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IMPORTANCE OF ORA; HISTORY [TELLING OUR TALES]

IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HISTORY           When I was a kid, story telling was a tradition. Young people often gathered around elderly persons or parents who told them moonlight tales. The tales revolved around creation, nature, origin and…

LYING ISN’T FUN

LYING ISN’T FUN            Religious jokes are sensitive to handle. This joke mailed to me by a friend teaches salient lesson. A minister told his congregation, “Next week I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand…

BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR

BEGINNING THE NEW YEAR People begin every New Year full of hopes, aspirations and expectations. Many make New Year resolutions and determined to fulfill them. During Cross Over worship services, many make new vows and others renew and…

WEAR A MASK, EVEN IF YOU HATE IT

by Brett MccrackenI don’t like wearing face masks. They fog up my sunglasses and make my beard itch. It’s hard to talk intelligibly through them and nearly impossible to pick up nonverbal facial expressions that add vital texture…

EMPTY PLACES

EMPTY PLACES When God began to create the universe, the earth was barren (void) with no form of life; darkness covered the face of the roaring ocean (deep). And the Spirit of God…

BALAAM: THE GREEDY PROPHET

Balaam was a celebrated Soothsayer in Mesopotamia. He is one of the greatest tragedies of the Old Testament. He was a Gentile Prophet of God (Peter 2:15-16). His story is very funny and complex; relevance for Christian today. A man who…

CELEBRATE NEW BEGINNING

Celebrate new beginning The end of one year is incidentally the beginning of another. It is a new season and celebrated with lots of fun and rejoicing. This new start brings to mind the words of T. Elliot, a popular American poet, “What…

The Power of Self Honesty

The Power of Self Honesty Christians believe that our God is a pardoning God, not by way of amnesty of what He has said but more importantly because of what He did on the cross. We believe that the cross is a place of pardon where God…

ENCOUNTER WITH GOD KNOW YOURSELE:

ENCOUNTER WITH GOD - KNOW YOURSELF   Genesis 38:1 – end; John 9:1 – 25 (Text: Genesis 38:26)   Today is the day the Lord has made and we shall rejoice here in Him. I therefore bring you a message of love, comfort and satisfaction…

YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVORED

YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVORED In this season of goodwill and favor, I pray and urge you to be a blessing to someone. God’s children are the angels that bless other people. We are already blessed and the reason that God blesses us is for us to be a…

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