12“To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my […]
Tag: idolatory
Racism, superiority and hatred — Afrika Mhlophe
In some of my talks on culture and diversity I am sometimes asked the question: “Can black people be racist?” I have come to learn that this question is loaded and also based on a narrow definition of racism as simply about “superiority”. Racial superiority is a weakness of Western […]
Seeing God afresh — Michael Cassidy
A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years. I am often struck by that great passage in the Old Testament book of Isaiah. Isaiah the prophet writes: In the year […]
The Shack film stirs debate as did preceding book
Originally published in Christian Telegraph The Shack movie based on William Paul Young’s New York Times bestseller and award-winning book by the same title stirs debate as the book did, Christian Telegraph reports according to Baptist Press. A fictional and emotionally destroyed Mack Phillips answers a mysterious invitation to a […]
The most pervasive form of idolotary today
God’s Word in Exodus 20:3-5 is both a command and a warning: “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water […]
Mandela and issues of idolatory
Now that Former President Nelson Mandela has been buried I thought it appropriate to deal with an issue that was topical during the 10 day period of mourning and this is the issue of idolatry. The period of mourning and ceremonies surrounding Mandela’s death brought to bear issues of cultural […]