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Your Health & Well-Being Matter // Africa Study Bible

“Would you like to get well?” Jesus asked a lame man by the pool of Bethesda. It seems like a strange question, especially to someone who had been sick for 38 years. Then Jesus said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” … See more

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Life Is Ruled by the Wisdom of God, Rely on It in Death

WEBThe death of Christ is a prime example of this truth, and God’s wisdom ( 1 Corinthians 1:25 ). God is all wise. Therefore we should glorify him, asking for wisdom in …

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What makes a Healthy Church

WEBA healthy church requires leadership that is characterised by honesty, character, gentleness, selflessness, maturity, and the ability to teach and organise (1 …

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Traditional African Beliefs or the Bible

WEBThe Africa Study Bible (ASB) is an ethnically diverse, single-volume, biblical resource. Written by 350 contributors from 50 countries, it includes the Holy Bible: New …

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Mental Health: Towards a Christian and African Perspective

WEBMental Health: Towards a Christian and African Perspective. This is the confident assertion, proclaimed by Horatio Spafford’s classic hymn: It is Well with My …

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Key Pastoral Principles for Approaching Mental Health …

WEBThis is the third article in our short series on mental health. The first set out to define mental health, biblically. The second demonstrated that causality is a very …

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Church Discipline: Restoration and Excommunication

WEBRestorative discipline seeks to restore Christians to true spiritual health. This needs further explanation, because there is the mistaken belief in the minds of many …

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Prosperity Doctrine Isn’t Just Wrong—It’s Harmful

WEBProsperity doctrine makes much of the preacher rather than making much of Christ. Honouring spiritual leaders is important, but it should not be in the form of …

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Delight in God’s Law, Like the Psalmists Did

WEBPsalms is one of the most well-known and favourite books of the Bible. It conveys human emotions, fears, frustrations, and delights. It’s a book many turn to for …

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Rethinking The Way We Pray For Those Who Are Suffering

WEBPray that your Friend would Continue to be Thankful. Suffering tends to cloud our view on things! Our problems become very big and we stop noticing the good …

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Does My Faith Guarantee Health & Wealth

WEBAt the consummation, when Jesus returns, then there will be no more sickness, there will be no more poverty. Revelation 22:3 tells us that there will be no …

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An Old Testament Theology of Prosperity

WEBThe prosperity gospel teaches that God wants his people to be wealthy and healthy. At its core is often the idea that in Christ God has restored to us the blessings of …

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COVID-19 in Africa: Healthcare, Panic, Townships & the Gospel

WEBThe current Coronavirus crisis is not simple. It is not straight-forward and obvious how we should behave or react. Dr Khuliso Ramashia breaks into bite-sized …

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Female Genital Cutting: Understanding A Cultural Practice

WEBBroadly speaking, Female Genital Cutting functions as a marker of womanhood. The practice pivots around matters of marriageability, femininity, and …

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4 Challenges to Evangelism on the African Continent

WEB1. Challenge: Political instability. Politics is not just political. It is spiritual too. We cannot dichotomize the sacred and secular. This approach cannot influence society. …

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Spiritual Insecurity, Fear & the Gospel Antidote

WEBThere are two spiritual codes underlying the traditional African worldview – and these cannot be flouted. The first is that one’s health and life depends on the …

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The Distorting Power of the Prosperity Gospel

WEBIt leads people away from God; away from the true gospel. Below are two lists of three. The first outlines how the prosperity gospel ruins the faith of individual …

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Psalm 91: Eternal Safety in a World of Danger

WEBPsalm 91 (NIVUK) 1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, …

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Shepherd Bushiri: What Makes Him So Dangerous

WEBIn light of this, I will engage with three of the primary dangers posed by Bushiri’s message. I am convinced that these pose a direct threat to the church in Africa, …

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