Category: Faith
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Memory Lane: The Snares Along the Way.
Memory is such a child of caprice even in purely human matters! The memory is in the habit of playing curious pranks. We can remember people’s faces, but we forget their names. We remember a story, but we forget its date. We can repeat all the marriage relationships of the royal house, but we forget…
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A Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny Walk into An African Graveyard
What do we make of how some things have easily become compatible with Christianity? How should be view this problem?
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Provincial Pastoring: God Has Called You to Your Local Church
The apostle Paul charged the Ephesian elders to guard themselves and the church from false teachers. In today’s age of ubiquitous media, provincial pastors must embrace their local role and resist the allure of a global audience.
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“Felt Needs”: Compassion That Can Condemn.
The concept of meeting “felt needs” in preaching and church practices raises concerns. While compassion is important, solely addressing immediate desires without emphasizing the Gospel’s core message risks neglecting humanity’s greatest need: forgiveness of sin. The central focus of the church and evangelism should not be diminished by optional objectives. Preaching the Gospel should prioritize…
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“Come As You Are?” An Incomplete and Dangerous View of Church.
The church’s “come as you are” approach raises questions about welcoming those who pose a danger and the balance between belonging and becoming a Christian. Allowing sinners to remain unchanged may lead to false assurance and compromise the church’s distinctiveness. The focus should be on the gospel and salvation, not just hospitality and inclusivity.
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What Happened to Holy Hunger?
The concept of ‘holy hunger’ can be defined as a food-denying discipline or fasting. Jesus expects his disciples to fast, though this has varying interpretations. The Bible provides many examples of fasting, emphasizing a denial of food, not other indulgences. The duration of fasting is not scripturally prescribed and should be decided by individuals with…
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Preaching to the Poor: Poverty and the reality of Blessing(s).
A short outlook into how preaching the Gospel among communities that live in Poverty and remaining faithful to the core purpose of preaching; salvation through the finished work of Christ.
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Musings in Daniel : Entry 2
How do we understand prophecy within the context it is written? A Case Study of Daniel 2
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Beatitudes, The News, and Patriotism
News headlines are more diagnostic than we often assume, they are sensational, loud, and intrusive, at times they are even grieving. Yet what we sometimes fail to see in them is the wonderful hand of God’s providence in the midst of chaos and confusion. There is in us an angst at the greed and corruption…