“The Awful Silence Of God!”
“The Awful Silence Of God!”(Am.8:11-12).When an African family head is on his sickbed, those nursing him makes sure that he does not turn and face the wall. They also keep talking to him so that he should not be too silent. It is a bad omen for the family if he stays mute and dies […]
“True Education!”
“True Education!”(I Jn.2:24-29).In the desert the children of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron because they were starving. They longed for the fleshpots of Egypt, albeit in servitude. God provided them with manna which they ate for forty years (Ex.16:2ff).After feeding a crowd of 5000 people “with five small barley loaves and two small fish”, […]
“The Sign Of Jonah!”
“The Sign Of Jonah!”(Mt.26:1-12).The Pharisees and Sadducees were part of the Sanhedrin, but differed on some salient doctrines. While the Pharisees believed in angels, the immortality of the soul and the resurrection, the Sadducees did not. Besides, the Sadducees were aristocratic monarchists, but the Pharisees were eclectic, popular, and more democratic.However, in Jesus they had […]
“God’s Ways…!”
“God’s Ways…!”(Acts.8:1-8)In one of his resurrection appearances, and before his ascension into heaven, Jesus told the apostles, “…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”(Acts 1:8).This promised wave of evangelisation did […]
“Replacement!”
“Replacement!”(Mt.12:43-45).The Nigerian born Samuel Ajayi Crowther was the first African to be consecrated bishop of the Anglican Church. Crowther is remembered for telling African priests not to take away anything from our people without a replacement.This is the spirit with which the male converts of the Aladura Church, an African Independent Church saw in the […]