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Azibalua: http://www.rhapsodyofrealities.org/en/read/read_ror.php?lang=english

You can read and become wiser,but while reading remember that someone paid for it

What happened to the ROR online? The link is now dead. Is it no longer free? CE do something na.

Azibalua:
Get a grip
It's scriptural,
Give and enjoy the blessing rather than whine

Hebrews 7:7
7 And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. 

Indeed. But who is the lesser here? And who is the greater?

You need to first understand Hebrews 7. You are obviously quoting it out of context. Hebrews 7 talks about Abraham giving tithes to Melchisedek, who Melchisedek was/is and the orders of priesthood. What you are saying in your blinkered quote of 7:7 here is that the giver is always greater and the receiver lesser. Does that mean that Abraham who was [b]giving [/b]tithes in this very chapter was greater than Melchisedek how was [b]receiving [/b]it?

I don't think so!!

So before you isolate a single verse from the Holy Bible and try to apply it to something completely unrelated, ask yourself what quoting out-of-context actually proves.

To me it proves that you don't know your Bible

Azibalua:
http://www.rhapsodyofrealities.org/en/read/read_ror.php?lang=english

You can read and become wiser,but while reading remember that someone paid for it

Azibalua:
You re welcome,
But then the giver is always blessed,and the lesser is blessed by the greater

@Azibalua, na wa for you o. First of all you imply that I need to become wiser. Next you insinuate that I am somehow lesser.

Look, I don't know what brand of christianity you preach or practice, but wisdom does not necessarily come from reading Rhapsody, greatness does not come automatically from partnering and true christianity is not about being self-righteous or condescending.

If the price of getting access to ordinary free Rhapsody online is these kind of under-handed insults then please you can have it back.

Azibalua:
http://www.rhapsodyofrealities.org/en/read/read_ror.php?lang=english

You can read and become wiser,but while reading remember that someone paid for it

Thank you Azibalua. This is what I am talking about. I can actually open up the page in my phone internet browser and read Rhapsody whenever I want.
Please help me thank the person paying for this.

Joagbaje:
Nothing is free dude. Others sacrifice to make things free. Gideon bibles in hotels were not printed free.Partners bought them to make it free. Because it cost billions to print those things. Thesame goes for rhapsody. Those who have the vision of making it free purchase it and make it free. I distributes free 100 copies monthly. But I paid for them . The printing ink is not free. People sponsor to make it free. Why do you lime free things anyway. The Facebook version is official . It's a community . There are about 4 groups.

But really we can make every rhapsody free both in print and online. If concerned people like you will sponsor it. It's a welcome idea. Just like the Gideons sponsor the bible. That's why Christians have to be financially loaded to do big things. We distribute. Millions of copies free monthly. We look forward to the day every copy can be free.

@Joagbaje - The printing of Rhapsody isn't free. Understood. But you mentioned that Partners are making it free. So why can't I get it for free online? You mentioned Gideons. Good. Gideons have partners who pay for the printing so that whenever I go to a good hotel I , a non-Gideon person can get it for FREE. I really don't think that if I partner with Rhapsody I would get it for FREE online because by partnering then I'm actually BUYING.

@Mabell - It's not that I can't afford to pay for a Rhapsody regularly, it is a simply a matter of the principle here. CEC seemed to be spending $$$$$$$ of partners money ensuring that they can sell individual Rhapsody online and on-phone (See my link earlier). If the mission is to reach the world with this word then they should spend those resources making it available to the world online for FREE.

To be honest, I started out comparing Rhapsody to Our Daily Bread which is free and very easy to obtain. I believe they even have an online version which is also free. Have a look at www.odb.org. CEC should follow this example to reach people instead of relying on a strict payment and partnering model. Think about it. In the world, knowledge is not free. But those who are not OF the world should make this knowledge FREE to EVERYONE. And it would cost much less to do this online because you don't have any printing costs to pay for.

I've finally found Rhapsody of Realities for the mobile phone. It is called E-Rhapsody and the link is:

http://www.rhapsodyofrealities.org/en/e-reader.htm

Unfortunately, you have to pay This is very disappointing because if I was partnering with them then I would happily contribute a lot of money. But to pay to have it on my phone is not what I expected.

I remember a devotional called "Our Daily Bread" that my parents used long ago. All you had to do then was to write to them (this was before emails and the internet) and they would send you a free copy every month. No strings attached. And the Word in that devotional really impacted my life.

Is CEC not supposed to be doing the same thing?? Or is it that you only get given a free copy once and then you have to keep paying?
Or do I need to be in hospital or in prison to receive regular free copies?

As bad as it sounds, Grey Beard - you may have a point. Because it looks like every avenue for a regular guy like myself to obtain Rhapsody regularly eventually ends up with a request for money.

CEC, how fa now?

Good day fellow Nairalanders,
I wanted to share a thought with you all about daily devotionals.

I believe reading daily devotionals are an amazing part of christian life and I think that making access to such devotionals (like Christ Embassy's Rhapsody of Realities) easier would enhance a person's christian life.

For example, I use my mobile phone a lot. I have a bible on my phone which I also use a lot. So why not have Rhapsody of Realities on the phone too?

The technology is available and serious christians will always have access to Rhapsody without having to go out every month and find a copy.

I'd like to appeal to any senior pastors involved in getting daily devotionals out to people to consider bring this up-to-date with the present technology.

If our pastors can use the internet and the television to reach the masses with their voice, why not reach more people with their devotionals through the mobile phone too.