EVANGEL AFRICA

Perhaps I could have titled this, “How do I know God’s will for my life?” There is nothing I have emphasized more than the sufficiency of Scripture. That is, your Bible contains everything you need for your salvation, godly living and everything else you need in this life and the world to come. Nonetheless, I am aware that someone might object that there are some things that we face in our lives that are outside the Bible, for example, the Scriptures do not directly deal with some critical life decisions such as what career should I choose, should I get married now or next year, who should I marry between Janet and Julia? What colour should I paint my room? Should I look for another job or not? Those kinds of things: how can you know God’s will for your life? This question has troubled even ministers themselves until they have written books, and made sermons about “how to hear God’s voice.” According to them, God speaks to us every time, all you have to do is to tune into the right cha...

I guess I should begin by defining terms. In fact, the original title of this post was, “Cessationism is not what you think it is.” That is because I have often been embarrassed by the ignorance of those who claim to know what cessationism is, particularly those from the opposite end. My hope is that today we all get a clear understanding of this once and for all. Come the future we will not be guilty of being false witness about other believers. What is not cessationism We have all heard the famous teaching that a cessationist is the one who does not believe in the Holy Spirit; one who denies the gifts of the Spirit, or perhaps that person who believes that God no longer does miracles. That, beloved, is not true – not even close! Cessationism (from the word cease) is the belief that the gifts of the Spirit are still operational in the Church; that God still does miracles, however, it is only the “revelatory gifts” that have ended and only the “Apostolic miraculous gifts” that are ...

How blessed it is when the couple walks down that church aisle. For once, all creation comes to a standstill as they all gather to witness these two souls that have decided to spend a life till death do us part – a perfect match! Well, let the wedding day pass with its memories, let the guests travel back to where they came from. Give the newlyweds a chance to live together for two months, six, one year, five years. And before you know it, one of them discovers that this partner that they swore to eternity is not what they expected them to be. They have shed their outer skin to reveal some sinister behaviour or perhaps a habit you would not even wish on your worst enemy. S/he has become a problematic spouse. It’s my observation that a large number of Christian couples successfully display a happy marriage to the rest of the world, yet the walls of their bedrooms testify of something different, if not terrible, for lack of a better word. My goal today is to acknowledge those who find t...

Needless to say that this is not a political platform, instead, it is strictly where believers gather to discuss the Biblical perspective of the issues relating to our daily lives. Immigration is a permanent (or temporal) movement of people from a different culture/region/ country to another one. Reasons for such movements may include drought, war or deliberate invasion. Let's look at them in detail. Drought-induced immigration I believe this is the most common migration we see in Scripture. We have examples like Ruth and family, who were forced to migrate to the land of Moab in search of better living conditions ( Ruth 1:1 ). Other Examples include Abraham ( Gen 12:10 ), Isaac ( Gen 26:1 ) and many others. I am also sure that there are real life examples in the vicinity of your location. War/persecution-induced migratio n Our Lord Jesus’s flight to Egypt is a good example of people running away from their countries as a result of persecution or some kind of life-threatening danger...