Genuine and Bogus Blacks In The Bible
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…
Black History Month: Awkward Reflections (part 1)
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…
Nile Valley Forum: Is African-Egyptian Religion the True Doctrinal Source of the Judaeo-Christian Faith?
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.
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Jesus’ Resurrection: Fact or Fiction
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…’…


Cruel Options for Afrocentrist Critics of Christianity