On November 6th this year, Makerere University Kampala hosted a Mind Education Seminar by Dr Ock Soo Park, ‘for all academic and non-academic staff.’ The seminar followed a ‘Mind Education Lecture’ on September 11th, 2019, to the staff and students of Psychology at the same institution. This lecture was by Dr Kim Kisung, “the Main Character in the Korean Movie, ‘A Big Shot’.”
… IYF: Mind Education or Mind Control?
Of the most discomforting and difficult Christian doctrines is that of hell. Atheists reject it as a deplorable doctrine of the devils they disbelieve. Some Christians contend that the reality of hell does not square with the character of God as loving. As such, they choose other alternatives such as annihilation or eventual universal salvation of all souls, regardless.
… Hell as the Future for the Selfish
“𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒃 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈.” Job 1:22
Recently, thieves stole a friend’s laptop, phone, documents, bank cards, driving permit, and some cash. He was on his way from work. It was nighttime. He escaped with his life only after relinquishing his material belongings. As he put it, thieves took his ‘entire work.’
… Mercenaries or Disciples?
In my last article, I spoke of seven ways in which the ancient institution of slavery differed from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (TST). It seemed to me that one ought to know these critical distinctions for meaningful discussions about what the Bible says about slavery to exist.
… Age-Old Slave Trade in Africa
Few attacks levelled against the Bible are as scathing as the claim that it supports slavery. Attackers, often armed with knowledge of the 16th-19th century Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (TST), repeat the contemptuous chorus: how can you believe a book that teaches you to enslave another? Before considering whether the Bible condones slavery, we must ask ourselves two questions. First, how was life as a slave in biblical times? Secondly, are we correct to read the TST narrative back into the Ancient World’s context?
… Seven Ways Ancient Slavery Differed from Modern Slavery
Ravi Zacharias. A mind that allured me to Christian Apologetics like a honeybee enchanted by nectar. His heart exhibited unmistakable honesty as his humour made his rather challenging concepts relatable. But above all, his love for the Lord shone through every word he spoke, piercing the hardened hearts like the sun’s ray crashing through a crack in a prison cell.
Voltaire once voiced how “In the beginning, God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favour ever since.” The history of fallen humanity is that we have, since the sin of Adam, fashioned God after our image.
Presbyter Arius pondered through his platonic philosophical sieve: ‘If He is begotten,’ he mused; ‘then He has a beginning. And if He has a beginning, surely He is not truly God.’
Who is Man? What’s his nature? Is he primarily a spirit who has a soul living in a body or is he a living soul? Is he merely material or more?
In a fast-paced world that survives on fact-packed news bytes, people easily satisfy their hunger for power, pomp, and prosperity by use of a little prediction. For people in a country like Uganda, someone who ‘taps’ into the spiritual realm comes in handy. And when our worlds spin faster than light, we have no time to pause, ponder, or even pray. We ‘receive’ whatsoever our apps bring, without stopping to deliberate and decide wisely.
