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Learning to be an Encourage-r

My wife and I have been married for only two years and a couple of months. As I look back the different situations that we have been in, there is no doubt that I could be ...

When Our ‘Heroes’ Fail Us

Sometime last year somewhere in the last quarter of the year there arose allegations that a famous Christian apologist had committed acts of sexual harassment on some of his former employees. The world at large was ...

Re-discovering Discipling

The past couple of articles that have featured in our blog have addressed a similar topic, that of meaningful relationships. Mwansa started off by showing how our lack of meaningful relationships is not necessarily hindered by ...

The Gospel ­–God’s Help for Helpless Man

Article by Emmanuel Njoroge. In a previous post I sought to show that the statement often used by many that “God helps those who help themselves” is an unbiblical and false statement. Man is helpless in and of ...

Lessons from Joe M Simfukwe’s Ministry Impact

From the archives: picture of the day:  undated profile picture of Joe M Simfukwe, arguably the finest expository preacher in my estimation, to have graced the Zambian landscape. Every mention of or sight of JM evokes ...

THREE SYMPTOMS OF A LIFELESS CHRISTIAN

By Chopo Mwanza One danger for Christians is that one can pretend to be what they are not. It is possible to go through the ceremonies or Christianity rituals’ motions and yet be far away from ...

Grappling with Grief

By Don Odens The phone rang at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 13, 2008.  The voice on the other end belonged to the male nurse who had cared for my father in a hospital during the ...

A Long Goodbye (Part Two)

By Don Odens My wife’s casket was before me as I stood at the pulpit to present a tribute and the funeral sermon for the love of my life on July 18, 2018.  Later, people asked ...

Dr. Mbewe’s Clarion Call for Missions in Africa

In 2013 at the Cross Conference during one of the breakout sessions, Dr. Conrad Mbewe said that “Africa stands on the eve of becoming probably the greatest missionary sending continent!” Was this just wishful thinking? Africa ...

Book Review: The Gospel, by Ray Ortlund

The Gospel: How the church portrays the beauty of Christ is written by Ray Ortlund. He is the pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and wrote this book to be included in the 9Marks series ...

A Long Goodbye (Part One)

By Don Odens. I stood at the pulpit to present a tribute and the funeral sermon for the love of my life, my wife of fifty-three years, on July 18, 2018.  Later, people asked how I ...

The Devil’s in the Details – A Poem

By Chris Hawthorne I wrote this last week at about 1 am! I couldn’t sleep. There was just too much going through my mind from the day. So, I decided to write a poem. It was ...