Church News (Page 65)

By Not Known “The nature of the church, not as an institution, nor yet perfected as the body of Christ, is the seat of Christ’s operations in his redemptive work. It thus bears the characteristics of the reign of Christ, but alas, also the features of a society still under sin.” – Revd Dr Kevin F. Scott2 What Dr Scott has written in the opening…

By Not Known What is a vow? A vow is simply a promise or a pledge to be or to do something, and it can be made unilaterally or bilaterally before the witness of a third party. In some cases, to break a vow is a serious offence. In other cases, it can damage a relationship of trust. In the Court of Law, one who takes to the stand vows to speak nothing but the truth. At the…

By Not Known No one wants to fail.  Failure is unacceptable.  Only successful people are looked upon as having made it in life.  Yet, no successful person can ever say that they had never failed before.  Great achievers have made major mistakes on their journeys to success.  The Bible is filled with successful people who had experienced great…

By Not Known If Christmas did not happen, last week’s celebrations and worship services around the world would not have happened.  There would not be anything to rejoice over or to sing about.  There would not be a public holiday.  In fact, there would not have been a New Testament either.  For if Christmas did not happen, Christ had not come,…

By Not Known In 1966, Simon and Garfunkel released the song, “7 O’clock News/Silent Night.”  The carol, Silent Night, was sung but the background was filled with the shrill of police cars’ siren and the report on the news about various unrests, conflicts, and rumors of wars.  It is one thing to hope for peace and quiet but the reality may…

By Not Known Whenever a Master of Ceremony (MC) calls the seated guests to rise, we imagine the playing of the fanfare and expect the arrival of some important persons with pomp and pageantry. But what if the dust settles and no one turns up after repeated calls… two explanations are possible: (1) the MC is mistaken; or (2) the Guest-of-Honour is late. Whichever…

By Not Known Weddings are great occasions of love and there isn’t anything quite like witnessing two lives coming together in the sight of God, family, and friends as they become husband and wife. More importantly, it characterizes the eternal relationship that exists between Christ and his church. Last Saturday, I had the honor and privilege of preaching at a…

By Not Known When God confused the language of the whole world and scattered the people all over the earth (Gen 11:7&8), it was with a specific purpose that they would never be so united in power and ability as to think a world of themselves (11:4&6). The underlining danger is that humankind would deny God as God. It is not surprising that sinful humankind should…

By Not Known One of the most poignant scenes in Acts 2 is when the listeners of Peter’s sermon are described as being “cut to the heart”.  They then responded to the apostles: “Brothers, what should we do?”  Peter’s reply was “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of your…

By Not Known The term ‘local church’ suggests that we, as a community of Christians, are set in a particular locale. In many ways, the church is a microcosm of the society, mirroring the cultures and issues faced by the wider community within which it exists. To effectively influence the wider society for God requires that we are first transformed from within.…