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Get More Specific and Give Us Names!

One of the greatest virtues of the Christian Gospel is clarity. That is, Scripture is clear on who God is, what He has done, and promises to do in the future; how He sees us, and what He expects us to do for His glory and also for our salvation. This kind of clarity is most helpful to our Christian souls, lest we find ourselves deep in confusion and idolatry. Since Believers are students of the Word, you would expect them to possess the same skill of clarity. That means we must be able to inform each other and the world at large about the truths of our God; to clearly delineate between truth and error, unbelievers and believers, and false teachers versus true ministers. Having said that, I fear – as I often do – that the modern Christian culture is working overtime to blur the lines of clarity. Most particularly us who are ministers; I believe we have not prioritized explaining to people the basics of the Christian faith, for example, I challenge you right now to randomly pick any chur

Are Bloggers Causing Damage to the Body of Christ?

Blogging is still a new trend that only shot to the top of the internet pyramid in these past 10 years, exactly the same period that social media became the public craze. If you still have no idea about what a blog is, allow me to define it for you. It is a certain form of a small website that aims to reach the public through written articles, mainly to discuss or “gossip” the latest news in entertainment, current affairs, or in this case, the church world.  Parallel to a blog, is what is called a vlog , which is more or less the same thing as a blog, except it uses video material as its outlet for gossip news. However, many believe that a blog and a vlog are more or less the same thing, hence whenever you hear anyone talking about “bloggers”, always assume they are using that umbrella term to mean vloggers ; those who publish small videos on Facebook or Youtube to talk about the trending scandals in the Christian Faith . What worries me is that bloggers are believed to be those guys

8 Profitable Ways to Read the Bible

Bored and weary, I found myself scrolling aimlessly through Twitter, until lo and behold! My eye caught something called 8 Profitable Ways to read the Bible . After being blessed by such an edifying post, I figured some good soul had extracted it from a book called Practical Religion by J. C Ryle . Ryle was, without any doubt, one of the best ministers to ever grace the Christian world.  He was a Bishop somewhere in England, just about a few decades before our parents were born. Because I care about you, my fellow Christian brethren, I couldn’t let you miss this beautiful teaching, hence I had no choice but to do a copy and paste of that J. C Ryle content as it is. Check it out below and learn how to read the Bible…  1 . Begin reading your Bible today . The way to do a thing is to do it; and the way to read the Bible is actually to read it! It is not merely meaning, or wishing, or resolving, or intending, or thinking about it, which will advance you one step. You must positively read.