For these with Jewish heritage, this hand tattoo is meant to symbolize the presence of God in all things that exist on this planet. The five-finger symbol helps to remind the person to give attention to the five senses when praying to God. This symbol has an extra meaning for a lot of with the idea that the depicted image of the hand relates to the five books of the Torah.
Our Founding Fathers gave us a Christian heritage and a Republican form of authorities based on The Ten Commandments. Proverbs 22:6a tells us to “Train up a child in the way in which he ought to go.” Children were not allowed to decide on a path that was destructive to themselves, their household or http://fedrelandspartiet.no their society. If they rebelled, they were disciplined. If they continued to rebel, they were judged.
The three points categorized above would greatly influence the pastor’s job in administering the local church in the African context. Constructive, contextualized apologetics can’t be fostered unless the pastor has a radical perception of the African view of the world and the implications of that world view on African thought types and practices.