There exists a concept in pharmacology where prescribed therapeutic medications become the killers, hinging on over dosage and wrong timing of use. Thus, it’s no news that religious activities could also kill, when the timing and proportions are wrong! This principle applies to virtually everything; when the timing and proportion are wrong, even the best […]
Month: January 2017
DON’T SUBTITUTE THE RELATIONSHIP FOR A RELATIONSHIP!
All human relationships are triangular, there is an invisible Third party who holds stakes in every exchange and whose right should not be violated. For the child of God, this is more so. We are supposed to walk with an awareness of the reality of God’s involvement in all our relationships. Such relationships could be […]
THREE KNOCKS IN THE NIGHT: A REVIEW OF IDA SOPHIA SCUDDER’S LIFE (1870 – 1960)
BACKGROUND Ida Sophia Scudder was born December 9, 1870 in India where her parents were missionaries. She grew up well acquainted with the trials of the missionary life. She also knew the pain of separation from loved ones. When she was a youth, her family returned to America for furlough after which her father sailed […]
ADDICTION: ENJOYING THE KILLING!
In 1938, B. F. Skinner, an American Psychologist described a pattern of learning that takes place through rewarding a certain behavior or withholding reward for undesirable behavior called Operant Conditioning. It seems to be the way through which our learning systems are often governed. Our actions are either positively or negatively reinforced by the rewards […]
OBESITY: WHEN FAT HALTS LIFE!
Human body systems function, dependently on the energy (ATP) supplied by the breakdown of the foods we eat. Same human body is designed to store up energy, in excess of our immediate body demands, as Triglycerides inadipose tissue (fat cells); such that, when energy is needed, the stored Triglycerides are broken down into free fatty […]
SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL COURTSHIP
The success of your courtship determines, to a large extent, the success of your marriage. A successful courtship is the substratum on which successful marriages are built. In the last edition, we began to explore the secrets of a successful courtship and we observed that your courtship can only succeed if you are in the […]
CHEMISTRY OR MYSTERY!
Hello Kola, I received the comprehensive mail you sent to me. You wanted to know if the euphoric feelings you are having towards that girl is real. I can still remember the questions you asked in your mail; Am I in love? Could this be God? Truth be told, there comes a time in life […]
THE MAN; THE MISSION – JEREMIAH LANPHIER
It has been rightly said that certain men are made to correct specific ills in the society and to bring fire back to a spiritually lax community. Some of these are Elijah in Israel, John in Jerusalem and Jeremiah Lanphier in New York. Some 160 years ago, America was in a state of confusion and […]
CORNELIA “CORRIE” TEN BOOM: THE DIFFERENCE MAKER
Meet The Ten Boom’s Family The day was not different neither was the weather at Haarlem, Netherlands but something made a difference in the Ten Boom’s home on April 15, 1892. They received a special gift – Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom, popularly known as “Corrie”. She was the youngest of two sisters, Betsie and […]