“Enjoy The Bridegroom!”
“Enjoy The Bridegroom!”(Luke 5:33-35).They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from […]
“Loving God!”
“Loving God!”(Zec.8:14-19).At Christmas, we say, “Christ is the reason for the season.” In the same way we can say of Lent that “sin is the reason for the season.”It is true that Christ is still the focus of the Lenten season because during this season, we remember the events leading up to and including his […]
“A Fast Acceptable To The LORD!”
“A Fast Acceptable To The LORD!”(Is.58:1-9a).“God, where are you?” is a question we have heard and read so much concerning gruesome killings amidst kidnappings for ransom in the restive regions of Cameroon.Do the churches – both licensed and unlicensed – feel embarrassed by God’s silence? Does God really care? Or, as Philip Yancey captioned his […]
“Lenten Affirmation!”
“Lenten Affirmation!”(Mt.6:16-21).Today marks the beginning of Lent season 2025. The day is called “Ash Wednesday,” as on this day, Christians receive Ash on their foreheads. The Ash symbolically reminds us of human frailties and mortality. It reminds us of the need to reconcile with God.The penitential Lenten season lasts for forty days, ending on Holy […]
“Uncomfortable Christianity For Lent!”
“Uncomfortable Christianity For Lent!”(II Cor.11:21b-29).Comfortable Christianity seems to be the commonly preferred perspective of modern-day Christianity. Maybe to call it modern-day is an overstatement. The rise of monasticism in the 3rd or 4th century was partially an intentional refusal of comfortable Christianity.In comfortable Christianity, God’s blessing is mostly limited to wealth, riches, protection, security, good […]