Messages and Teachings

Many people tend to liken the Bible to an academic textbook used by both teachers and students in schools, colleges and universities. They, therefore, read the Bible the same way they read textbooks, and will not want to accept any corrective instruction. We must understand that the Bible is a …

  “If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (1 John 5:14, NKJV). In an old book titled Prevailing Prayer, author Eli Wigle described John Wesley’s prayer life this way: “As a matter of habit and rule, John Wesley’s ordinary private praying consumed two hours a day. …

The First Beatitude “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3, NKJV). What does it mean to be ‘poor in spirit’? This phrase has nothing to do with finances or status. It means that we become conscious of our own spiritual emptiness – …

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 …