Jaype Bester

The Bible never mentions anything about Oshun, the Yoruba deity of love, fertility, and rivers. Oshun finds her place within the Yoruba religion. While there are some attention grasping parallels between Oshun’s characteristics and those from woman of the bible, closer theological consideration shows these links highlight the Bible’s unique emphasis on the sovereignty of […]

The queen of Sheba is a legend full of intrigue, wisdom, and an ethereal meeting with King Solomon that has captured generations. And yet, after all those wild tales of her life, amazingly, we know pretty much next to nothing about her death. Whatever happened to this enigmatic queen? Did she slowly fade into obscurity,

The Daughters of Lot – what can I say? It is one of those biblical stories from which you just come away wondering and scratching your head. If you have read Genesis 19, which describes how Lot’s daughters did the unthinkable, you must have asked yourself why they acted that way and, more importantly, what

Have you ever encountered the mysterious character, Melchizedek, while studying your Bible? His age and death are an uncracked code that left many theologians to ponder. But, Did He ever die? The name Melchizedek comes up in some key moments in biblical history, and this person has been one of fascination and debate, literally, for

Jezebel—a name that even to this day triggers the spirit of fear. She’s one of those biblical figures who’s remembered for all the wrong reasons: For this particular character, greedy, cunning, and merciless. While we have had a fairly good glimpse of the depravity of her character, there is still something that is not very

Therianthropy is the concept of identifying with animal spirits or believing one has a connection with animals. Nevertheless it is a subject that is dangerous when it comes to Christianity. In all honesty truth, I can not see why human beings would want to be identified with or have any connection with animals. As one