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I stumbled upon a Bible verse which, as it often does, was not a new one. However, it did hit me in a new and fresh way. Before long I found myself eating my thoughts about that text. It is found somewhere in Galatians 6 and it’s got these words, “ …let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up .” Putting aside the reaping part (which I also don’t understand), the main thing that challenges me are these words, “Let us not be weary…of doing good.” What does it really mean to do good, and what is it that wearies God’s children from doing good and why?  How can we conjure up that strength to continue doing good even though it wearies our souls? What does it mean to do good? Doing good – according to my definition – is to use our time, bodies and resources to do something that adds value to the glory of Christ, the kingdom of God, and most particularly the lives of fellow humans. Which means as I am typing this document, I am “doing good” if...

Nothing is famous in the Church today as the phrase “man of God”. My Bible uses this term a few times to describe a man who has been chosen by the Lord for a specific task; somebody handpicked and enabled by divine power to lead others to Christ, most particularly through the preaching of the word. Having said that, today I only have two serious concerns about this man called a “man of God.” I pray the Lord may give you grace to hear them. The first thing that gives my soul sleepless nights about the man of God is that he has been elevated too much, especially in this Black Land of ours. He is viewed as a DIFFERENT individual who is almost like a god or something. The so-called “men of God” of our time have an unhealthy view about their self-impotence until they have so projected their images into untouchables who can neither be corrected nor criticized. These pitiful souls – Lord have mercy – claim to have a special anointing that sets them far apart from other believers, such that Go...

Okay (smile), I am going to teach you a good habit for your Christian growth. That is, if you are willing to really grow. Believe it or not, there is actually a weird bunch of “believers” who are neither concerned about growth nor interested in learning. Regardless, if you are like me, you are a student of this Christian Faith, who is always open to learning. The primal and only teacher in this Christian life is none other than the Spirit of Christ Himself. This is what Apostle John describes as “the Anointing that we all have from the Holy One that teaches us all things.” And the first avenue that He uses to teach is His own written Word; the Bible.  “Sanctify them by the Word, your Word is truth”, were the words of our Lord to His disciples. It means when we open the pages of Scripture, the Spirit of Christ is there to illuminate our minds so we can understand deep things about our Saviour and how He applies to our lives . The second means by which we are taught by the Anointing ...

I was listening to a local radio station and the topic was about the modern generation of men who are no longer interested in being married. In some sense, I can resonate with that because I remember the frustration I had when I was ready for marriage; there was no one among all the church ladies who was woman enough to deserve my hand of marriage. Why is this so, why does it seem like it is becoming harder for church boys to find suitable partners? Now as a disclaimer, this is a Believers-only discussion, we have no business with what worldly people do in the lust of their flesh. Nonetheless, suppose you were hunting for that dream girl, what characters would you look for? Let’s dig in… Salvation I am sorry, but this is non-negotiable. You can’t and you will not build any sustainable Christian home with an unbeliever. A goat will always be a goat and will by no means cooperate with sheep. As I hinted a few articles ago that the greatest challenge in the church today is that a great ma...

I can’t stress this point enough: God's primal means of saving and sanctifying souls is the local church. Which is a body of the Redeemed in an area who regularly gather for corporate worship. The overflow of that is the Gospel going out to the rest of the community, to the world at large; in any way possible, in this instance, media technology. Our first past of this topic was all about the negative impact that social media has had on believers and the Christian message in particular. Today, however, we are going to look at how the Lord has blessed us with these good technological tools so as to glorify Him and advance His cause. Allow me to remind you that according to some Google data, there are 5.19 million internet users today. That includes a staggering 2,9 million humans on Facebook and 2,7 million citizens on Youtube. That, at least in my mind, presents to us a vast opportunity to engage all those souls, with the knowledge of our great Saviour – simultaneously and from the ...

There was a time, in distant history when the church was not what it is today. Salvation was believed to be something that you could earn through being part of the church, attending mass gatherings and even buying that salvation for your dead relatives. When faith alone was not enough to save, but you had to meet God halfway through working or earning your salvation by good deeds.   There was a time when those who died were believed to have gone neither to heaven nor to hell but were somewhere in the middle ground called purgatory until the prayers of the saints freed them into heaven. There was a time, when the Bible alone was not enough for faith, rule and life, but men needed the church traditions, and church councils to dictate what God’s people were to do in order to please God. There was a time, when the Bible was not available in English or any other language apart from Latin, so abhorrent was it for ordinary citizens to even possess or read it for themselves without the chu...

We are already in a new era of believers who are going back to Scripture to study for themselves the truth. It is because some of us have had enough of bad doctrines already, most particularly our topic today; the gifts of the Holy Spirit – namely, tongues. The end goal, of course, is that some believer, somewhere will read this thoughtfully and above all, scripturally. Let’s take it on. There are four primary Scripture passages that are cited as evidence for praying in tongues: Romans 8:26; 1 Corinthians 14:4-17 and Ephesians 6:18 . Also Ephesians 6:18 and Jude 20 mention “praying in the Spirit”, even though those passages don’t necessarily mean that “praying in the Spirit” and praying in tongues are the same thing. A brief study of Romans 8:26 will reveal these words, “ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. ” Again, that passage has always been...