New Year’s Eve. Growing up, this was the one day when Church meetings were full to overflowing. The services started at about 9pm, and were intended to last till just after midnight when we had been ushered into the New Year. Occasional church-goers would make it a point to not miss this one ceremony. It…
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In January this year, I read a book by John Piper called Providence. In it, he shows that the pervasive theme of all that God does in redemptive history is that God be known, enjoyed, and praised for who He really is. My three takes from Piper’s book were: 1) a God-saturated, scripturally-informed and God-entranced worldview…
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Each New Year, Nick Roark, a blogger I follow, publishes a list of the best books he read the previous year. This list comprises 36 books, with snippets of what he gleaned from each. The list is divided into three sections of 12 books each – the best 12, the next 12, and finally, his…
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In two previous articles, we examined a few of the claims of the ‘New Creature’ theology, which falls under the bigger umbrella of the ‘Word of Faith’ movement. First, that God created humans as gods. The assertion is that being made in God’s image means we share His divine nature. Those who are born again…
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We love our titles, don’t we? During my undergrad studies, I recall a professor who got angry because a student referred to him by “Dr”. He pointed to the sign in front of his office door to remind the poor fellow how to address him properly. To this lecturer, his professorial title was a thing…
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During our days in University, the internet cafes were literally havens for pornography. It was the early 2000s, and these had just become popular. There were roughly about four internet centres at the time, spread across a few halls of residence. Some student users frequented sexually explicit websites so much so that any time one logged…
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