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SPIRITUAL LEPROSY: FROM SHAME TO FAME

“I think a spiritual journey is not so much a journey of discovery. It’s a journey of recovery. It’s a journey of uncovering your own inner nature. It’s already there.” – Billy Corgan. “We are not human beings having a spiritual…

CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN

CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN “At the fullness of the time, God sent His son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law that we might receive full rights of sonship (Gal.4:4-5). “For God so loved the world that He…

LORD, RENEW AND CHANGE ME!

At the beginning of the year or during our birthdays and anniversaries, we always desire to change something about us. Most times we can’t exactly pinpoint what it is or where to start. Our subconscious minds keep telling us something…

I SHALL NOT WANT

I SHALL NOT WANT The shepherd’s Psalm 23 is very popular among Christians as well as unbelievers. It was taught and recited in most Christian homes during prayers. Pupils in Mission Schools were…

PREAMBLE OF OBCA CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE   OF OBCA CONSTITUTION The OLD BENDE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION {OBCA} was formed in 1988 in Houston.  Its primary purpose then and now is to provide a platform…

CHRIST, THE KING

CHRIST, THE KING As we celebrate this season, we shall reflect on the theme, Jesus Christ, the king of Jews . All the synoptic gospels had this charge recorded because, it was critical…

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…

GOOD MARRIAGE BREADS GOOD FAMILY

Good marriage breads good family. Pope John Paul II once said, “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live”. As many couples take vows of marriage, they desire to have good marriage, wonderful and…

THE JOYS AND PAINS OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

THE JOYS AND PAINS OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS The Gospel of Matthew Chapter Two contains the ups and downs of the first Christmas. At the background of this story was the virgin conception of a teenage girl named Mary, espoused to a poor…

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