A number of years ago I spent a couple of days with a hiking club in the rural Eastern Cape province of South Africa. On the first night of the back-breaking, blister-producing trip, a few of us sat around the fire and a sangoma joined us – one of SA’s few white witchdoctors. He was… Continue reading Christian, do you unintentionally delve in religious superstition and magic?
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Religion Exposed!
The Tibetan Buddhists’ life consists of constant religious observances to obtain a better reincarnation. The believer is constantly spinning prayers wheels, going on pilgrimages, meditating, prostrating, using prayer beads and going on monastic isolations. All this to build up merit to improve their karma to gain a better reincarnation, and – if possible – nirvana.… Continue reading Religion Exposed!
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 The command to “devote to destruction” is no longer applicable because in Christ there is no one nation or ethnic group that can lay claim to be God’s special people… Continue reading Are Christians called to Jihad?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)
Christianity vs. Islam in Isaiah
You may be excused for thinking that Isaiah 56:1 sounds a bit Islamic. God tells his people, “Maintain justice and do righteousness”. Islam teaches that a Muslim earns Allah’s favour by doing good deeds and keeping the five pillars of Islam – testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and taking a pilgrimage to Mecca. You do righteousness… Continue reading Christianity vs. Islam in Isaiah