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Managing Your Finances As A Believer

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If you are like me, you are a surviving victim of the prosperity gospel. According to that world, money is something that will automatically appear on your account out of thin air. All you have to do is to speak it, claim it and possess it. Such bad teachings are the reason why God’s people – with all their good verses – still remain one of the most unwise people when it comes to the stock market. Unlike the “good old days”, the world we live in now seems to be getting tougher by every sunrise. The world economy system has no respect of either Christian man or holy man. Therefore, we need a healthy doctrine about money. Because, whether you like it or not, everything about your life is heavily dependent on the cash that comes through your hands. Believe it or not, besides the perversions of the success preachers, there are still sound Bible principles about handling your financial life. Here we go… Work for money I am looking right at Paul’s words, “… and to aspire to live quietly, an...
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What Do You Know About Christian Apologetics?

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Oftentimes, we assume that everyone understands what the Christian faith is all about. And that they are very much on the same page with us in terms of religious profession. Lo and Behold! Many good souls, most particularly the sect of the young and intelligent, are leaving the Christian church now more than ever. Because they have been convinced (God knows by what) that all this “Bible stuff” doesn’t make sense after all. And who are we to blame them? Every human has a right to believe whatever they want to believe and to follow whatever path that has convinced them as the right way. Therein comes something called Christian Apologetics. Which, by its term, is nowhere near apologising about Christianity, but it’s derived from the Greek transliteration apologia , which means to reply in defence or to answer back. Christian Apologetics, therefore, is a system of answering the questions that critics pose against Christianity. It is what the good Apostle called believers to do in his 1st E...
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It is Within Your Reach

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My favourite doctrine is, without a doubt, the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. That is, it is the Almighty who is in control of our lives, not Satan, certainly not Karma and definitely not luck. It is God who predestined your life – according to how it pleases Him. Yet at the same time, I never lose sight of the fact that the Lord’s sovereignty leaves enough room for free will. I am responsible for myself and will be held accountable accordingly. So are you. Indeed, you can’t control when and where you were born, yet you are largely responsible for the decisions you make – it is within your reach… …to make the right choices As I have hinted already, there is a large chunk of our lives that depends on our decisions and choices. I can give you critical examples of where to live, who to marry, etc. I hope you have also noticed that these choices, good or bad, also have serious effects upon the lives of other people, most particularly those closest to our hearts. Which means we all hav...
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Theistic Evolution: Did God Use Millions of Years to Create Us?

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Can God’s Word and modern scientific theories ever truly agree? Well, that is what some believe. Remember that last time we spoke about Darwin’s evolution, which believes that all of us are a product of a million years of changing from one animal to another, until what we are today. Hopefully, enough proof was provided on our part that such a thing is neither scientific nor possible according to the laws of physics. Mr Darwin’s philosophy is nothing any more than a religion – a bad one for that matter. Today, however, we will spend just a few moments discussing another type of evolution, which seeks to combine Darwinism with Biblical Christianity, otherwise better known as Theistic Evolution . Some well-meaning Christians believe that there is nothing impossible with God using a million years to create the universe. Because – according to them – “ a thousand years is one day and one day is a thousand years ”, so says 2 Peter 3:8 . Which implies that 6 days of creation that we find in t...
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What Must Believers Say About the Rasta-mans?

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Of course, we know the Jah-mans, and their long dreadlocks, reggae music and the green plant in their pockets. Believe it or not, I was once a fan. I even tried growing a few dreads here and there. What some of us perhaps never knew is that Rastafarianism is actually a religion; a belief system that can also stand toe to toe with our Christian faith. But where did it come from and what is it all about? The term "Rasta" comes from a man called Ras Tafari Makonnen who became a king in Ethiopia in the 1930s and took upon himself the title Haile Selassie I , which means power of the Trinity. His followers went further to label him as the “Lion of the tribe of Judah” and “King of Kings.” Most of his fan base was (still is) in Jamaica, and they believed that Mr Makonnen was the biblical Messiah reincarnated, who is yet to come again to save black people and also to judge the world. They even called him “Jah Ras Tafari” ( Jah means God or Yahweh ), a term they borrowed from Psalms ...
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Your Kids Are Being Taught This Evil In Class!

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Do you know how we all got here? We were once monkeys, then we became gorillas, and finally, here we are. That is according to the Theory of Evolution founded by a certain Charles Darwin. Most Christians have silently accepted evolution because that is what we are being fed through the education system. We just do not know how to respond because the “experts” tell us that evolution is a verifiable, scientific fact. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there is nothing scientific about evolution. Not even close. Just read on… Charles Darwin was apparently studying to become a Christian Pastor, before he travelled to a certain island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. That is where he discovered a species of birds who had over time changed the shape of their beaks because of the environment they were in. From that, Mr Darwin concluded that all creatures change from one animal to another, given millions of years. For example, a rock can change into a worm, then it changes into a fro...
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What About Other Church Workers, Should They Be Paid?

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Last time we considered the important topic of supporting our local Pastors. And I believe the point was made that it is a Biblical requirement to support a Gospel minister, although the amount of that support is subject to location, economic status and the size of the congregation. The question now remains, what about other people who also labour tirelessly to keep the church functioning? What shall we say about that lady who leads worship, that secretary who does the hard job of handling church funds, and many other people whose time, and skills are crucial to the growth and wellbeing of the house of God? Should we also support those people financially, just as we also do to the Pastor? Believe it or not, the answer to this actually depends on the type of church that we are dealing with. If we are dealing with the popular African personality leader, whose "church" is all about him and his "anointing". Then it means people are coming to that gathering because of hi...
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