What if I told you that I am a devoted Christian, filled with the Holy Spirit, anchored in Christ, and yet I believe that whatever path chooses you, it is okay.
This perspective highlights the importance of faith and unity among diverse beliefs. Not because truth is flexible or faith is fading, but because God is far bigger than the walls we build around Him.
Christianity is not just a belief , it is a lifestyle, a way of living each day guided by love, humility, and the Spirit
These are dangerous sentences to write I may be nailed to the cross of criticism for it but it is the most honest one my spirit knows.
To some, these words sound like compromise. To others, they are courage. Some may whisper “heretic,” while others hear healing.
Ultimately you will see it through the lens of your own heart and how you relate and that is okay. It is still the truest sentence my spirit knows.
Across history, religions have searched for answers to the same burning questions.
Who is God? Why are we here? How should we live? What awaits us beyond death? Every tradition , whether ancient or modern , is trying to make sense of human suffering, purpose, morality, love and the mystery of existence.
They differ in scripture or ritual, but they share one heartbeat: to teach love over hate, discipline over chaos, humility over pride, justice over selfishness, and reverence for life.
Christianity teaches “love your neighbour.” Islam speaks of rahmah (mercy).
Judaism calls for tikkun olam (repairing the world).
Hinduism teaches dharma (righteous duty).
Buddhism advocates compassion and the death of ego.
African spirituality reminds us that we exist through others , ancestors, land, community.
Different languages, different stories, yet the same longing ; to live in harmony with God, with self and with neighbour.
If religions share purpose, they also share a common enemy.
Not each other , but greed, pride, injustice, hatred and ego.
The real war is not between cross and crescent, temple and mosque, believer and unbeliever.
This is not a battle of religion versus religion. It is a battle of light versus darkness, love versus domination, humility versus pride.
The enemy is anything that separates us from love and truth , systems that profit from division, violence dressed as righteousness, fear masquerading as faith.
It is easier to blame those whose beliefs differ from ours than to confront the pride and corruption within our own hearts.
In a globalised world (one I wait to see unfold) cultures collide and coexist in the palms of our hands. News, pain, joy and belief systems spread within seconds. Some fear losing identity; others fear losing faith altogether.
But perhaps that era will never be a threat, but an invitation.
Not to build one world religion, but to remember that we are already one human family breathing under one sky, made by one Creator , however differently we name Him.
I wait not for uniformity, but for unity, the kind rooted in compassion, justice and humility before the God who made us all.
Religion becomes dangerous when the map is treated as the destination. Scripture, tradition and doctrine guide us, but they are always interpreted by human hearts , hearts shaped by culture, upbringing, trauma and time.
There are also laws written quietly within each soul , personal callings whispered by God into our unique journeys. Faith is personal, but not selfish. Public, but deeply inward. God’s work is bigger than human interpretation.
Christianity taught me that God is love, that Jesus is truth in flesh, and that the Holy Spirit still speaks. I remain unashamed of that. But I have also learned this God is not afraid of difference.
He spoke through fishermen, prophets, prisoners, dreamers, and foreigners , even those whose lives did not look “religious.” To confine God to one denomination is to worship a smaller god than the God of creation.
The Bible itself shows us a God who meets people in deserts, palaces, prisons, storms and silence , never in one predictable place.
To my fellow Christians, this is not rebellion , it is reverence. Jesus did not come to build fences around grace but to reconcile all things to God.
He ate with tax collectors, touched lepers, spoke to Samaritans and forgave those who murdered Him. Faithfulness to Christ should make us more loving, not more afraid, and to those of other faiths or no faith at all , I do not stand above you, but beside you. Let us be honest in disagreement, generous in love and united against the real enemy.
People will think what they think , and that is okay.
This is bigger than opinion. It is about truth, love and the world we are shaping.
Because while we debate whose belief is correct, children starve. While we argue over doctrine, wars rage. While we divide ourselves by religion, the real enemy , injustice, greed and hatred , keeps winning.
In the end, faith asks for rootedness and openness at once.
Rootedness keeps us faithful to what formed us.
Openness keeps us honest about what we do not yet understand.
If the Holy Spirit continues to teach, then perhaps our greatest task is to remain teachable , to listen, repent and love , even when the voice of God comes from a direction we did not expect.
