Death by Decree

In the small village I grew up in, the news of someone’s demise would always leave me terrified, traumatized and even tormented. My childhood nights were a nightmare. Those ghastly dark nights yet to be illuminated by the luxury of electricity didn’t make my nightmares any better. In fact, the darkness added to my childhood […]

Jesus Christ is Building an Organization

Jesus Christ is building an administration. He is calling us to be kings and priests, and we will reign on the Earth with Him (Revelation 5:10). God is organized. We can look all around us and see symmetry, coordination, and interdependence. Throughout His Creation, from the planets and stars of galaxies beyond, to the smallest […]

The Power of Thought

If we profess to be true Christians, we are duty-bound to continuously examine ourselves—purifying our lives as we draw closer to God. We know that we are accountable not only for our actions but also for our thoughts. Both our actions and the content of our thoughts must be pure; however, our self-examination must not […]

What is Our Desire?

Oniomania is a medical term describing the compulsive desire to shop. It is generally considered a pathology. However, given our current economic crisis, governments and corporations alike wouldn’t mind if we were all stricken with a little oniomania. How about you? Have you felt the desire to shop lately? Do you feel a patriotic duty […]

The First Failure, The Second Triumph

The first man, Adam failed, but the Second was triumphant over death. What made Jesus, the Christ, victorious and did He really have anything in common with Adam? A contrasting look at Adam and Jesus shows our Saviour to be superior in nature and victorious in the flesh after confronting similar circumstances to Adam. These […]

Repent or Perish

Life is merely a ritual, albeit a challenging one. We’re born, live out our appointed time, and die; and after a while, “…the memory of them is forgotten” (Ecclesiastes 9:5). Life is like “vapour,” says the book of James, “that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). If life is so […]

God’s Master Plan

In every country, we find that people devotedly celebrate their national holidays. These special days are reminders of important events in a country and/or culture’s history. They provide permanence between a nation’s past and present. Most often, citizens can understand and explain at least some of the significance of these national celebrations. Yet, in contradiction, […]