New Civilization

There is a general misconception of what Satan represents. The common viewpoint by ordinary Christians is that Satan always stands out as the opponent of everything positive. In other words, Satan is always portrayed as ugly and unpleasant to look at. However, if there has ever been anything attractive to…

Did Moses see God face to Face, according to Exodus 33:11, when God also pronounced that physical humans could not see God and live? (Exodus 33:23). The Bible is mysterious, and not understood by ordinary people, except the called-out ones. Even the Israelites, through Jewish writings, could not understand the…

As early as nineteen-eighty, while Zimbabweans were celebrating the attainment of independence, the longsighted people saw disaster ahead. The principle of democracy betrayed the advantages of long-sightedness. On a dichotomous scale, advantages and disadvantages can be plotted to determine both long-sighted and short-sighted gradients. The more the country is shortsighted,…

A human being is spiritual, without any need for a physical body. Having been created in God’s image, human survival is sustainable without a physical body. Nothing can be said to be admirable when considering what physical humans go through in physical existence. While thousands are born each day, thousands…

It takes a highly courageous person to stand up to pronounce what he/she knows to be true. There is a difference between a theory and what a person knows to be true. A theory is sustained by the general agreement with commonly accepted viewpoints. However, truth is sustained by what…

The correct Ndebele translation of “spirit” is “idhlozi”, whose Shona rendition is “mudzimu”. However, Christians prefer avoiding vernacular terms. Some Shona translations correctly render the spirit as “mudzimu”, whereas the Holy Spirit is defined as “Mudzimu unoera”. However, the term “unoera” is also incorrect, as it implies “sacred”, in English—rendered…

It is a misnomer for Christians to use parables when preaching among themselves. This comes from a failure to understand Jesus, who remains enigmatic to ordinary people. Jesus spoke in bifocal terms throughout His mission, depending on who He would be speaking to, at any given time. When speaking to…

The first thing is to describe what Christianity implies. Knowing that a Christian label is not, necessarily, sufficient in describing a Christian, is essential. Jesus did not label His followers “Christians.” The term was first used in Antioch to describe the peculiarity of believers, when compared to ordinary people, at…

After Jesus’ ascension to Heaven, the eleven apostles assumed bearing leadership responsibility. Humanly speaking, this required immediate accountability on crucial matters, assuming Jesus had no longer been available. But Jesus had been as present as before His ascension, although not observed physically. Understandably, those disciples were as limited as anyone…

Ignorance carries no danger, as long as aware of being ignorant. Similarly, knowledge carries no danger, as long as applying what one knows best. The danger lies in always assuming to have knowledge where ignorance exists, or assuming ignorance where knowledge exists. In other words, all troubles are not in…