“Your Salvation Comes From the LORD!”
“Your Salvation Comes From the LORD!”(Jon.2).“If there is a man to pray, there is a God to answer.” We can consider this a clichè, but it is still meaningful. God makes ninety-nine steps towards us, but expects us to make the one step to get what he offers. When he provided Manna to the children […]
“The LORD Will Make The Best Of A Bad Situation For You!”
“The LORD Will Make The Best Of A Bad Situation For You!”(Jon.1:11-17).As the see grew wilder the men asked Jonah what they should do. Jonah told them to pick him and throw into the sea and the sea will be calm. They tried to steer the ship to shore, but the see got even wilder […]
“We Serve An All-inclusive LORD!”
“We Serve An All-inclusive LORD!”(Jon.1:1-10).Mungaka speakers have this name, “Mo’iwò?” It is a question,, “to whom does the other belong?” This question is asked as a means of curbing discrimination. It is intended to wipe out the “we and them/they and us syndrome!” Most African tribes have a perjorative term to address “outsiders!*Communities, cultures, tribes […]
“The Chosen In Christ!”
“The Chosen In Christ!”(I Pt.2:1-10).On Mount Sinai the LORD told Moses to tell the exodus children, “…Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.(Ex.19:3-8). […]
“The Ephesian Moment!”
“The Ephesian Moment!”(Eph.1:3-14).The late Prof Andrew F. Walls was a great scholar and theologian whose works I simply never get tired of absorbing. How blessed I was when I had opportunity to sit at his feet to receive directly from him, and importantly to learn great lessons of humility from him out of the classrooms!It […]