Views: 73As a child, the first time I saw a giant dummy cheque, I wondered if the receiver was going to take that huge thing into the bank and get it cleared. I would later get to know that it is the way cheques are presented for the cameras. The real cheque  would be presented […]

Views: 96One of the most controversial teachings of Jesus can be found in Matthew 5:38-41. It appears to be in sharp contrast with the law in Leviticus which advocates matched retaliation, and which says; Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner:  fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for […]

Views: 76In the devotional entitled “Finitude“, the issue of how vulnerable man is, when it comes to pursuing and achieving his aspirations, was brought out strongly.  We have ambitions, we set goals and we plan. But we are not even guaranteed we would wake up tomorrow to meet the conditions that will facilitate the achievement […]

Views: 224“O for a thousand tongues to sing!” Today is “Thanksgiving Day” in my church, Tesano Baptist Church; and I cannot be more grateful for God’s mercies, help, maintenance and sustenance.  “O for a thousand tongues to sing”, Methodist Hymn 1 (GBH 6), is the first hymn in the Methodist Hymn book, and rightly so! It […]

Views: 67I had to cede my computer to my son recently so he could do some of online class work, and he changed my keyboard! What he chose was the sleek, gentler looking keyboard, with soft and subdued keys (even the DELL logo on that one is subdued, debossed and same color)! He chose that […]

Views: 69There are many who observe how evil seems to have overcome good, how injustice seems to have won over justice, and greed seems to have overwhelmed brotherly love; and ask in despair, “Is there hope?” A song comes to mind when I hear such questions: The late Andraé Crouch’s, “The Blood Will Never Lose […]