FAITH OF A MUSTARD SEED: ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS TODAY.
Faith, a powerful tool that predates the creation of the world, remains of missional importance. Faith defies a one-dimensional definition, but Apostle Paul offers a helpful missional statement. He said,…
A RICH MAN IN HELL: CALL FOR PERSONAL AND CORPORATE RENEWAL.
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus points to earthly lives as a ‘mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.’ That outward appearance does not match…
PARABLE OF ‘THE UNJUST STEWARD’: MISSION ON SALE, BANE OF CHURCH DECLINE.
The foremost God’s stewards, who became an unjust steward, were Lucifer. Lucifer became an unjust steward, blinded by his own freedom, strength and excellence. He chose to revolt against God,…
The Trinity of Parables: Compass of Salvation and Wholeness for a Lost Generation.
… Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience,…
TRAPS AGAINST EVANGELISM! EXAMPLE OF JESUS AND THE PHARISEES AND LESSONS TODAY.
Jesus was invited to dinner at the home of a leader of the Pharisees. Jesus accepted the invitation just as many churches and organisations accommodate evangelism. The invitation highlights theological…
THE ERROR OF CONSTANTINE IN TODAY’S CHURCH AND LEADERSHIP.
After over three hundred years of sporadic, state-sponsored persecutions of Christians, most of whom were the peripheral and the poor, the Roman emperor Constantine credited his military victory over his…
WHAT IS SIN?
“What is sin?It is the glory of God not honored.The holiness of God not reverenced.The greatness of God not admired.The power of God not praised.The truth of God not sought.The…
Jesus’ Mission beyond Pharisees’ Mission and its Pharisaical Hypocrisy.
The reading from Luke 14 invites us to walk in the way and mission of Jesus. The narrative was arranged in the home of the ruler of the Pharisees to…
Matriarch Ruth Elton, ‘As Smallish in Stature but Giant in Faith’: Oldest Missionary to Nigeria, Dies At 91.
Matriarch Ruth Ometere Elton, born on September 7, 1934, was the only child of Pa Sydney Granville Elton (Pa Elton), a foremost evangelist and Area Superintendent of the Apostolic Church…
Leaders’ opposition to Jesus: Souls, greater than the Sabbath.
The lectionary gospel reading from Luke 13 is a missional account of opposition to Jesus’ healing of a woman with an infirmity for 18 years on the Sabbath (Lk 13:10-17).…