PinnedTHE BIBLE ON ABORTION: MY THOUGHTSThe heart of the debate on abortion boils down to this, “Is a foetus a person?” and at what point does the unborn become a life that the state has an interest in protecting? Even the “My body my choice” mantra works with that assumption, the difference is it puts…Abortion5 min readAbortion5 min read
PinnedWHY YOU CANNOT RESPECT ALL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND WHY CHRISTIANS MUST NOT DO SOToday’s world is the quintessential definition of a walking contradiction. It aims for political correctness, not wanting to offend yet its social media is a cesspool for all things offensive. It is an age of information where everything is at the click of a button yet people have never been…Christianity7 min readChristianity7 min read
Apr 30THE SHEIKH WHO WOULD NOT SHAKE FEMALE HANDS: HOW ISLAM DEVALUES WOMENEarly last month, Kate Middleton went over to visit the Hayes Muslim centre in London where she was introduced to a number of guests, Imam Sufyan Iqbal, being one of them. Kate, unaware of the Islamic way, reached out a hand to the Imam who politely declined and offered a…Culture10 min readCulture10 min read
Apr 22WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BIBLE VERSIONS?There are a number of reasons for the many Bible versions we find today but the chief among them has to do with translation approach i.e. the question of how to translate from the original Hebrew/Greek source to modern English. Even among the various languages we have today, there are…Bible5 min readBible5 min read
Apr 4GOD IS LOVE DOES NOT EQUAL LOVE IS LOVE“God is love”, the age-old response to anybody who tries to even remotely question or disagree with the lifestyle of anybody else. This phrase in the rankings is right up there with, “Who are you to judge?” and “Only God can judge me!”, …LGBTQ6 min readLGBTQ6 min read
Mar 21WAS THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HOMICIDAL? PART 4- WHY GOD KILLED UZZAH“So they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. …Death7 min readDeath7 min read
Feb 25DID PAUL INVENT THE ATONING DEATH OF CHRIST?One major accusation against Christianity is that it is based on the fabrications of Paul. One popular phrasing of the argument is that Paul was aware of the fact that Jesus Christ died and in a bid to make sense of it, leapt to the conclusion that He must have…Christianity4 min readChristianity4 min read
Feb 22WHAT CAN A CHRISTIAN LEARN FROM THE “SECRETS OF PLAYBOY” DOCUMENTARY?Towards the end of last year, I watched “the secrets of playboy” documentary. The first episode was just enough to get me hooked but as the series progressed the stories got darker and darker, the allegations more bizarre, the narrations more graphic and the emotions it provoked more intense. From…Documentary4 min readDocumentary4 min read
Feb 21WAS THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HOMICIDAL? PART 3- CONCERNING THE MIDIANITES AND THE MOABITE WOMEN“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the…War6 min readWar6 min read
Feb 15WAS THE GOD OF THE OLD TESTAMENT HOMICIDAL? PART 2- CONCERNING THE AMALEKITESGod, through the prophet Samuel, instructs Saul, “Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” (1 Samuel 15:3) That sounds harsh! That does sound unfair…War3 min readWar3 min read
