Word of God

I am a Christian Gossip, When Gossiping turns into Salvation Story and Good news

Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48   Do you know that “god-sibb” is the forefather of “gossip”? Just google the etymology of “gossip” or look up that word in old English dictionaries or dictionary of etymology. “God” is included in the word “gossip”. God-talk was gossip, and in the nations where freedom of […]

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Laetare Sunday: Be as Pro-Active about your salvation as your God is Pro-Active about it

2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10; John 3:14-21 Nebuchadnezzar, a pagan ruler from Babylon, desecrated the Temple of God in Jerusalem, in 587 B.C, and led Israelites out to exile in Babylon. The Temple, where God dwelt alongside the copy of the Ten Commandments in the Tabernacle (1 Kings 8), was destroyed. The shame of

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God's Gift

Gift-of-God Sunday: From Commandments to the Cross/Love/Jesus

Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25   A new phenomenon in our days is voluntary migration. The human desire to dwell where there is peace and guarantee of peace. There is no one measure of what constitutes peace, but when people migrate willingly, they choose the reasons for their migration. God proposes the best

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Purification Sunday: From the Temple in Jerusalem to the Human Body

Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25 A woman was sent to the hospital in an ambulance, because she was critically ill. On arrival at the hospital, she underwent a major surgery. During the surgery, she had a near-death experience. She saw herself standing before God as already dead. She pleaded with God in tears

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Human Dignity

Human Dignity Sunday: Not Just a Priest, but also a Prophet

Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45 Outcasts, there are many of them today. We see them on our streets, we watch them on our television sets, and their drowned corpses sometimes feed sea creatures as they flee from their countries in search of human dignity. They are not lepers, we now have treatment

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Temple Destroyers: Lessons in Mediation and Engagement!

1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20; John 1:35-42 Our world needs mediators, those who point out the ways of God to others. These mediators must be credible and exemplary people. This is imperative because our structures are collapsing evident in the bleeding in church membership. The visit of Covid-19 intensifies the emptying of

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