“I Charge You To Keep This Command…!”
“I Charge You To Keep This Command…!”It has become fashionable in the wake of “African Renaissance” to question the raison d’etre of Christianity on the African continent. Missionaries were sometimes perjoratively styled “surrogates of colonialism” or what Lamin Sanneh called, “colonialism at prayer!”That notwithstanding, Richard Elphick has rightly argued that those missionaries did not risk […]
“Marriage Is The Seal Of Creation!”
“Marriage Is The Seal Of Creation!”Some male chauvinists claim that a man is superior to the woman because he was created first. A church father even stated categorically, “woman without man is incomplete, whereas man is.” Some feminist theologians challenge this by stating that if this the ground on which male superiority is established, then […]
“Be An Obedient And Responsible Steward!”
“Be An Obedient And Responsible Steward!”The climax of creation was on day six. On this day “the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being.” Man was given stewardship of the earth. He was placed “in […]
“May The Lord Bless You As He Blessed Acquatic Animals And Birds!”
“May The Lord Bless You As He Blessed Acquatic Animals And Birds!”The six days of creation can be divided into two parts. The first three days were days of forming and the last three days were days of filling.On day five as in today’s reflection God said, “let the water teem with living creatures, and […]
“Be Duty-Conscious Like The Sun, Moon And Stars!”
“Be Duty-Conscious Like The Sun, Moon And Stars!”Each item of creation was purposeful. Day four saw the coming into existence of lights in the sky.Their purposes were: #to seperate the day from the night, #to let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, #to give light to the earth, #to govern […]