Missionary Minds

Earlier this month in Nigeria, a 27-year-old man was shot and killed after taking a specially concocted potion he believed would make him invincible to bullet wounds. According to the Daily Post in Nigeria, the man was testing a traditional experiment prepared by an indigenous doctor. He told his friend to take hold of the gun, take aim and shoot. His friend complied. After his companion pulled th...

They say the limited resources that Africa has should be devoted to developing technologies and finding solutions for the patterns we observe in the climate. They presumptuously attribute many of the deaths from natural disasters and much of the poverty to climate change and prophesy that it will only get worse. This fear-mongering is meant to divert the people of Africa away from rational thinkin...

Get to know about Seth Meyers, missionary to the Tsongas of Limpopo, South Africa.

"A father must labor daily to make his home, regardless of the size, a happy one. He's the leader. I don't buy the "as the mother goes, so goes the home". That's not biblical. I'm not vague with my children as to the glories of having lots of kids one day. I know there's a good chance several of them will not be capable, but if they are, there is no greater joy.&...

Late last month Visual Capitalist published an article entitled: “The Top Economies in the World (1980-2017)”... The article presented both disappointing news and excellent news for the continent of Africa. The bad news for Africa is that no African nation has ranked in the top 15 worldwide economies since 1980. This is no surprise as Africa has long been the poorest continent in the world, this d...

Elon Musk’s company Starlink, provides high-quality internet service via satellite to most places on earth. Many African countries have signed agreements with Starlink including Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Mozambique. It is likely that most of the African continent will have issued licenses to Starlink by the end of 2024. But not South Africa.

Get to know about Seth Meyers, missionary to the Tsongas of Limpopo, South Africa.

Last month at the International Association of Women Police, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged the women of his country to take a greater role in fighting his nation’s problems with crime. Under the guise of “women’s empowerment”, the conference gathered thousands of senior women police officers from around Africa, from countries like Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

If shouting, “Kill the Boer (white Afrikaners), kill the farmer!” (while making gun sounds and hand-gun motions) is not hate speech, what is? If “explicit words meant to incite violence” still has anything to do with hate speech, surely Malema should’ve been behind bars long ago.

What does it mean for a missionary to have a heart that beats for the mission field? How is that heart fostered? How does one keep that fire burning in the midst of tragedy and trial. Join us as we hear from Dave Smith, a man who has given his life to the cause of reaching the lost for the sake of the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

As the writer of Ecclesiastes exclaims, there is nothing new under the sun. That verse reigns true in the area of the challenges the Christian faces when it comes to culture and marriage. This episode takes a deep dive into the historical culture of Paul's day and how novel the Christian truths were even then.

South Africa’s highest court upheld a ruling that the corporal punishment of children at home violates a child’s rights and is therefore unconstitutional. This ruling was in agreement with the 2017 Constitutional Court decision that sentenced a father for severely spanking his 13-year-old son for watching a pornographic film on an iPad. The father argued that he as the parent has the right to disc...

A ghastly gas blast in Johannesburg causes shock and terror as a video of two-ton vehicles being launched into the air and petrified people panicking circulate on social media. How should Christians think about this? What does the bible have to say about such tragedies? All this and more on today's episode of The Africa Review In Five.

What does it mean for a missionary to have a heart that beats for the mission field? How is that heart fostered? How does one keep that fire burning in the midst of tragedy and trial. Join us as we hear from Dave Smith, a man who has given his life to the cause of reaching the lost for the sake of the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

On Wednesday, July 19th, Namibia’s upper house of parliament passed a law banning same-sex marriage. This law defines marriage as a union between “persons of opposite sexes”. One member of parliament, Elder Filipe, said that “the marital union is between a man and a woman and that must be respected.”

As the writer of Ecclesiastes exclaims, there is nothing new under the sun. That verse reigns true in the area of the challenges the Christian faces when it comes to culture and marriage. This episode takes a deep dive into the historical culture of Paul's day and how novel the Christian truths were even then.

The Sudanese people suffer under the strains of national strife and Africans' need to be weary of climate change con-artists who could usher in a new form of colonialism.

In this episode of Missionary Minds we look back at a piece written by Paul Schlehlein in 2013 addressing the issue of generosity towards unwed mothers and how Christians should think about it.

In this episode we explore some biblical principles on corporal punishment.

In a follow-up episode of Affirmative Action policies plaguing the African continent, this episode of The Africa Review In 5 reveals some of the rotten fruit that a nation's citizens are forced to stomach as a result of this poor policy position.

As the president of Senegal has elected not to occupy office for another term it is a learning moment to reflect on national leadership and government from a historical and biblical perspective.

Racism is evil. Rooted in the heart of many, it is impossible to do away with this side of heaven. However, systemic racism in its codified sense is a very present reality which we must be weary of and seek to address in our societies if we are to have free and prosperous nations.

In this episode of Missionary Minds we visit a piece that Boti Paul Schlehlein wrote on Amy Carmichael, missionary to India.

The allure of easy affluence is a tug many cannot resist as they give in to gambling, betting, and playing the lotto. It is a plague among the poor which has ransacked the nations of Africa.

Pastor Matt White from Belcroft Bible Church taught a message on Chivalry in marriage at GYM Camp Senior (Godly Young Men camp).  This is part 2 of 2 of that message.