I believe we have made much emphasis on that salvation is found in Christ alone. That there is no one who can or qualifies to grace the heavenly gates except through the One and only Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. The good question, however, is what about those who didn’t hear this Good News? I mean those who lived and died centuries before the Messiah came. Or perhaps those who currently live in remote areas where even civilization has not yet visited them. Say, for example, the San people in the Kalahari Desert, the Surma tribe in Ethiopia and the Sentinelese people in the forests of India. The reality on the ground is that those people do not have the chance nor the privilege of rejecting or accepting the news of salvation because they have no one to tell them. So how would the Almighty send such people to heaven since salvation is by Christ alone? Or how can the good Lord send such people to hell punishment while they didn’t get a chance to hear about Jesus i...

Nothing is as critical to the Christian well-being as the correct handling of Scripture. On the other hand, nothing is as corrupting to a believer’s entire belief system as the careless application of Bible verses. This is certainly true about a certain sect of Christ’s Sheep who are of the opinion that the good Master is so tolerant of lies, sin and falsehood such that He will give men ministry only for Him to leave them to do as they please; commit every sin and teach every heresy. Apparently, the Almighty cannot, He simply does not know what to do with gifted preachers regardless of how they live. Because “His gifts and calling are without repentance.”  I have called this urgent meeting today for us to review and discuss this critical issue. What does it mean that “His gifts are irrevocable”? The verse is found somewhere in Romans 11 , here it goes… Romans 11:28-29 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of t...

Perhaps we can all look at the current state of the African church and be somewhat disappointed because there seems to be a lot of things that are not right. Just how can we clear out this mess? Regardless, I think it’s too soon to ask that question, rather, we must being by asking: where did it all go wrong? And I believe there is no better place to start with that question than in the New Testament era. That is where we see the perfect model of a Church; how God was working and how those believers were conducting their church services. It is there, I believe, we can see a good example of the Church idea, and then we can try to apply those lessons to our modern context . After hovering through that book of Acts, I couldn’t help but be impressed by these qualities of that church age:       1.)   They were filled with the Spirit This, of course, is the obvious and the very thing that is famous about the book of Acts. However, my fear is that this is often eithe...

Many believers mistakenly assume that the blood of Jesus Christ was shed to protect us from the devil, demonic spirits and those kind of things. I get really concerned when I hear somebody “applying the blood of Jesus” to their blankets so that witches don’t attack them at night. Scripture, however, reveals a more profound truth about that blood-stained cross. Jesus' blood was shed primarily for the payment and remission of sin, shielding us from God's wrath. The idea that Jesus' blood protects us from the devil stems from a misunderstanding of biblical teachings. I challenge you with your Bible open, where have you seen the blood of Christ applied to witches and satanists? Just to be clear, I do believe that the devil is real. And that he is a vicious lion roaming about seeking to devour God’s people ( 1 Pet 5:8) . However , Jesus' sacrifice was not primarily directed against him. Instead, it is addressed to humanity's fundamental problem: sin . Scripture emphasiz...

I can’t count how many people have I promised to pray for. One time I even had a notebook with a list of names that I had purposed to pray for, one by one each day. Did I ever pray for those souls? I don’t…remember…Actually no, I did not! This thing bothers my conscience so much that I have decided to bring it to the discussion table. The good question is: when we say “We will pray for you”, do we really follow up and pray or it’s something that we say for the sake of it. Having observed my own Christian habits along with those of other believers, I have discovered that the latter is true for most of us, save for a few super Christians perhaps. But why do we do this? I mean, why do we promise to pray for people while knowing very well that we are not going to do it? There are a few reasons for this bad habit. Let's talk about them… It’s an excuse for not doing the Christian duties There are a tonne of things that we are called to do. It’s not just a matter of meeting on a Sunday fo...

October 31 is upon us, it is that time of the year once again. It has been a bit of a worry that most of the good ministers on this African land care very little, if any at all, about the history of the Christian faith. The chief danger of that (I mean being disconnected from believers that have come before us), is that we are bound to repeat the mistakes they made, even more, we can't appreciate their contributions and sacrifices they have made for us to be what we are today; to have the good things we have today. One such good thing is the reformation, which brought a recapture of the true Gospel we are still in possession of today. Just a quick summary: Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic priest somewhere in Germany, about 500 years ago. After being part of the system, and having observed the way things were done, he came to a conclusion that something was wrong. The church was deep into corruption and manipulation, at worst, the true Biblical Gospel was completely out of sight. ...