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CHRISTIAN WORSHIP (Part 1)

Worship is all about God, period. Worship should matter to you simply because it matters to God. And worship matters to God because He knows He’s worthy. Worship doesn’t begin with us. Worship begins and ends with God. And God is worthy of…

WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE HAPPINESS

Psalm 16 seems to portray the saying of a happy man. “This writer may have had plenty of nothing – no money, no property, no status and no security but he was satisfied with God as his sufficiency and that alone made him happy.” The writer…

Christian Discipleship 1

CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP (Part 1) In our contemporary society, many people take the name Christians but they are not disciples. They are in the large crowd that follow Jesus and claim to be Christians but do so…

ARE FRIENDS REAL BURDEN BEARERS

ARE FRIENDS REAL BURDEN BEARERS? The answer could be yes or no. It is no, when the friendship is one-sided, lacks loving care and filled with unhealthy rivalries or…

WHO IS A CHRISTIAN?

T he word ‘Christian’ is widely used to describe those who believe or have faith in Jesus Christ. Others use the term loosely to include all who go to church; members of Church families and denominations. It could include those who claim to…

TRADITION: – Its merits and limitations – Part 2

In the first part of this write up published in the month of February 2003 during Black History celebration attempted to define tradition, describe some aspects and dimensions, mode of preservation by human activities as well as its…

HANDLING OFFENSES

Definition: Literally Offense is lack of politeness, failure to show regard or respect to others, wounding the feeling or others. It could be a feeling of anger caused by being offended. In sports, the team that has the ball (or puck) and…

MAKEOVER DAD [Walking in the newness of life]

ABRAHAM – A MAKEOVER DAD (DADS DESERVE MAKE OVERS). Abraham was 99 years old and passing through serious family crises that included his affair with Hagar, the Egyptian housemaid; while Sarah yet had no child. God appeared to him and…

CHALLENGE IT AND IT WILL CHANGE

CHALLENGE IT AND IT WILL CHANGE. In our world we take a lot of things for granted. We uphold tradition and culture without knowing the reason behind them. We accept status quo without questioning the rationale. We have casual attitude…

BONDARIES

BONDARIES               When I observed the mess around the world, I begin to wonder whether people at all know that boundaries exist in life. Literally, boundary indicates anything…

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