“Suffering For The Gospel!”
“Suffering For The Gospel!”(1 Pt. 4:12-19).We understand better a greater part of the biblical narratives when we become honest to recognise that they were not written for us. Such narratives were addressing specific contexts. We can only claim the stories for ourselves because they have universal undertones; thus they speak to our context.Even when we […]
“Christ In You, The Hope Of Glory!”
“Christ In You, The Hope Of Glory!”(Col.1:24-27).Cameroonians who join in the blame game to say Christianity is a Whiteman’s religion used in brainwashing the Africans miss the point. The Baptist Church in Jamaica had just celebrated her Golden jubilee. Some Jamaicans of African descent decided to bring the good news to their ancestral lands so […]
“Good News For Everybody!”
“Good News For Everybody!”(Acts 11:1-18).We cannot begin to take in new ideas except in terms of ideas we already have. The early Jewish converts were thinking only in terms of Jewish categories. According to them following Christ was something exclusive to the Jews alone.The real conversion for the Jew was not only turning to Christ, […]
“The One Who Comes From Above!”
“The One Who Comes From Above!”(Jn.3:31-36).There is a growing protest against the gospel in Africa. There is possibly a justified reason for this protest. The main reason is the way the gospel is presented and the way in the hands of some people it is used as a tool of manipulation, suppression and a means […]
“The Eternal Love Of God!”
“The Eternal Love Of God!”(1Kgs.10:1-9).It is not an exaggeration when Solomon was considered the wisest man who had ever lived the earth. According to the queen of Sheba, not even half of what she saw with her eyes was told her concerning Solomon’s wisdom and wealth. “In wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the […]