Faith in Action Blog

St Ignatius College students’ visit to Mutemwa: a life changing event

October 27, 2014
As per St Ignatius college culture, it is mandatory that before every public exam season, the exam classes have a day set aside for retreat in order to prepare them not just for the exams but also for the life after high school. Sunday the 12th of October was to ...

Condoms in the Bible unacceptable

August 28, 2014
Health and Child Care minister yesterday despite criticism stuck to his guns insisting condoms should be placed in Bibles and distributed in churches. I think this is way too far, as Christians we do not expect this from you minister. No matter what if you are called to address a ...

What future does religion hold for Africa?

June 18, 2014
According to Vladimir Lenin, religion is the opium of the people. Religion solves those problems that men of science and logic fail to. The concept of God or a supreme being varies in definition the world over in application and definition. In Africa the major religions are to be Christianity, ...

Water baptism is scriptural

June 13, 2014
Religion is defined by the Concise English Dictionary as, “The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.” Religion entails faithfulness to a given set of principles. Most people have real strong attachments to their religious beliefs and any attempt to take them ...

Religion not a means to oppress the vulnerable

June 10, 2014
Religion is defined by the Concise English Dictionary as, “The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.” Religion entails faithfulness to a given set of principles. Most people have real strong attachments to their religious beliefs and any attempt to take them ...

Vapostori saga: Ndanga must stop pouring oil on fire

June 5, 2014
In yesterday’s NewsDay, we carried a story titled: Zanu PF youths burn Vapostori shrine, in which it was reported that the youths, led by the party’s provincial youth chairperson Godwin Gomwe, burned the shrine of the apostolic sect that beat up riot police last week. The youths were “avenging” the ...

There is more to the Budiriro police, vapostori clash case

June 4, 2014
The mayhem that happened in Harare’s Budiriro high-density suburb on Friday as marauding members of the Johane Masowe weChishanu sect ran riot, beating up anti-riot police officers, journalists and Johannes Ndanga-led Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) officials is a sad reminder of a country at crossroads. Zimbabwe’s economy is ...

Supernatural ‘snake’ wealth is of the devil

June 3, 2014
For some reason, I have always shelved discussing the ever increasing incidents of Zimbabweans being found in possession of serpents in their homes or vehicles. Early this year, a woman driving a pricey car dropped a giant dead python by the roadside in Harare’s Borrowdale area. To me, it was ...

The trouble with miracle ‘money’

May 19, 2014
The phenomenon of miracle money has taken the world in general and Africa in particular by storm. Church congregants across the world claim to have had considerable amounts credited into their personal accounts and handbags. Recently, a Bulawayo prophet claimed to have miraculously re-charged Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) meters ...

Christians of all categories of faith should stand in one accord

May 15, 2014
Without Jesus Christ, there would be no Christian religion, regardless of the category of faith. In a way of introduction, the bible reveals that Jesus Christ is the author and finisher of our faith. True Christianity is the common faith delivered unto the saints of old. The profundity of this ...
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