Super Sunday Services: Confronting Sickness, Death and Demons
Is a Sunday church service still super if no one is healed and demons aren’t cast out? Must there be demonstrations of power?
Is a Sunday church service still super if no one is healed and demons aren’t cast out? Must there be demonstrations of power?
The redefinition of gender and feminism has sown confusion around what it means to be a woman, but God gives a distinct purpose, beyond family.
Africans are not strangers to suffering and loss, grief or despair. But we often struggle with knowing the place of lament before God.
The question haunts us. We’re terrified by the prospect of not marrying, remaining single forever. So here are three pointers for the worried.
Though it’s an unpopular truth, all of us are weak and limited creatures. Christians know they won’t get far without his strength.
Is your Church spiritually healthy? The engine behind spiritual health and the fuel that keeps it running is simple but profound.
Ubuntu is evident in Africa, but not so much among African churches. If we’re going to fulfil the great commission, we need more more church partnerships.
Pope Francis urged those who’re preaching to keep their sermons under 10 minutes. And he’s got a point. Sort of. Preacher, be clearer.
Who will spread the fragrance of hope? Who will declare God’s glory throughout the nations? Now is your time. So arise, oh Africa.
Esther’s intervention for the Jewish people mirrors Christ’s intervention for all of God’s people. He gave himself for those far from God.
Just as Esther identified with her people to help them, the Son of God became human in every way so that he could identify with and save us.
We’re born saddled by spiritual death. We need a Saviour from outside ourselves to reconcile us to God. In this way, Esther pictures Christ.
The book of Esther invites us to see that God can and does work in the real mess and moral ambiguity of human history.
Christianity is alive in Africa. But that has also brought about much nominalism, which opens the doors wide for spiritual abuse.
Is a Sunday church service still super if no one is healed and demons aren’t cast out? Must there be demonstrations of power?
Africans are rhythmic. We love to move. We feel music. Naturally, then, we dance. But has dancing in worship become an unhelpful distraction?
Africa is awash with prophecy. Everywhere might apostles and prophets claim to speak for God. But how do we know if we can trust them?
This way of thinking says the best protection against evil is to identify the sender or source and curse it back.
The redefinition of gender and feminism has sown confusion around what it means to be a woman, but God gives a distinct purpose, beyond family.
Africans are not strangers to suffering and loss, grief or despair. But we often struggle with knowing the place of lament before God.