The Dangers of Kwanzaa

I’ve never really paid much attention to Kwanzaa, which seemed to appear out of nowhere as another Christmas time celebration. There’s plenty about Kwanzaa for Christians to be concerned about, says LaShawn Barber:



Observed from December 26 to January 1, this “alternative” to Christmas is based on a mixture of East African harvest rituals called first fruits — according to Karenga — and 1960s radicalism, although most ancestors of black Americans were from West Africa.



Participants acknowledge their African roots and promote seven, harmless-sounding principles — unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.



While they sound commendable, the guiding principle behind Kwanzaa is based on race, not on faith in the one true living God and Savior, Jesus Christ.



Paganism is a “religion of nature.” Those who practice it and other New Age fallacies see the divine in the created — humans, sun, moon, stars, trees — instead of the Creator. Christians who worship created beings are acting like pagans. It’s that simple.



Interesting to observe this pull away from the orthodox Christian faith and its celebrations among American blacks, while Africa is now has one of the fastest growing and most vibrant Christian communities in the world.

--James Jewell