Views: 52The statement: “Die Religion … ist das Opium des Volkes”   often rendered in English as: “Religion… is the opiate of the masses.” is attributed Karl Max, the German philosopher and economist. This statement, often quoted to ridicule religion (mostly Christianity in my context) has seen many versions of itself propagated over the years. […]

Views: 64I remember a near fatal incident that happened in my home somewhere in 2011. We had parked our old 1996 Honda civic, with a manual transmission, in the compound of the multi-family shared residence we were living in. We had parked it “in gear” because the compound sloped towards our porch, and the handbrake […]

Views: 99“Explain how the understanding works.” This was the response I got from Gifty, my friend of more than twenty years, and a reader of Testimony Devotional; after I posted yesterday’s devotional entitled, “What’s In The Package?”, with memory verse from Proverbs 4:7 which says,   “In all your getting, get understanding.” As I pondered […]

Views: 73As a sequel to yesterday’s devotional entitled, “Is Christ Enough?“, the story was told of a man who was travelling from England to America on a trans-Atlantic trip for the first time. He bought his ticket, packed his belongings and readied himself for the trip. Being a person of very humble means, he knew […]

Views: 71I once got a complaint from a colleague Christian, and the complaint was simply this: A Christian sister had been criticizing and slandering her for visiting a prophet and his church during the week; while she is still a member of our congregation, and comes to worship there every Sunday. In other words, she […]

Views: 69The hymn “Revive us Again” Baptist Hymnal 469 (GBH 41) was written by William Paton Mackay. W.P. Mackay, born May 13, 1839, was a Medical Doctor educated at the University of Edinburgh. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868. He died from […]