2024

I pray that I never defend a preacher or their statement simply because they are Mpumalanga.

Cred: The Narrow Path
16/06/2024

Cred: The Narrow Path

16/06/2024

““But now bring charges against Israel—your mother— for she is no longer my wife, and I am no longer her husband. Tell her to remove the prostitute’s makeup from her face and the clothing that exposes her breasts. Otherwise, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will leave her to die of thirst, as in a dry and barren wilderness. And I will not love her children, for they were conceived in prostitution.”
‭‭Hosea‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

““Phikisanani nonyoko, nimmangalele, ngokuba akayena umkami, nami angiyona indoda yakhe. Makasuse ubufebe bakhe ebusweni bakhe, nokuphinga kwakhe phakathi kwamabele akhe, funa ngimhlubule abe nqunu, ngimbhushuzelise njengosuku azalwa ngalo, ngimenze afane nehlane, abe njengezwe eligagadekile, bese ngimbulala fi ngokoma. Angiyukubazwela abantwana bakhe, ngokuba bangabantwana bobufebe.”
‭‭UHoziya‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭ZUL20‬‬

16/06/2024

“Uma omunye wenu enombango nomunye, angalokotha yini ammangalele kwabangakholwayo, kunokuba udaba alwethule kubazalwane na? Anazi yini ukuthi abangcwele bayakuwehlulela umhlaba na? Kepha uma umhlaba wahlulelwa yinina, pho ningehlulwa yini ukukhipha izigwebo zamacala amancane na?”
‭‭1 KwabaseKhorinte‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭ZUL20‬‬

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