Prayer is not meant to be a routine of repeated phrases or a long recital of requests. True prayer springs from the depths of the soul and carries with it reverence, simplicity, and sincerity. Christ Himself taught: “Let your speech be yea or nay!” and this commandment about our speech extends to our prayers as […]
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This Easter season, a video has gone far and wide on social media. In it, a lawyer—poised, articulate, and clearly well-read—is asked to comment on the death of Jesus. His response? Jesus Christ was murdered. With the certainty of a courtroom submission, he laid out his argument, even citing case law to bolster his point. […]
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As we kneel in prayer, seeking Divine intervention in our lives, a fundamental question arises: Can we truly trust the Divine plan, in our moments of great uncertainty? The concept of detachment from outcomes in prayer challenges our conventional understanding of faith and surrender. When we pray for help, are we willing to leave the […]
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Do you consider yourself a follower of Christ? Do you believe in Him and wish to adhere to His teachings? If so, I invite you to measure your faith by examining Matthew Chapters 5, 6, and 7. These chapters contain key teachings attributed to Jesus, and we will explore some of these passages in relation […]
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Strange as it might sound, you are not the physical body that you bear, see, touch, and have known so intimately for all your life, but you are something quite different. You are spirit. A human spirit. Your true and actual identity, the human spirit, merely inhabits and uses the physical body as a tool […]
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The season comes around, once again, when many desire to join in the commemoration of the succession of events that led to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ; generally known as Easter! Very unfortunately, those succession of events leading up to Easter are generally misunderstood or misinterpreted. Yet, for the true Easter to be experienced, […]
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Today we have entered what is regarded as the Easter Week with the coming Friday known throughout Christendom as Good Friday; it is the Friday before Easter. Good Friday and Easter Sunday are regarded as the most important days of Christendom, by virtue of the events that mark the days, i. e. the crucifixion and death on the cross of our […]
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He was a formidable business tycoon, a London-trained accountant hailing from a prominent Lagos family. Known for his blunt demeanor and fierce ambition, he was nonetheless meticulous in his dealings, achieving great success in business without compromising fairness. Inheriting the family company from his late father, Chief Smart Owonikoko-Decency (Chief Smart) propelled it to unprecedented […]
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Death, the inevitable end of all human beings on earth, provokes fear, worry, and anxiety almost everywhere. Unlike other subjects, people generally do not like discussing death whether in their serious or leisure hours. The elderly abhor it. They discourage the youths and children from touching it. There is an inexplicable fear almost everywhere over […]
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Why do Christians not name their children Judas Is Cariot? Is it because they know he betrayed the Lord Jesus and, thereby , helped his enemies to murder him? But why should this make Christians to hate Judas, since Christianity teaches that Jesus came to die for man’s sins, and someone must kill him, anyway, […]
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