Category: Theology

Last week, about twenty-five of us gathered together for an event aptly named “friendsgiving.” This was an opportunity for some close friends and team-mates in the ministry to gather for an evening of good food, fellowship and a giving of thanks. Before the holiday madness would commence, before the different families would come into town,…

1. You can say a lot of right things but if you say it in the wrong way, the impact you desire will not be made. 2. You cannot win an election if you look like the past and not like the future (again, perception trumps reality here in the ears and eyes of most…

Of course this is a myth, albeit a popular one. There are more: There is a common myth that I constantly hear among professing Christians. Very often people tend to predict that it is the end of times — and it is literally happening right now. The reason of course for this bold claim is the…

We are about a week into the season of lent. This means that we are thirty seven days away from Good Friday and forty days away from Resurrection Sunday. This year more than ever before, I want to immerse myself in the meaning of Jesus’ cross. I still cannot wrap my mind around why Jesus would…

If you have not yet picked up this book, I highly recommend it. The author does a phenomenal job approaching the holiness of God and the mortality of man. It is often when we read certain parts of Scripture that we become all too accustomed to them. When they are thus explained, we gain a…

The words we say to the people we interact with have the power to either help or hurt. It is an authority we have with a responsibility we need to recognize. Every single time you engage in a conversation with another person, you are ultimately responsible for the outcome. Your conversation can either construct and establish a…

Death is a direct consequence of sin. It is a direct result of sin. It is precisely because we as humans chose to rebel against God. Death came in to this world because of our absolute arrogance. We thought and think we know what to do and how to do it. We neglect(ed) a God…

There are many things that can be barriers to an effective prayer life. One of the primary reasons why your prayers may not be heard by God is because you are living in habitual, unrepentant sin. Because we were created by a holy God to worship a holy God, He demands that we be holy…

There is a specific reason for why we at times can become temporary atheists. This condition occurs when there is a disconnect between our confessional and our functional theology. We openly confess the truth of Scripture but fail to practically live out. We declare that Jesus is our only Lord but quickly run to other lords…