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THE BISRAT PODCASTFaith. Questions.
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With Lwandiso Dlokweni
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Next speaking engagement
Kasi Apologetics Conference
Join Lwandiso and fellow Christian apologists for a day of relevant teaching, real conversations and gospel-centred answers in Johannesburg.
- Date & time
- Saturday, 7 November 2026
8:00 AM–5:00 PM SAST - Venue
- AGS Kaleideo Woodbridge
32 Fiskaal Street, Glen Marais, Kempton Park - Lwandiso’s topic
- “Powers, Spirits, and Competing Authorities”
Also speaking: Zanele Jiane, Zion McGregor, Dr Damon Richardson, Hosea Mahlatsi and Nhlanhla Zwane, with Shéila Ndikumana as Q&A panellist.
Books · Forthcoming & published
The Bisrat bookshelf.
African church history, Christian doctrine and the questions that shape our lives.
Upcoming bookThe First Fruits of Xhosa Nation
A forthcoming book recovering the stories of early Xhosa Christians and exploring the meeting of the gospel, African identity and colonial history.
Upcoming bookThe Articles on the Holy Spirit
A biblical confession on the person and work of the Holy Spirit, written to help Christians understand and express what Scripture teaches about the Spirit.
Upcoming book · Releasing soonCultural Apologetics
African Questions and Biblical Answers — Volume One: Christ, Ancestors and African Rites.
International contribution · April 2027Evangelism Anywhere
Releasing . Lwandiso Dlokweni is one of 12 authors contributing to this international project, writing on evangelism and apologetics in Africa.
Book reviews
Read closely. Think biblically.
Engaging the books shaping African religion, mission and the life of the church.
Aneliswe Osweleyo
Recovering the richness of our songs and the hope of Christ’s completed kingdom.
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Finding strength in Christ on the journey of faith.
A Christianity Locked Up for Six Days
Does our preaching reach everyday African life? Recovering providence and the implications of Christ’s lordship.
Christian Mission in South Africa.
A Critical and Theological Reflection
Did Africans Know God Before the Missionaries?
John Mbiti and the African knowledge of God—what his influential account recovers, and where Scripture calls for greater precision.
Does Christ Fulfil African Religion—or Confront It?
Reading Mbiti on mediation, sacrifice, the living-dead and the exclusive lordship of Jesus Christ.
Articles
African questions. Open Bibles.
Our contributors bring Scripture into conversation with faith, culture and everyday life.
Church History Does Not End with the Reformation
African Christianity and the Catholicity of the Church.
Does the Sinner’s Prayer Save?
Andrew McIntyre examines conversion, assurance and the place of prayer in evangelism.
A Descent into Medievalist Worship.
The African Privilege.
From the video libraryThe God of Abraham—or the Gods of Our Forefathers?
Honouring those who came before us without giving them the place that belongs to Christ.
From the video libraryIs the Ethiopian Bible Really the Oldest Bible?
The 81-book canon, ancient manuscripts and what the evidence actually establishes.
New articleFunerals: When Tragedy Strikes.
When tragedy strikes, grief should move us to think about eternity.
New articleIs Reformed Theology Foreign to Africa?
African roots, biblical authority, and a faithful answer to syncretism and spiritual fear.
ArticleThe Loophole in Ubuntu.
Why human dignity and love need a foundation deeper than either the individual or the community.
ArticleRecovering the Call to Self-Denial.
Christ’s costly summons to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him.
If We Can’t Do It, Why Can They?
African ancestors, Roman Catholic saints, and the biblical prohibition against invoking the dead.
Published on TGC Africa
From my TGC Africa articles
TGC AfricaDid the Dead Really Speak? Nongqawuse and the Testing of Spirits
Testing claims about the dead through the Nongqawuse tragedy and the authority of Scripture.
TGC Africa#RaptureTok: Another Claim, Another Miss
A biblical response to failed predictions of Christ’s return.
TGC AfricaJesus as Ancestor? Evaluating John Mbiti’s Christology
Examining ancestor Christology in the light of Christ’s unique identity and saving work.
Sermon notes
From the pulpit to the page.
Take the teaching further in personal study, Bible discussion and church ministry.
Pastors’ Conference SermonAn Urgent Call to Preach the Word.
The gravity, execution and motivation of the pastor’s call to preach God’s Word.
New · Sermon NotesDid God Really Say?
The third commandment, contemporary prophecy and the sufficiency of Scripture.
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Featured videos
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Popular conversations and enduring teaching on African spirituality, church movements, doctrine and Christian history.
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Ancestors & African Spirituality
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Ancestors & African Spirituality
Soweto Podcast Sangoma Says “I Bewitch People” | Pastor Reacts.
Church, Mission & Public Life
Why I Left Zimbabwe’s “Papa” Churches | Uebert Angel, Walter Magaya & Emmanuel Makandiwa.
Ancestors & African Spirituality
The relationship between African spirituality and Christianity? With Pastor Afrika Mhlophe. Full VD.
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