This article is not primarily about Obama’s evolution on the marriage issue which many already, I suspect, recognise as an inevitable climbing on the trend ... albeit from the seat of the world’s most powerful political office. Instead it is more about some of my own dreams ... not remotely like Luther King’s who saw a free black population – but now apparently trapped by chains of liberal education and postmodernism. This slavery of the mind is even more compelling than the worst of civil affronts. It is instructive that polls show resistance to same-sex marriage is more amongst blacks suggesting at least that this is a destroyer that ravages the vulnerable. Many who will be voting for it will be taking extra safeguards to keep their kin safe.

Lately, I had a disturbing dream in which I saw strange flickering fires burning on the altar ... I forgot about this – passing it off as nothing...but then had another dream a few days later in which I saw myself in a tyrannous civil environment where people were being hunted down like the Jews in Nazi Germany – and many were escaping supernaturally. .. I typically do not pay attention to my dreams but still wish they are sometimes less perturbing. FULL POST

Recent announcements on Obama’s view on marriage should not surprise any observer given the trends that were evident even prior to his first outing at the White House. In the first part of this post, I predicted a more bold stance building on the acceptance already established. Still, the power transfer in France portends of growing exasperation with status-quo that may yet cost Obama his coveted re-election.

I have reposted the earlier part of this post below which also follows other articles and suggests a view on how Christians may want to react ...in the traditional place of intercession and voting as led by God.

Part I

In a previous post on politics, several months ago, in which I observed the fading of Herman Cain - I predicted that perhaps Romney and the Mormons will have their day in The White House. This appears closer to becoming a reality. Still, to expect that a Mormon on the most powerful political seat will have no implications for the spiritual climate is naiveté. Yet another term with Obama will confer even greater boldness to advance the liberal socio-political agenda that trivialises God and relegates faith to the departmental or optional tick-box to be analysed and leveraged like the many other issues that must serve humanity as politicians determine. The Obama years saw the early stages and wider acceptance of recasting freedoms biblically typified as abominations as equivalent to civil rights and the first inconclusive aborted attempts at evangelising the nations with this alternative gospel. We can expect even more deftness in pushing these philosophies in the next years. FULL POST

Faith is basically believing that God still loves us. He does not love our sin. He does not want us to continue in our sin. He is like a father who sees his child’s diseases and hates those diseases, but loves his child. Think of a mother who sees her child full of leprosy or tuberculosis. That mother loves her child so much, but hates those diseases with all her heart.

God loves sinners but He hates their sin. We see God’s love for sinners and His hatred of sin on Calvary’s cross. His love for sinners is seen in that He allowed Jesus to die on the cross for us. His hatred of sin is seen in His turning His face away from Jesus when Jesus bore the sin of the world on the cross.

People sometimes ask how a God of love can send people to Hell. What is Hell like? Hell is a place that God has forsaken completely – a place where God cannot be found. This earth has not been forsaken by God. That’s why there’s still so much of goodness and beauty on this earth. FULL POST

Favour plays a major role in the prospering of a person. Exodus 12 [36] And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required . And they spoiled the Egyptians.

The children of Israel had spent much time struggling for four centuries doing many things right and wrong, working hard like slaves until a day came – totally undeserved - in which they were given everything they asked for. It did not matter that it was in the sight of their oppressors that they got favour such that the wealth of Egypt was transferred to them without the slightest dispute. Divine favour led to favour with men which led to transfer of riches.

Psalm 112[1] Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. [2] His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. [3] Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. FULL POST

The campaign for the strict imposition of Islamic law in northern Nigeria has been established in three folds ranging from the marginalisation and intimidation of Christians in Moslem dominated States, to community cleansing of ethnic people in Christian majority States and continuous bombing of strategically targeted areas in Northern Nigeria. In the wake of Monday, the 30^th of April, 2012; at about 9am, news of a bomb blast explosion targeted at the Police Commissioner which killed 10 people in Jalingo, Taraba State Capital and also affected parts of the State’s Ministry of Finance building filled the air; few hours later, there was another incidence of the bomb blast at the Police roundabout in Yola. This is a continuation of series of attacks targeted at Christians and the security operatives in Northern Nigeria in an attempt to frustrate the rule of law and encourage the imposition of Sharia law in the region.

Yesterday, Sunday the 29^th of April, 2012, bombs were thrown simultaneously into two lecture halls at the Bayero University Kano which is a Federal University, when worship was ongoing with the attackers waiting and aiming their guns at worshipers running out to escape from the effects of the bomb blast. This led to a casualty figure of 26 dead people including 2 Professors with several others wounded. On the same day, three Police officers in Katsina were shot by unknown gunmen while in Maiduguri, after the Holy Communion Service in his Church, Rev. Albert Naga of Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) LCC Simari and three elders of the Church were gunned down by unknown gun men on their way out of the Church. FULL POST

In a previous post on politics, several months ago, in which I observed the fading of Herman Cain - I predicted that perhaps Romney and the Mormons will have their day in The White House. This appears closer to becoming a reality. Still, to expect that a Mormon on the most powerful political seat will have no implications for the spiritual climate is naiveté. Yet another term with Obama will confer even greater boldness to advance the liberal socio-political agenda that trivialises God and relegates faith to the departmental or optional tick-box to be analysed and leveraged like the many other issues that must serve humanity as politicians determine. The Obama years saw the early stages and wider acceptance of recasting freedoms biblically typified as abominations as equivalent to civil rights and the first inconclusive aborted attempts at evangelising the nations with this alternative gospel. We can expect even more deftness in pushing these philosophies in the next years. FULL POST

Sickness is not a good thing nor is it your fault that you are sick. Doctors are trained to get rid of sickness therefore if you refuse to go to the doctor or seek solution for your healing, then you are to blame. You were born a sinner ... it is also not your fault that you are a sinner. All sinners have sick and troubled souls and Jesus Christ is the doctor of souls. He gives rest and heals the soul. So He says:

Matthew 11 [28] Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. [29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. [30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Where are you troubled ? Take it to Jesus. He will cause your trouble to give way to His rest. Do you remember the ass that He rode as He entered Jerusalem. No one had ever ridden on it, It was tied down. Sickness and troubles ties us down. Sorrow, witchcraft and lies tie us down. But there is grace to be untied and come to Jesus. Why don’t you come now ... do not waste another minute. When Jesus rides on your life, there is peace for He says His yoke is easy and His burden light. FULL POST

It is 100 years since RMS Titanic, a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The ship disappeared beneath the waves, causing the death of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The “unsinkable” RMS Titanic was said to be the largest and safest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage - designed to be the ultimate in comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and the most opulent cabins.

In my reflections on the Titanic ... I am drawn to another less known maritime incident with a happier ending. The story of Jonah, God’s man who initially refused to go to a wicked people of Nineveh and preach a curt and unfriendly message they were more likely to mock at ...

Jonah 3[4] And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. FULL POST

A hostile environment represents circumstances in which you sense persistent unusual open or subtle opposition ... even mere appearance is continually despised. Sometimes for causes not always fully appreciated ... and in other times for reasons which are not just known but justified. Hostility may be self-induced – perhaps arising from character flaws or misfit in groups arising from differences and clashes in culture and values. Hostility can and should be avoided as the Bible does say in Proverbs 16 [7] When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. ... Hebrews 12 [14] Follow peace with all men , and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Still there are Bible lessons and divine wisdom illustrated in reactions of characters in extremely hostile situations. You may someday find yourself in these tough situations ...in which you are puzzled at the scale of opposition. Also, often we do not see our flaws or at best underplay them ... or we overreact to situations misreading them as unwelcoming....or we can simply work on our attitude .. to be more friendly. Whatever may be the scenario ... many may need help someday to cope when conditions become very hateful either in the workplace or even in ministry. FULL POST

Satan has power to mess up lives, inflict pain, sorrow and regret. Satan specialises in ruining lives while Jesus mends lives, cleans up our mess and straightens al the crookedness.

Jesus saves us from disaster and puts the LIFE of God in us. Jesus repairs and makes our damaged lives whole. But all human beings are like goats – stubborn and rebellious. Jesus Christ is the Door. All goats that come to Jesus are transformed to sheep. But some goats refuse to come through Jesus. They jump the fence into the sheepfold and remain goats.

To enter a desired place you need to locate the right door. There are different doors, some lead in and some lead out. The door to the bedroom does not lead to the toilet. Also, the door to an office will not take you to a bathroom. But apart from doors, there are windows and other ways of getting in which are used only by illegal occupants with no access to keys or who want to sneak in without a proper invitation. Thieves use these access points.

Satan is the master thief and he wants to destroy lives. He will send goats that will not go through the door, who climb through the window and will jump the fence into the Church. These goats argue with the Chief Shepherd – Jesus by debating His teachings instead of following them and eventually scattering the sheep. But the sheep of Christ have come through the Door ...Christ, the transformation door. Today the church fold is a mixture of goats and sheep ... Be careful who you follow. Some goats have become leaders with small and sometimes even large followings. FULL POST