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  • The Best Preachers Have Killed The Gospel?

    Our preaching in the past has lifted up wisdom and eloquence. Our choice of preachers in the past has lifted up wisdom and eloquence. Our celebration of preachers we love has shown that we prefer wisdom and eloquence. Ultimately the gospel has become a casualty as we prefer great preachers to the gospel. Our worship events and meetings seem to be in need of wisdom and eloquence more than the gospel. Consequently amongst us, the gospel has lost its power. The best preachers have killed the gospel?

  • The Knowledge of God Boosts Our Intelligence

    Intelligence is not a result of only wide reading or genetic advantage from parents. Intelligence is also a result of conversion and faithfulness to Jesus. If you are faithful to God and are hardworking, God will give you mental abilities you never thought you ever possessed. If you abandon God you lose them. Faithfulness to God maintains your mental competence. The knowledge of God boosts our intelligence!

  • Obedience That Comes From Faith

    Why does Paul say obedience comes from faith? Do Christians need obedience? Obedience to what? Isn’t faith enough for a believer? Why should faith give birth to obedience? If faith doesn’t give birth to obedience it seems it may be fake faith. What does Paul mean when he tells us that obedience comes from faith?

  • You Won’t Know This But You Will Receive This

    All the three ways in which the world ends cannot be known by date and time. No one can know the date and time when Jesus will come. No amount of prophecy study would yield that date. Nobody knows when they will die, that is a secret reserved for God. Nobody knows when probation will close for them or for the whole world. Nobody knows the date or time of the end of the world by any means. You won’t know about times and dates, but, you will receive the power to witness!

  • Jesus Strongly Warned Him, “Don’t Tell Anyone!”

    Is the man to blame for ruining Jesus’ ministry in that village? Yes. Is everything lost because of his negligence? No. The Bible tells us that though Jesus stayed out of the village, people still came looking for him. God is able to ensure our mistakes do not create permanent damage. God is able to perform miracles that we desperately need after messing up. God always steps in and rescues the situation. The man messed up but Jesus still preached to the people of the village though from outside. Jesus strongly warned him, “don’t tell anyone!”

  • What It Means To Teach With Authority

    It is important to minimize references to school or teachers that expose the possibility that since we left school we have not read further or learned anything else. “My professor told me” “When I attended this college or that one.” A once in a while reference is necessary, but if it is your only source of authority there is a problem. We must grow up and be of age, and say what we think and not just what we were told.

  • Will The World End After Fourteen Generations?

    Secondly, Matthew shows that Jesus came at the right time. Matthew shows that between Abraham the father of faith and King David there are fourteen generations. Then between David and the Babylonian exile, there are fourteen generations. Between the end of Babylonian exile and the coming of Jesus, there are fourteen generations. Jesus came at a precise time. That precision shows that God was purposeful in sending Jesus. Therefore Jesus is the Messiah because He came at the right time. Apostle Paul also reiterates that Jesus came at the right time, Galatians 4:4.

  • I Was Only A Little Angry

    God tells us that He was just a little angry. It was in that moment of little anger that He allowed His people to go into captivity for seventy years. Sometimes when God is a little angry with us we fail exams, we incur losses, we lose jobs and businesses, we get sick, we lose loved ones, etc. When that moment of anger passes, God restores us.

  • God Blames The Capital Cities

    The sins of the southern kingdom are blamed on its capital city, Jerusalem. The sins of the northern kingdom are blamed on its capital city, Samaria. God knows something about the capital cities. God blames the capital cities!