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Bring out treasures new and old
5 min read Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. Matthew 13:52 (NKJV) Matthew 13 introduces us for the first time to the Greek word parabole. In Matthew 13, Jesus for the first time speaks in parables to his audience. Why not speak in plain...
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Will a loving God send people to hell?
4 min 11 sec read Inevitably as a Christian, this question will be posed to you—will a loving God send people to hell? The assumption beneath this question is that because God is love, God cannot possibly send people to hell—that love and judgment are incompatible. Let’s examine this question in view of grace. Yes, the Christian faith agrees with this question, somewhat partly....
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Grace and religious liberty
3 min read This is my short response to an issue that a Christian brother raised on whether Christian ministers in Zambia should pass a government-sanctioned exam to authenticate their callings and ministries. After all, other areas of expertise have to pass exams to qualify to work in a particular area. My response was as follows Exams are not the issue; the issue is...
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Grace that shamelessly persists
3 min Read And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; or a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is...
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Is the KonMari method a new form of the Ten Commandments?
3 min, 50 sec read So Marie Kondo or The KonMari Method is the new fad – the view you can declutter your life, keep only those things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy. This concept has taken the world by storm. Marie Kondo has a Netflix show, Tyding up with Marie Kondo and has a #1 New York Times...
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One unusual way to get blessings from God
© Schulter Etyang 4 min read There are only two ways through which we receive blessings from God. The one way is to deserve the blessings, and the other is to not deserve (undeserved) the blessings. Deserved way Undeserved way The deserved way So, how do we try to deserve blessings from God? Non-Christians try to earn their blessings from God through good works or...
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What happens when you offer your own “sacrifices” at the beginning of the year?
5 min read The answer to the question posed in the post’s title is—God shuts the heavens over you. God will not move on your behalf. Let me unpack this Israel was in decline. They had rebelled against Yahweh, his statutes and his prophets. Time and time again Yahweh sent prophets to warn them of impending doom but instead, they raised the middle finger to their...
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Gird your New Year’s resolutions with grace
3 min read We cannot do without New Year’s resolutions. That’s the truth. Goal setting is as old as creation itself. After God created human beings, he set goals for them — be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue and have dominion. (Genesis 1:28) Adam Alter in his book Irresistible, writes, goals … are a biological imperative rather than a luxury or choice (Pg. 107) We are...
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Unto us a child is born
2 min read Every Christmas for the past seven years, these words cross my mind and when they do, I pause for a moment and just wonder. These are the words God’s answer to everything that terrorized us was not an army or king but a child. I guess I may have listened to these words in a sermon or read them in a...
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At Christmas, God became one of us
Estimated Reading Time: 3 min, 25 sec I don’t know how this got started but for some years now, whenever Christmas time comes around, this song, One of Us, written by Eric Bazilian, and originally released by Joan Osborne, unconsciously taps itself into play. It’s as if my memory bank set this song to auto-play whenever it’s Christmas. And it plays on repeat throughout. I wake...
