As I think about what is going on in Uganda with this social media and Mobile Money taxes, I am reminded of Nathan’s parable to David after the latter’s wicked acts in 2 Samuel 12.
Category: Truth
The Benefits of God’s Law to the Believer
There is a particular unhealthy understanding of the Law of God spreading on the wings of the current gnostic movements in Uganda, finding many fertile soils among the youth.
How Dishonoring the Sabbath Leads to the Disintegration of Society
William Farrell in his book The Myth of Male Power surveys how the often decried ‘Patriarchal’ system was harder on the man than is commonly acknowledged. He speaks of how men in history have been the dispensable sex, expected to do the most menial works in the harshest of realities, even to the detriment of their health or death, and often not respected or recognized for doing so.
… How Dishonoring the Sabbath Leads to the Disintegration of Society
Authentic Prophets to a Fallen World
The Church of Christ right from the start has always swum against the prevailing cultural tides. Her Foundation (Christ) was crucified by the powers that were, for contravening their sinful social-economic and political substructures. He too swam against the tide, as the Prophet like Moses and the end to which all authentic prophets pointed.
Six Errors of the Phaneroo Movement
John Calvin, the great French-Swiss Reformer, states in his Institutes of Christian Religion that ‘Our wisdom if it is to be thought genuine, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and ourselves.’
But Lord, I Responded to an Altar Call
Picture the Judgment Seat of Christ on the Last Day. Multitudes throng the throne of God and verdicts are being read. You are approaching, but before you reach the Judge, you hear a plea filled with deep anguish along the lines of: ‘…but Lord, I responded to an altar call. I said the sinners’ prayer and the preacher told me that I was saved…’
Remnant or Liar?
There is a picture on social media currently causing a spectacle in which a particular well clad ‘Remnant Prophet’ mimics the ‘Triumphal Entry’ with his followers laying down palm branches. It seems like the picture is from his last year’s visit to Angola.
Does the Meaning of Scripture Change?
The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul. These are the sweet and reassuring words of the Psalmist (Ps 19:7). They are statements of a man who had tasted and seen the goodness of the Lord, a man who had rejoiced in the supreme sufficiency of the sovereign God.
The African Identity of Lactantius, Augustine, and Tertullian (Part Four)
Tertullian often called (and rightly so I believe) ‘Father of Latin Theology coined the term Romanitas to mock Roman-ness, implying his rejection of a Roman identity.[1]
… The African Identity of Lactantius, Augustine, and Tertullian (Part Four)
The African Identity of Lactantius, Augustine, and Tertullian (Part Three)
Having before discussed the contributions of Africa to global Christianity here, we come back to my main question. Did Lactantius, Augustine, and Tertullian, identify themselves as Africans? Or were they ‘merely Europeans in disguise’?
… The African Identity of Lactantius, Augustine, and Tertullian (Part Three)