By removing the words of praise unto God and the exaltation of His name from the book, who benefits? — I wrote the first part of this essay more than a month ago when we began our study of the Book of Esther. In that article, I debunked the popular teaching that the name of God or even the word “God” is never mentioned in the book. …

Some Christians think it is the name of God, while others take it as a title attributed to the Holy God, well… let’s find out — Some Christians think it is the name of God and call it religiously. Others take it as a title attributed to the Holy God. I thought so too until I delved deep into its meaning. In this post, we’ll find out its intimate significance. The Lord’s Prayer at Gethsemane The night before He was crucified…

We dive deeper into the Scriptures and see whether this is so — We had just embarked on the book of Esther in our bible study of the Old Testament. While acknowledging that there is a portion of the Book of Esther separately compiled with other books called the Apocrypha (hidden) or Deuterocanonicals (belonging to the second canon) as called in the Roman…

God’s children are encouraged to say, ”Lord, I love you!” but like faith, words must be acted upon, lest we find ourselves “hypocrites” — “Lord, I love You!” Amen! Well and good! But those sweet words call for action not many in God’s congregation realize. Declaring to God ”Lord, I love you!” carries such gravity which could lead many professing Christians astray, if not acted upon. Remember Jesus Christ’s words to the Pharisees and…

All unrighteousness is sin, but there is a sin that does not lead to death, what is it? — This question was asked in our bible study meeting, “What is sin which does not lead to death?” The inquiry emanates from 1 John 5:16 which says, “If anyone sees his brother commit a sin which does not lead to death, he shall ask (or pray), and He (God) shall…

All things were made by Him… In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. — Popped up on my email, the winning story in a Coffee Times Substack challenge about the inevitability of death. The piece resonated with me as God’s word to Adam, “for dust you are, and to dust you shall return” (Gen.3:19) was on my mind. I thought I’d look through her…

Yes, so they claimed, but why did Jesus tell them that the devil was their father? — (All Bible verses referenced in this story are from the Modern English Version, MEV). Luke chapter 19 tells us the story of a rich man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector. He has heard of Jesus and tried to see who He was. Being of little stature he was not…

Let’s unscroll the shortest verse in the Bible and understand the crucial reason why “Jesus wept.” — The story is recorded in the Gospel of John, chapter 11. All verse references are from the Modern English Version (MEV) Bible. I shared in my previous article how Jesus marvelously gave sight to the man who was born blind. How the man’s blindness was neither due to his own…

Contrary to popular teachings, the apostle never changed his name after his conversion — Newly converted from the Roman Catholic religion, a mere few months into my life in Christ, my wife and I attended a church conference. There, the speaker spoke about the apostle Paul’s first encounter with Jesus Christ. He told the congregation, “First, his name was Saul. …