March 8th, 2009

Cruel Options for Afrocentrist Critics of Christianity

by Clinton Chisholm

Those Afrocentrists who assert (often without supporting evidence) that the ancient Hebrews derived their major doctrines from Egypt arising from the Hebrews’ collective presence in Egypt for over 400 years cannot easily go on to raise questions on the reality of the Biblical exodus. If an Afrocentrist critic of the Judaeo-Christian faith concedes the presence of Hebrews in Egypt for any extended period then the question arises, did they ever leave en masse? If not…

March 1st, 2009

Genuine and Bogus Blacks In The Bible

by Clinton Chisholm

If you hear anyone saying that Christianity is a European religion just lovingly but firmly remind them of its place of origin in the Middle East (Jerusalem) and it is critical for Black Muslims and people in general to know that Islam was not the original faith of Africans. Christianity was introduced to Africa in all likelihood in the 1st century AD through the ‘Ethiopian Eunuch’ mentioned in Acts 8.27, an official in the Royal…

February 23rd, 2009

Black History Month: Awkward Reflections (part 1)

by Clinton Chisholm

Over the last five hundred years, Christianity in Africa and in most countries with people of African ancestry, has been charged with outright racism (when non-Blacks headed the hierarchy within denominations) and with inverse racism (when Blacks headed the hierarchy within denominations). To these charges the Church has had to plead ‘guilty’ or ‘guilty with explanation’, not, regrettably, by its own volition but in response to external pressure, not readily but reluctantly.
The awful reality…

February 3rd, 2009

Nile Valley Forum: Is African-Egyptian Religion the True Doctrinal Source of the Judaeo-Christian Faith?

by Clinton Chisholm

The attached powerpoint presentation was done by me, Rev. Clinton Chisholm, in Barbados, in February, 2008 at a forum at the Cave Hill campus of UWI. The forum topic was, “Is African-Egyptian Religion the true Source of the Judaeo-Christian Faith?”
Saying yes were the late Dr. Ikael Tafari, Rastafarian scholar and Bro. Neter, leader of an African Religious group in Barbados.
Saying no were Dr. Winston Thompson of Broward College, Florida and Rev. Clinton Chisholm.

December 10th, 2008

Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Fiction

by Clinton Chisholm

Part A
TWELVE KNOWN HISTORICAL FACTS CONCERNING THE RESURRECTION EVENT
(Gary Habermas, The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence For the Life of Christ, College Press, 1996)

Jesus died by crucifixion (Mt. 27.50; Mk.15.37, 44-45; Lk. 23.46; Jn.19.30, 33-34)Josephus (Antiquities 18.3)[1] ‘Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die…’Tacitus (Annals 15.44)[2] ‘…Christus….suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of…Pontius Pilate…’Talmud (Sanhedrin 43a)[3] ‘On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged…’…