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Understanding the Nature of Faith: African perspective

Understanding the nature of faith: African perspective By TONYE S. Snithers {2017} INTRODUCTION To ascertain victory, pursuant to the theme that skilful warriors fight only when assured of winning, the victors are those who know when to fight and when not to fight; those whose officers and soldiers are of one mind; those who face the unprepared with preparation; and those with able general who is not constrained by authority. For several millions of years the African people have seen and participated in a flood of actions that has driven them to believe, by having total trust or faith in a deity, a person or an object. Although some has disagreed with this truth that Africans really have any medium of worship, and has so much argued by scholars as well. Nevertheless, in this work we shall be looking at “understanding the nature of faith” with the eye of the Africans. Therefore, it will be of a great importance as a scholar to define some of the simple terms on the them...
A symposium presented at Agape Baptist Church Rumuolumeni, at the Baptist Youths for Christ YOUTH WEEK CELEBRATION 2018,  5th June 2018. By TONYE S. Snithers Topic: DISUNITY: CAUSES AND REMEDIES INTRODUCTION In all of God’s creations, mankind has been and is seen as the highest of all created things. This is so because they are formed in the image of God, who is the Creator and Sustainer of everything. Meanwhile, the power of dominion (RULERSHIP) over the earth was handed down to man by God, and until the fall of mankind, man remains the ruler over all created things apart from his fellow man. The Bible said in Genesis 1:26-30 26 God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth." 27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God's nature. He created th...