God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,…
Abraham was instructed by God to leave his own relatives and country to go to one which the Lord would lead him, the Lord gave him some promises; Genesis 12:2. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify…
The Holy Spirit is the real person who came to reside within Jesus Christ’s true followers after Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. He is considered to be the third member of the Godhead. A primary role of the Holy Spirit is that He bears “witness” of Jesus Christ, acting as a…
“But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send Him to you” (John 16: 17). During our Lord’s earthly ministry, we read from the Bible numerous stories of…
Rogation Sunday is the day when the Church has traditionally offered prayer for God’s blessings on the fruits of the earth and the labours of those who produce our food. The word “rogation” is from the Latin rogare, “to ask”. Historically, the Rogation Days (the three days before Ascension Day) were a period of fasting…
Life is full of ups and downs, challenges, unforeseen circumstances, the good, the bad and the ugly. The Holy writ has this to say: “Man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not…
Whoever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock? Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? For it is…
Few years ago, there was a case of some cult members in one of our well known universities, who shot some of their colleagues to death in the school hostel on campus. After serious investigations which ended in futility, the school authority however resolved to take up the burial of these victims. There was a…
(Romans 5:12-21) One act of one man brought sin and its penalty of death upon the human race. On the other hand, the obedience of one man counteracted this deed and made righteousness and eternal life available for humankind. Adam headed the old humanity characterized by sin and death. Jesus Christ heads a new humanity…
“And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem” (Luke 19: 28). In Christendom, today is marked as Palm Sunday which brings to mind the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem during the last week of His earthly ministry. As its name suggests, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem at…