Messages and Teachings

  “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 …

“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. …