Introduction The disregard and demeaning of baptism and the Lord’s Supper in some Christian circles is deeply concerning, to say the least. To emphasize the place of a personal relationship…
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Introduction For a while, I thought that all Christians universally acknowledge the importance of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. While there are differences in theological convictions (should we baptize infants?…
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Introduction If you pay attention to religious discussions, you must have heard many people argue that religion goes with backwardness and secularism goes with progress, like butter goes with bread.…
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Introduction In his book, The Secular Age, Charles Tylor, a political and social philosopher, identified three stages that religious faith has gone through: premodern, modern, and postmodern. The premodern world…
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Introduction So on the 7th of January, news broke that Elon Musk (the popular founder of Tesla) had overtaken Jeff Bezos (the popular founder of Amazon) as the world's richest…
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Introduction Many people have responded to the pervasive entitlement mentality in modern culture by promoting a spirit of independence. But with many things, we tend to go to one extreme…
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Introduction When a new year dawns, people everywhere come up with themes for the year. The themes can be corporate (a church’s) or individual. I won’t bore you with examples…
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An idea can affect culture or sub-culture in two ways: the overt way where people publicly embrace an ideology and the covert way where people accept the assumptions and beliefs…
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Introduction I have a habit of viewing people’s status updates on Whatsapp. A day does not pass without me viewing every “recent update.” As I go through these updates, I…
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On Saturday, November 28, 2020, gunmen attacked rice farmers in Koshobe, Borno State, Nigeria. About 110 were killed in that attack, according to the Washington Post. A day before the…
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