Children’s Bibles, as helpful as they are, may give us a wrong idea of Jesus. Most children’s Bibles picture Jesus as a soft, gentle, hippie-type man who is always surrounded by butterflies and birds. Many people have grown up thinking of Jesus as an effeminate man in sandals, rather than the Warrior-God come into our world… Continue reading Jesus, our blood-drenched warrior (and how children’s Bibles may have misled us)
Are Christians called to Jihad? (part 2)
I mentioned in my previous post that God used Old Testament Israel in “Holy War” in a very specific time and a very specific place. The command to “devote to destruction” is no longer applicable because in Christ there is no one nation or ethnic group that can lay claim to be God’s special people… Continue reading Are Christians called to Jihad? (part 2)
Are Christians called to Jihad? (part 1)
On 2 April 2015, Al-Shabab gunmen stormed into the Garissa University College in Kenya and killed at least 147 students. The terrorists entered the college grounds during early morning prayer services. Collins Wetangula, the vice-chairman of the student union, he could hear the gunmen opening doors and asking if the people who had hidden inside… Continue reading Are Christians called to Jihad? (part 1)
What I learnt at the clergy conference
As an ordained minister in REACH SA (Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa) I was invited to our clergy conference from 13-16 April 2015. We had the privilege of having Phillip Jensen from Australia as our speaker. Phillip’s expositions in 2 Corinthians about the church and ministry were very helpful and encouraging. Below is… Continue reading What I learnt at the clergy conference
Who killed Jesus?
Mel Gibson’s movie Passion of the Christ came out in 2004. It was a phenomenal box office success and confounded industry experts. It was one of the fastest money-making movies at the time, only Spiderman and Lord of Rings: Return of King grossed more money. Hollywood has realized that there is market for so-called Christian… Continue reading Who killed Jesus?