“No Legalism: Let Faith Express Itself Through Love!”
No Legalism: Let Faith Express Itself Through Love!”(Gal.5:1-6).I started my pastoral ministry in Berabe in Donga-Mantung. That was way back in 1992. During the first few weeks, I observed that during church services when worshippers are supposed to stand, some who, for one reason or the other, could not stand raised one hand up with […]
“Be A Fruitful Branch!”
“Be A Fruitful Branch!”(Jn.15:1-8).“I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing.”We have to be context-specific because there are some tree types whose branches can survive without the tree. That, however, is only when the […]
“The Father In The Son!”
“The Father In The Son!”(Jn.14:7-14).At the ordination of pastors in some Protestant settings, the candidates are, at one point, asked to recite the Nicene Creed. The Nicene Creed was formulated at the Council of Nicea(325 AD) to counter Arianism.In the 4th century, Arius proposed a theological doctrine stating that Jesus Christ is a created being […]
“Blessed Assurance!”
“Blessed Assurance!”(Is.66:22-23)“‘As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,’ declares the Lord, ‘so will your name and descendants endure. From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,’ says the Lord.”Our generation is no different from […]
“Continually Offer To God A Sacrifice Of Praise!”
“Continually Offer To God A Sacrifice Of Praise!”(Heb.13:12-16).In Judaism, the priest had to take the skin and some parts of a sin offering and burn them to ashes out of the city(Lev.4:12).In today’s pericope, the writer of the letter to the Hebrews says “…Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy […]