MEN WHO ARE RICH IN FOOLISHNESS!

Just as the virtues of giving and selflessness are powered by compassion, so does heartlessness power stinginess and greed. Miserly people are extremely heartless. They just can’t be moved by compassion. Cry all you want beside them. Get sick all you want beside them. Sweat, struggle, lament, and suffer all you want around them, they are just never perturbed. They see every one around them … Continue reading MEN WHO ARE RICH IN FOOLISHNESS!

Ten Reasons why I Love Classical Hymns

Besides the Word of God and prayer, nothing connects my heart more to God like classical hymns. I just can’t have enough of them. Classical hymns have been a great part of Christian church for so many years. Our forebears in faith found the hymns as great tools for spiritual growth. We owe a lot them for passing this great spiritual resource along to us. … Continue reading Ten Reasons why I Love Classical Hymns

LET THERE BE WATER (PART II)

Our lands are parched, Father! There’s large-scale religiosity going on. Numerous religious centres but few Churches; numerous “pastors” but only a few can bring down your glory, lock and unlock the widows of Heaven like your servant, Elijah! Many of us, your servants, are complacent and are too much at ease in Zion! Some are snoring at the laps of Delilah, while some have been … Continue reading LET THERE BE WATER (PART II)

NO PREGNANCY, BUT SEX ALLOWED!

I’m “We don’t encourage young people to get pregnant before marriage; we encourage them to have sex before marriage though!” -Anon No Pregnancy, But Sex Allowed By Samuel Ayodele Iwarere  Certain acts are considered normal in the society in which we now live in, even amongst professing Christians. To make matters worse, some of these behaviours are spoken lightly about by our youths. For example, … Continue reading NO PREGNANCY, BUT SEX ALLOWED!

Ten Reasons Why I Love Classical Christian-Hymns

Besides the Word of God and prayer, nothing connects my heart more to God than classical hymns. I just can’t have enough of them. Classical hymns have been a great part of  the church liturgical tradition for several centuries. Our forebears in faith found the hymns as great tools for their spiritual growth. We owe a lot to them for passing this great spiritual resource along to us. Hymns have benefited my spiritual life significantly. They remind me of the sovereignty God, the depth of His love and height of His grace. Hymns educates me on the importance of prayer, faith, love in my Christian walk as well as the hope that I have in Christ Jesus. Hymns assure me of God’s presence while going through the ups and downs of my day to day living. Hymns are a great source of revival and inspiration to me. Unfortunately, this great practise of the early Church that had helped in deepening the faith of many is now being ignored by some churches and Christians today. Perhaps the shallow impact of the Christian faith on our society nowadays could partly be as a result of replacing these life transforming songs with entertaining songs in some our churches today. While I am not condemning the use of contemporary music; we must admit that no any other form of music has been spiritually thick enough to replace or displace classical hymns in the Church of Jesus Christ over the years. We must not allow this tradition to die! Below are some the reasons why I love classical hymns so much:

1. Because almost all their composers are no more alive with us, I tend to focus my worship solely on God rather than man while singing the hymns. Sometimes, one could easily be distracted by the performances of the image.jpeg
Worship leaders in our churches today. Continue reading “Ten Reasons Why I Love Classical Christian-Hymns”

Understanding Issues of Gospel and Culture by Professor Gillian M. Bediako, Dr. Benhardt Y. Quarshire and Dr. Ernestina Afriyie

Professor Gillian M. Bediako, Dr. Benhardt Y. Quarshire and Dr. Ernestina Afriyie (all from Afro-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, Ghana) presented public lectures today Thursday March 22, 2012 on: Understanding Issues of Gospel and Culture; and World Christianity, Mother-tongue Scripture and Mission in a New Key. The public lectures were hosted at NPC Valley, Nairobi by Pan Africa Christian University, Nairobi, Kenya. Here … Continue reading Understanding Issues of Gospel and Culture by Professor Gillian M. Bediako, Dr. Benhardt Y. Quarshire and Dr. Ernestina Afriyie

LETTER FROM JESUS CHRIST TO THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA

Office of Jesus Christ the Head of the Church No 1 New Jerusalem Street, Private Mail Bag 01, City of the Living God, The Heavenly Jerusalem. February 27, 2012.   Dearly Beloved Children,   LETTER FROM JESUS CHRIST TO THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA   I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I thank you for the love you have for me … Continue reading LETTER FROM JESUS CHRIST TO THE CHURCH IN NIGERIA

SIGHT versus VISION

Christianity Today Magazine  (world’s most widely read Christian magazine) through its writer, Sarah Pulliam Bailey directed its readers to read the blog-post I wrote on Dr. Tokunboh Adeyemo shortly after his demise on 18th March, 2010. Few hours ago, I was reading through some of the comments posted on Bailey’s article again; and I found particularly interesting  one by Arlyn Briggs on January 24, 2011. I thought you might … Continue reading SIGHT versus VISION

The old has become new!

This is to formally notify our readers that this is the new home of our blog, Christianity in Africa whose old URL was http://pentecostalmovent.wordpress.com.  Due to popular demand, more information about the author has been added. We have also added new pages; Ministry Partnership and Photo Gallery.  All these have been done in order for you to enjoy reading this blog. Below are some of the posts … Continue reading The old has become new!