Thou Shall Break Forth!
“Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud…Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen they cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.” – Isaiah 54: 1-3 For most people, the last 18 months have been a season of gloom and despair. The...
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God’s Dealings With Man: A Study of Prophet Jonah – Part 3
Over the last few weeks, we have studied the life of the bible Prophet Jonah and God’s dealings with him as recorded in the biblical account of his life. We were able to determine in the first and second parts of this message series that God IS merciful, that man was given freedom of choice by God and is not forced to obey God no matter how great the assignment he is given by the Lord or the mode by which the message was given i.e. how spectacular the mode was. Also, we were able to see from...
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God’s Dealings With Man: A Study of Prophet Jonah – Part 2
In the first series of this message, we established certain lessons that can be learnt from the book of Jonah in the bible. Firstly, we established that regardless of the message or assignment a man is given by God, his right to free will is not denied him and he is free to act in whatsoever way he desires; in obedience or disobedience. This is also regardless of the mode by which the message was delivered or how spectacularly it was given. Secondly, we were able to establish that even though...
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God’s Dealings With Man: A Study of Prophet Jonah – Part 1
The book of Jonah is one of its most fascinating books in the Bible. As a little child, I and my other colleagues were particularly fascinated by this story because of the singular fact that he was swallowed by a fish, yet lived to tell the tale. Needless to say, this is one of the reasons why many have also been fascinated by the story of this prophet. However, the book of Jonah unlike other prophetic books of the bible is one that focuses and documents not just the prophecies of the prophet...
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Lessons on my knees
I share similar convictions with the great patriarch, Paul, who says “For I am not ashamed of this good news about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes – the Jews first and also the Greeks.” That is the reason why once in a while, I share those thoughts that have really shaped my thinking and my pattern of information processing. I enjoy extraordinary insight and understanding of difficult sentences because of this conviction, one I humble share with one of...
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When God Said Beauty
Father Benedict Grimm pulled aside the embroidered scarlet curtain, and stepped into Umuofia’s atmospheric weave of dust and gentle breeze – sighing as he closed the door of the confessional. His heart was weary from the weight of hearing too many of fallen man’s numerous foibles. Only midday, he was drained – cursing the day God had created the pitiful tyranny of sweat and bones he called man. Only that day, he had listened through the latticed grating to a husky man grouchily tell of...
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