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PoliticsDrop Ur Views, Is Obasanjo Scared That Al Mustpha Will Have His Revenge? by figlio(op): 1:00pm On Jan 03, 2014
drop ur views, is obasanjo scared that al mustpha who was freed by jonathan, have his revenge?
cos in my own opinion he is scared that jonathn will use al mustapha
Christianity Etc12 Reasons 'why I Am A Christian' by figlio(op): 7:07pm On Jan 02, 2014
In 1927, the famed British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote
an essay entitled, “Why I Am Not a Christian.”
Russell’s essay inspired the title of this post.
By “Christian,” I mean someone who has trusted their life to
Jesus Christ as Crucified Savior and Resurrected Lord and
seeks to follow Him each day. (I’m keenly aware that the term
“Christian” has been hijacked to mean different things, hence
the need to define.)
Three things to keep in mind about this list:
1) This isn’t a list of theological reasons (e.g., God chose me in
Christ before the foundation of the world and the Holy Spirit
revealed Christ to my heart).
2) This isn’t a list of why I am indebted to Jesus (He owns me;
He bought me with His blood; He died for my sins, etc.)
Instead, they are intellectual/emotional/experiential reasons
why I trust in and follow Jesus.
3) This isn’t an exhaustive list (I can certainly list more
reasons), and it doesn’t reflect any particular order or priority.
At the end of the list, I have a question for readers who aren’t
following Jesus at the present time. And I’m really looking
forward to hearing what they have to say.
So share this post via Facebook and Twitter.
Why I’m a Christian . . .
1. Because life makes no sense to me apart from Christ. Nor
does it have any purpose.
2. Because I’ve tried to not believe in Jesus, and I find that I
cannot. (Perhaps this is why the early Christians were called
“believers.” We believe for reasons that we cannot naturally
explain. We believe because we believe. I have certainly
struggled with various doubts along the way and questioned
why God does and doesn’t do certain things, but that’s a
different issue.)
3. Because I’ve never seen the Gospel narratives refuted
successfully. Every critique that’s sought to debunk them
throughout the years has been discounted under careful
scrutiny and scholarship. The Gospels have stood the test of
time.
4. Because I’ve never seen the resurrection of Jesus refuted
successfully. Upon careful study of all the historical data, it
actually takes more faith to deny His resurrection than to
believe it occurred.
5. Because it makes no sense to me that Jesus of Nazareth
isn’t who He said He was – the Messiah, the Son of the living
God. No human being has had nearly the kind of effect on
world history as Jesus has (e.g., I’m writing this post in 2014
– what does “2014” mean?). No serious historian denies that
Jesus of Nazareth existed (there is more historical attestation
for His existence than there is to Julius Caesar and many other
ancient figures). And C.S. Lewis’ trilemma – Jesus is either a
lunatic, a liar, or lord – rings true for me.
6. Because I can’t help but see the biblical narrative of
Creation, Fall, and Redemption echoed in every play, every
work of art, every human story, every drama, every movie, and
the news I read each day. The Christian story is deeply
embedded in the soundtrack of human history and art.
7. Because every time I meet a true follower of Jesus for the
first time, I feel like I’ve known him or her all my life.
8. Because Jesus is the most compelling, intriguing, awe-
inspiring, and amazing person I know of who is worthy of the
greatest admiration, obedience, love, and (uniquely) worship.
To my mind, truth, justice, and beauty are all grounded in Him,
and His story (as told in the Gospels) trumps every other story
known to humanity.
9. Because I’ve never seen any religion or philosophy deliver
people from a life of carnality and bondage to addictions. In
my experience and observation at least, Jesus transforms
people’s lives greater than anything else on the face of the
earth.
10. Because I have a deep and unshakeable belief that the
Lord Jesus Christ is with me and taking care of me . . . and has
all of my life. I cannot imagine life without Christ.
11. Because there is no rational explanation for some of the
prayers that I (and others I know) have seen answered “in
Jesus’ name.”
12. Because I don’t weep easily, but I readily cry whenever I
detect the fingerprints of my Lord or behold His handiwork.
My question today is for my non-Christian readers, those who
do not follow Jesus. (So I’m asking for my Christian readers to
hold off on commenting until we hear from our non-Christian
friends.)
What are the reasons why you haven’t trusted your life to
Jesus?
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 10:06am On Jan 02, 2014
Happy new year pals, just heared from a staff that the final list may be posted tonight or tomoro morning. Goodluck to us
Nairaland GeneralRe: Money Gram (received By Someone Else) by figlio(m): 5:11am On Dec 28, 2013
sorry but have not heard of that b4
Jokes EtcRe: How Smart Do You Think You Are? by figlio(op): 5:02am On Dec 28, 2013
destino24: The sister
you got it bro
Jokes Etc50 Facts About Animals That You Dont Know. by figlio(op): 4:43am On Dec 28, 2013
Animals are living around us , do u know the secrets about
them?
1. Elephants are excellent swimmers but they cannot trot,
jump, or gallop.
2. Elephants have an exceptional sense of hearing. This is
because their hearing receptors are not located only in their
ears, but also in trunks that are sensitive to vibrations, and
even more significantly feet, which have special receptors for
low frequency sound.
3. 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large
land mammal after humans.
4. Lions are the only members of the cat family where males
and females look distinctly different.
5. During a mating bout, a lion couple may copulate 20 to 40
times a day for several days.
6. The night vision of tigers is six times better than that of
humans.
7. Tiger paws are powerful enough to smash the skulls of
domestic cattle, and break the backs of sloth bears.
8. There are more than 20,000 ants species living on our
planet.
9. Ant queen can live up to 30 years, significantly longer than
the ant workers who live up to 3 years.
10. Army ants can consume up to 100,000 prey animals each
day.
11. Polar bears can breed with brown bears, and the result of
this breeding are fertile grizzly-polar bear hybrids.
12. Fat polar bears rarely attack humans (it takes serious
provocation to get them going), but hungry polar bears have
extremely unpredictable behavior and there were some cases
when hungry polar bear killed and sometimes even ate human.
13. The giraffe needs less food than typical grazing animals
because the foliage it eats has more concentrated nutrition
and it has a more efficient digestive system compared to other
grazing animals.
14. Giraffe, in average, sleeps less than 2 hours per day.
15. The DNA of gorillas is between 95 and 99% the same as
ours.
16. Almost all gorillas have the same blood type (B).
17. Cheetah is the fastest land animal. Adult cheetah can reach
speeds between 112 and 120 km/h (70 and 75 mph).
18. Cheetah can purr but not roar like lions and tigers can.
19. The cheetah kills its prey by tripping it during the chase,
then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it.
20. Some dolphin species have up to 250 teeth.
21. Mosquitoes transmit disease to more than 700 million
people annually in Africa, South America, Central America,
Mexico and much of Asia with millions of resulting deaths. At
least 2 million people annually die of these diseases.
22. There are many scientists who believe that eradicating
mosquitoes would not have serious consequences for any
ecosystem.
23. All bee species are non-aggressive if undisturbed and
many cannot sting at all.
24. There are over over 100,000 wasp species in the world.
25. Hamsters are nearsighted and colorblind but they do have
an acute sense of smell and can hear extremely well.
26. Rats are edible by humans, for instance rat meat makes up
half the locally produced meat consumed in Ghana,.
27. Mice have poor eyesight but an excellent sense of hearing
and smell.
28. Scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs may have
weighed 80,000 to 100,000 kilograms.
29. The smallest dinosaurs known were about the size of a
chicken, if not smaller.
30. At this moment there are around 1500 named dinosaur
species.
31. Flies consume only liquid food because they have no teeth
or any other organ that would allow them to eat solid food.
32. Fly has lifespan of only few days.
33. One hornet can mobilize the entire nest to sting in defense,
which can be highly dangerous to humans.
34. Hyenas have very powerful digestive system with highly
acidic fluids which makes them capable of eating and digesting
their entire prey, including skin, teeth, horns and bones.
35. Tasmanian devil can eat up to 40% of their body weight in
just 30 minutes.
36. Blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed
on Earth, at 35 m (115 ft) in length and weighing incredible
150 tonnes.
37. Whales are mammals so they need to sleep but their
sleeping differs from other mammals, it is believed that only
one hemisphere of the whale's brain sleeps at a time, so they
rest but are never completely asleep.
38. Some whale species have lifespan longer than 100 years.
39. Killer whales or orcas are highly social animals with
sophisticated hunting techniques as they usually hunt in
groups similar to wolf packs.
40. Wolfs have an excellent stamina, and can run in
continuation for more than 20 minutes. Their maximum speed
is around 40 miles per hour.
41. Fox can be domesticated, the best example to this was the
Russian Silver Fox that was domesticated after nearly 50 years
of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia.
42. Rabbits have a remarkably wide field of vision, which they
use for scanning the area for possible predators.
43. Rabbits are extremely reproductive, in just one season a
single female rabbit can produce as many as 800 children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
44. The smallest snake in the world has length of only 4 inches
while the longest can be more than 10 meters long.
45. Snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces so they must
swallow prey whole.
46. The inland taipan is by far the most venomous snake on
Earth, a single bite from this snake has enough poison to kill
more than one hundred adult humans.
47. Crocodiles are among the oldest animals on our planet, it
is believed that they have been on our planet for more than
200 millions years, for comparison dinosaurs became extinct
65 million years ago.
48. Crocodiles have by far the strongest bite of all animals,
around 15 times more powerful than great white shark.
49. Sharks may have up to 3000 teeth at one time. Their teeth
are not able to chew food, but only to tear it into mouth-sized
pieces, and are replaceable.
50. When penguin mother loses a chick, she sometimes
attempts to "steal" another mother's chick but this is rarely
successful because not only does the real mother defend her
chick but also because other females in vicinity assist the
defending mother in keeping her chick. figlio
Jokes EtcHow Smart Do You Think You Are? by figlio(op): 4:26am On Dec 28, 2013
someone should solve this riddle: A beggars brother died but the dead person has no brother, what is the beggar to the dead person
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 7:40pm On Dec 11, 2013
Goddon32: where did u get al dis 4rom?
MYSCHOOL blog
EducationRe: ASUU Declares 3-day Fasting And Prayer by figlio(m): 5:03pm On Dec 11, 2013
u know, if there was this one nigerian dat cud pray to God for a solutin......the strike would have been called by nw. #wish i had such faith.
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 2:49pm On Dec 11, 2013
Following the Federal Government’s order on resumption of
academic activities in all federal universities by the academic
staff, the pro-chancellor and chairman of council on behalf of
the governing council, has directed as follows:
1. Monday 2nd December, 2013
• All academic staff of the University of Jos shall return to their
various Department/Units/Directorates and commence work.
• Daily compliance register shall be kept by all Heads of
Department for all the academic staff who are at work.
2. Tuesday 3rd December, 2013
• Every Head of Department shall publish lecture time-table for
all academic programmes.
3. 21st Dec-3rd Jan. Christmas break.
4. 6th Jan. Resumption from Christmas break.
5. 20th-26th Jan for revision week, 27th Jan for
commencement of 2nd semester exams.
6. New students to resume 10th march
7. Returning student's registration is march
17th...............This shud mean the suplementary list may not be posted this year till next year buh i pray for its release this week.
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 6:49pm On Dec 10, 2013
those that want to actually know the number that were admitted wich is 7019, shud pls type the *space* key on the search engine..........
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 11:33pm On Dec 09, 2013
MEDICINE ADMITED JAMBITES. Okay, am gonna b dropin 50 diz evening den finish the rest
tomoro. here is the arrangement S/N,NAMES,JAMB
NUMBER,JAMBSCORE/POST UTME SCORE............ATTAH
SAMUEL ADAKOLE, 36045117FF, 233/72. 2. ASIEBA OGHALE
JONATHAN,35605579FB,206/48. 3.ANTHONY LOVETH
ZOMO,36281250EH,210/40. 4. AMOS ALPHA
NANBAL,38012826FH,240/48. 5. AJAYI JAMES
OFUJE,35560606ED,214/68. 6. AJIK DANIEL
KAZE,37222478DD,209/40. 7. AFFIKU OVEY
EMMANUEL,35609624EB,180/28. 8. AGADA CALEB
ENEMALI,35083371CI,235/76. 9. AGBO
NELSON,37082472EB,257/68. 10. ADEYENI KAYODE
EMMANUEL,36483800AF,226/72. 11. ADJEI THERESA BERNIE,37219061AC,214/36. 12. ADEKPE ERDOO HILDA,37082204GJ,253/64. 13. ABUBAKAR MUSTAPHA PAM,36598741BH,188/56. 14. ADAM ZAINAB MUHAMAD,35609125ID,210/24. 15. ABENGA KELVIN KERTER,35624846GC,230/72. 16. ABU GIFT,35765484AB,185 /32. 17. GWAANSHAK PEACE JOSHUA,35750914GB,182/32. 18. YOHANNA EMMA NUEL,35614815IF,222/48. 19. YAWE PETER MKURTAR,35324169JA,225/80. 20. YAHAYA DORCAS IYE,35613306FD,210/56. 21. WAYO TERKOP RICHARD,37221912IC,220/28. 22. VEMBE TERVER AONODAVER,36157202AC,222/44. 23.MAMLUHER CHRISTABELLE UJI,35609011DH,204/60. 24. UKANDU NNAMDI NELSON,35613703CG,207/36. 25. UGWU EMEKA JOHN,35225056CH,255/72. 26. UBABUIKE KAREN CHINEME,35293194IJ,246/68. 27. THOMAS MOSES OJABO,35802266EB,244/64. 28. TIJANI SAKIRU DOLAPO,38012824GD,248/72. 29. TAT DANEST DANJUMA,35605581EF,209/60. 30. TAYO AKINBAMI SAMUEL,35610912FH,234/72. to be continued┅┅┅┅┅┅
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m):
UNIJOS added names to the list,,,,,,pls wat is the number dat unijos admits annually
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 6:22pm On Dec 08, 2013
nyles: I am actually waiting for figlio to send his medicine list with Jamb and PUtme scores as a post on this thread. its funny the way the medical admission went. if Godian45 had not discovered these lapses, many of us would never know what has been transpiring in Unijos. interesting!
nna d thing is a big work o but b4 2moro runs out i will try nd post it.........probably diz night if i am less busy.
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 6:56pm On Dec 07, 2013
Godian45: yes I I did a mistake while counting when I was counting dat night I go to 70 my mum just said food is ready I left my fone to do justice to d food wen I came back I started counting 60 but my mind was telling me u made a mistake I only counted 4 ume
tanx i hav started chekin it alredy you wont bliv dat sum1 got medicine with 180 in jamb nd 28 in postume.........i will soon drop all
EducationRe: University Of Jos 2013/2014 Admission by figlio(m): 10:33am On Dec 07, 2013
guys i counte and got to kno that about 134 were addmited into medicine, 100 to 100L nd 34 for DE. I ceked all thier jamb points and got to knw dat about 25 of d 100 got below 200 in jamb,,,,,,,,,pls sum1 shud help me with d link to cek thier postutme so that i will later post everything here.

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