EVANGEL AFRICA

Try to reflect upon these words below; “I didn’t come to church last week because the devil hindered me. I then decided to pray at home but again I felt lazy because the devil was trying to weaken my spirit. My mother is also not feeling well; the devil attacked her with the spirit of sickness. I think I need to be strong in prayer because it seems like the devil is attacking me in every area of my life.” The above statement is indeed a harmless one – it seems, however, proper discernment will reveal that there is a lot of mention of the devil (too much) and what the evil one is doing and no mention of Christ all.  Why is that? This is a very a common problem in the African church today. Many are they who have come to believe that every bad thing that happens is the work of Satan. To some extent that is true – Satan is indeed the master of evil and the reason why our lives are such a mess today. However, we have better news than that don’t we? A Redeemer who has on our behalf ...

There is a disease that continues to plague the African church in the name of false doctrine. Speaking from experience, I know how bad doctrine can make you a slave of something that is not true. There are many reasons for that of-course, but one such is that correct Bible interpretation is never taken seriously, especially by those in the teaching ministry. My concern though, is to those who are willing to learn these things; those who are, as Paul put it, “vessels of honor, sanctified and useful for the master” – so that they can rightly divide the Word of truth.   Scripture with Scripture There is no better way to interpret the Bible than the Bible itself. This is what is called interpreting Scripture with Scripture or as the good Apostle put it, “comparing spiritual things with spiritual things (1 Cor 2:13)”. All this is built upon the fact that no verse or book is an alien on itself, rather  all the teachings are connected to one another to produce one unified, clear mess...

If you were present in our last article we discussed how Christianity is packed-full with scandals, strange doctrines, sexual sins, false prophecies and a whole lot of weird things that we cannot discuss online – ever since the charismatic prosperity kingdom took over the house of the Lord .  With the borrowed time that the Lord has given us, let us address more of these troubles until we get to the solution for all of this. A love for titles Certainly, Scripture encourages us to desire spiritual gifts for the edification of the Church. Yet nowhere in the Bible does it tell us that these spiritual gifts make us superior to other believers . Neither are we told to boast about those gifts nor to look down on those with different gifts. This bad mindset has corrupted many of the brethren who (without any biblical qualification) now seek to give themselves titles in the name of ‘Apostle’, ‘Prophet’, ‘Overseer’  – to mention just these – with the hopes that these titles mean that t...

"False teacher" is a term that describes an individual who is being used by a devilish spirit to harm innocent souls using the Bible – for any reason such as money, fame or even unknowingly. From the preceding statement, we can learn that indeed this is a serious thing, but who is a false teacher? And what right does anyone have to call someone such? What is a true preacher anyways? To begin with, let us face the reality that everyone claims to be a true minister from the Lord. They all even claim to be faithful to Scripture. However, if we get closer to the true teaching of the Christian faith, we discern that a true servant of the Most High is anyone whose priority is to preach the true Gospel of Christ , which Apostle Paul describes as “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, and raised on the 3rd day according to the Scriptures (1 Cor 15:1-4).” In simple terms, the Gospel narrates the story of the holy God who has reconciled Himself with ...

Hermeneutics is a big word that simply describes the rules we follow in trying to correctly understand what the Bible teaches. It is a good thing to carry a Bible, but how do you read it? Anything that comes to mind when you read a Bible verse develops into an understanding of what you think it is talking about. That is called interpretation. Your interpretation develops further into your practical life; how you live or do things based on that understanding of that verse. That is called an application . Therefore a misunderstanding of a Bible passage (bad hermeneutics) will lead to a wrong application, even something that harms people’s livelihoods. Just to be clear, the basic doctrines of the Christian faith are clearly taught in Scripture without any difficulty in understanding. However, in the same Bible, there is something called difficult doctrines or controversial issues. These are the cause of fierce debates and divisions in the Body of Christ. Even worse, these issues can easi...

Africa is always the victim. Diseases and poverty, yes even wars had always found a good breeding ground long before me and you were born. Enter the 2000s and another clown entered the stage; the 'prophetic'. Dressed in holy clothing, tongues sweet as honey, possessed with mighty power that shook the masses to their frenzy – finally, all the African problems were saying their goodbyes, God had remembered us hallelujah – at least that is what they told us . Indeed, the servants of the Lord who spoke under the office of the High declared that joy was coming in the morning – reality check: nothing changed . It took us a whole decade to realize that we were still getting poorer; still unemployed, still hungry and still sick. If there is anything like change, it is on the part of the “anointed Papas” themselves. They are the ones boasting of new cars and big homes to add on top of flashy suits. Something…does not…make…sense… Actually, it does make sense if you realize that we have b...

The history of Bible interpretation The Old Testament was originally written in the Hebrew language while the New Testament is originally in Greek. To understand how it came to be the Bible we have today, let’s take for example Paul’s letter to the Romans. After he had hand-written it, it was sent to the churches in Rome as intended. After this, they made many copies of that original letter to share with other believers in other places. As time went by, so increased the number of these copies, reaching to where ever the Gospel reached. Those who did the coping were called Scribes and the copies became known as the  manuscripts . So far, there are more than 25 000 Bible manuscripts that have been discovered. A collection of these manuscripts is what produced books that were later compiled into one book called the Holy Bible. The final process is when these learned men translated the Bible from the Hebrew and Greek languages to many languages that the Bible is written in today. ...