“The Incarnate Word!”
“The InCarnate Word!”(Jn.1:1-4).From New Testament times, translation has been an important means of making the gospel relevant in various cultural contexts. Translation clarifies that Christ belongs to all cultures and contexts.The incarnation was the translation of the incarnate invisible Christ into a visible human Jesus.From there on, all translations are retranslations of the original translation […]
“Maintaining Our Secure Position In Christ!”
“Maintaining Our Secure Position In Christ!”(II Pt.3:1-7&13-18).While Christianity is spreading in the continent by geometric proportions, it is at the same time being rubbed in the mud more than ever before. Some say Christianity is a scam or that it is a tool of enslavement used in brainwashing the gullible Christians. Some even blame the […]
“Good Ripe Fruit In The Harvest Basket Of The LORD!”
“Good Ripe Fruit In The Harvest Basket Of The LORD!”(Am.8:1-10).African wisdom says “The big fish swallow the small ones.” They also consider that “fools are food for the wise.”Through Amos the message was passed on to Israel and today on to us as well. It is a message to the children of God who have […]
“Submit To Governing Authorities!”
“Submit To Governing Authorities…!”(Rom.13:1-7).When some of the apostles were brought before the Sanhedrin, Peter and the others defended themselves, saying, “We must obey God rather than men”(Acts 5:29f). Faith inclined as this response is, it has been the bedrock in the perennial tension of Church State relationship.Are Christians so above the state, such that they […]
“The Unchanging Christ And The Faith Of Our Fathers!”
“The Unchanging Christ And The Faith Of Our Fathers!”(Heb.13:7-9a).“Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.”The Apostles’ Creed may […]