What place does the Law, epitomized in the Ten Commandments, have in the Christian’s life? Are we free of the Law and not under obligation to obey it? If we seek to obey God’s Law are we not being legalists and fundamentalist? What does the bible mean when it says Christians are under grace, not… Continue reading To obey or not to obey?
Dealing with demons
How should Christians relate to the demonic world? On the one hand, there a Christian sub-culture obsessed with demon possession and “deliverance” ministries. According to this worldview, there are generational demons, poverty demons, sickness demons and even demons that make one infertile. The key to a powerful Christian ministry is to identify the particular demon… Continue reading Dealing with demons
Being dead to sin and still sinning
Joaquín Guzmán ( Nickname “El Chapo”, which means shorty) is a Mexican drug lord and been in the news lately. Forbes magazine called him the “biggest drug lord of all time. El Chapo was arrested in 2014, but he escaped from prison again in 2015 by exiting through a tunnel dug to below his cell. … Continue reading Being dead to sin and still sinning
Original sin and why you should care
Did you realise that, without committing any actual sins, you were condemned before God and accountable to the judgment of God? Romans 5:12-21 and other places in the Bible teach the doctrine of original sin. Article 9 of the 39 Articles explains this doctrine: Original sin does not consist in imitating the sin of… Continue reading Original sin and why you should care
How Christian is Christian TV?
There is a certain activity I do from time to time that is to the detriment to my mental and spiritual health. I know this, but yet I’m inextricably drawn to switching on the “Christian” TV channel, FAITH TV (channel 341 on Dstv). If it’s not the prophet speaking, it’s the apostle or bishop. Of… Continue reading How Christian is Christian TV?