Nigerian pastor and televangelist Chris Oyakhilome has strongly challenged Pope Leo XIV’s recent assertion that Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who start wars, calling the pontiff’s statement a misinterpretation of Scripture. The controversy follows the Pope’s Palm Sunday homily at St. Peter’s Square, in which he …

“Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” (Romans 5:20, NKJV). The Scarlet Letter is the story of a woman found in adultery and required to wear a scarlet ‘A’ on her dress as a symbol of shame. Can’t we do the same thing? We label people based on a mistake. …

“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28, NLT). God told Adam, “Be fruitful and multiply’ (Genesis 1:28 NLT). In other words: “Fulfil the purpose for which I made you by giving yourself fully to it.” Ever observed a great golfer? His level of concentration, the fluid grace as he arcs the …

There is something strange about life the Bible talks about. It concerns the many afflictions the righteous suffer and the prosperity the wicked enjoy. An affliction is anything that causes pain or distress. It can be poverty, persecution, hardship, sickness, rejection or unemployment. The righteous, on one hand, are those …