isale_gan2: Okay, you may move it to Politics section. More appropriate there.

Live long and prosper.

P.S. And you can move this to Foreign section if you're able.
https://www.nairaland.com/1259767/political-movements-black-african-peoples

Boy, I'm a handful, aren't I?

Done! handfuls are more fun . More length and constrast to your shadow sister . I'll ask the politics mod to help move the other thread here.

Per Aunty HBD's request, the thread is now live and will be unlocked just before the 'party' begins. Have fun folks .
https://www.nairaland.com/1276139/christians-chatbox-game-party-night

^contd.
I am sure we all agree to disagree on how the bible is debated on this section, We all interpret the bible differently and it hurts when everyone forces his/her own interpretation of the bible down other people's throats because s/he believes he is correct. If we were meant to think alike I am pretty sure God would have allowed it to be so, like Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians that we are one body with many parts- which means we all have something different from our brother/sister.


So this night is meant to shed some light into how we ought to live, not our way but God's way.




Matthew 19:14 Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don't try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”


The Kingdom of heaven is made up of people like children; The kingdom of heaven evidently means here the church, which is us, (christians) as the church is not a building, its the body of Christ, the temple of God and in it dwells the Holy Spirit. See the notes at Matthew 3:2. In Mark and Luke it is said he immediately added, "Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein."

Whosoever shall not be humble, unambitious, and docile, shall not be a true follower of Christ or a member of his kingdom. Of such as these - that is, of persons with such tempers as these - is the church to be composed. He does not say of those infants, but of such persons as resemble them, or are like them in temper, is the kingdom of heaven made up. As emblematic, therefore, of what his own followers were to be, and as having traits of character so strongly resembling what he required in his followers, it was proper that they should be brought to him. At the same time, it was proper on their own account that they should be brought to him, and that his blessing should be sought on them.

All are fallen; all have, a tendency to sin, and none but Jesus can save them. Little children, too, are in a world of sickness and death, and in the beginning of life it is proper to invoke on them the blessing of the Saviour. It means simply that they should be suffered to be brought to Christ as amiable, lovely, and uncorrupted by the world; as having traits of mind resembling those among real Christians; and as themselves needing his blessing.

Message From The Mod: I'm starting this thread on behalf of the regular posters in this thread https://www.nairaland.com/1114515/christians-chatbox. See HBG's direct words below for details. This thread will be locked & stickied for advertising until Saturday at 8pm GMT, and then opened and unsticked. Please respect the thread and the purpose for it and all shall be well. Thanks.


Helo Nairalanders aka Christlanders

Greetings.

It would be an honour to have you all at the Christian's Tea Party coming up on saturday; the 4th of May 2013.

THEME: THE CHILDREN LIKE MINDED CHRISTIANS.


What is to be expected and how it will be done?
-The thread will be created by Jesoul and closed until an hour before we start. A moderator will be handy to hide unwanted posts, and for security reasons. All the discussions prior to the event will be discussed at the Christian Chatbox thread.


There are people readily available to answer all the questions.

1.@ Reyginus
2.@Superbloke
3.@HumbledbYGrace
4.@ATMC
5.@An0nimus

-Reyginus will make sure that all the participants are available for the day and will check up on the 30minutes before we start so that if we have to replace someone we will on time.

-HumbledbyGrace will be conducting the games hand in hand with An0nimus.

-ATMC will be our MC, can't wait to see her in action.

-Superbloke will be on music, his job is to put some lyrics in between so that we could feel the party. He might upload some tracks to listen to while we are still at it.

-Evelyn06 will Open with a prayer.

-And Goshen360 have something for us so don't miss out.


Games; we chose only one game because we might spend too much time on it. It will be played for approximately two hours.

1.Heroines and Heroes of the bible Charades

This will be played out by two groups(5/4) people in each group. The Heroine/Hero will be quoted from the bible and then questions will follow after that. We won't give out their names so players have to know atleast 10 most talked about women in the bible.

Rules for these games:

(I) A member can only answer one question.

(ii) One person at a time so groups will specify who will play first and who will follow etc to avoid group members posting all at once. To save time, each participant will be given 5minutes to answer and if it pass then its a point lost a group.

(iii) INTERESTED FEMALES/MALES PLEASE USE THE EMAIL ABOVE TO REACH ME

theeflairlady@gmail.com

After the games we can all mingle and enjoy each other's company....your reviews on how it went and a vote of thanks from the team

Yooguyz: www.nairaland.com/143094/updated-rules-regulations-religion-forum

mods in da house, according to the above it said we shouldn't write in capital letters. I have a problem with that, you see the settings that enable me bolden or colour my posts, doesn't work well, hence i have to use capital letters to put emphasis on my words.

Its been discussed that many people type in CAPS because of their phones...it is technically against the rules but we haven't truly been enforcing, especially if the intent is not to derail/distract.

Logicboy03: How did this foolish thread make front page?

https://www.nairaland.com/1275760/76-things-banned-christianity



Jesoul and MMC,you guyz need to caution whoever is or are the supermods.


How can such an empty anti-christian thread make it to the front page? Is it because it is by a muslim?

Worse off, it is by our resident self-black-hating-racist, MR Somali9. Somali guy that hates Nigerians but remains on a Nigerian site.

SMH.....the one that even pains me is that he even didnt submit it here for front page recognition.


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I am weak. Even a muslim dullard is now preferable to atheists when it comes to front page......


#butthurted

Dude, you know we don't have control over what gets on the homepage. Meanwhile, thanks for the heads up...it appears he has modified his post and it now makes no sense as I didn't see it previously so ... locked anyways. Thanks.

isale_gan2: yes, i guess i wanted it here. wanna make something of it, sis!


i really didn't know where was best for my purposes. but i figured it could pass muster here if i worded it 'internationally' enough.

you are free to move it, jesweet.

lol. Tell me what you want and it shall be so . I feel you on sacrificing traffic for quality.

Erhm...sis, were you trying to post this here or politics section?
Meanwhile I've asked and no word exactly on when the preview will be back. Sawwrry.

@topic, why we love Nigerians? the richness of culture, the diversity of people (though that seems to be the greatest weakness), the FOOD! lol, the fantastic, colorful native attire etc etc...plenty to love about naija.

jincheng101: Hi MOD, consider taking this thread to the front page https://www.nairaland.com/1271174/boko-haram-now-collecting-ransome

Submitted. Belongs in the politics section...and moved .

whytnblack: If you are in Lagos I can work more gigs for you.

Uncle thank you but I dey far far away from lasgidi.

A-40:
Haaaaa OKC are in deep $hit!! Westbrook due for knee surgery! Damn

Chai!!! Durant you're championship aspirations will have to be postponed for at least another year.

Damn. This is a crushing loss for OKC, and the rest of us NBA fans. Sorry Russell. Speedy recovery!

See me missing in action here...great commentary fellas.

Roland you're not the only silly rabbit that though the Bucks could take at least one. At this point they're simply trying not to lose one in double digits! lol.

joeydozzy: like I said Lakers spurs series is ending 4-1, even a sweep ain't far

I think LA can take one. I personally hope they don't .

Ihedinobi: @JeSoul

Good post, sis. Thank you

We thank God jare. How body now? I pray you're doing great, even as thy soul prospereth already

If I may interject briefy...intriguing replies - especially from Obadaiah.

@Crazyman,
If the physical life of a christian is no different from a non-christian (they endure the same troubles & enjoy the same joys) then what is the point of God? this is a fantastic question and even the bible confirms this saying "He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." I think Obadaiahs answer is so short, sweet and perfect that it needs to be re-quoted:

A Christian in the true sense of the word is someone who is DEAD TO THIS WORLD.

So when Ihedinobi posted scripture on christians facing persecution & trials he was 100% right.
And when Crazyman countered with scripture on asking & receiving from God, he was also 100% right.

^why? because a christian who is dead to this world will only ask for things that are "not of this world". His prayers are not occupied by requests for carnal, vain, worldy things - but rather his mind is divinely pre-occupied with things of the spirit. And when he asks for these things - he receives them from God who gives freely to all who call on Him in spirit & truth.

If you are a christian - and dead to this world - you will not be swayed by the troubles that come with this world - because "The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever".
and
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal .

A carnal mind looks around the world and wonders how he can better his life circumstances - and he chases after it. A spiritual mind looks around the world and wonders how much longer? because he knows he does not belong here, and he chases after God. Christians should not despise nor occupy themselves with the vain, fleeting affairs of this world. We are here for a short time and as such should make the most of every opportunity while keeping the big picture in perspective - life is a breath compared to eternity.

Godbless!

Lady Sholly & Gent Rhymz, please friends, lets try to mind our language and leave out the insults ehn. Thank yous.

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Nice! we need more history threads like these. Good job sis...pls post on.

isale_ggan: FYI, this one is in your section. Don't ask me why I report in the wrong place(s).
https://www.nairaland.com/938835/lets-complaints-suggestions-enquiries-here/102#15423196

No probs sis. Mukina took care of it (thanks super-muki). That's one benefit of posting in the 'wrong' place, you'll get the attention of a supermod who may not swing by this relatively 'quiet' place.

isale_ggan: JeSweet,
Do you know why Seun removed the "preview your post" feature the old Nairaland used to have? I got banned by spambot while editing a post to remove oversize pictures. If Preview was an option, I wouldn't need to do that, you know.

Maybe bring that up at the next moderator retreat.

Lol. Will bring it up at an opportune time

Azaw:




Naa. I'm a regular Naija guy that eats every edible except swallow.

Lol. I guess you won't be suffering from 'pot-belly' syndrome anytime soon. Why don't you eat 'swallows'? just don't like them?

GraceBestowed: ^^ Please, PM me your address! I wan come chop! ^^

Lol. Just fly down to Logan airport in Boston, I'll meet you in Terminal E, next to the bankofamerica ATM .

~vicky~:


dont leave a brother out plws

Uncle why you strong face first now? lol. Oya join Grace and catch the next flight out. I'll be waiting

Azaw: Rice with vegetables

You vegetarian?

vedaxcool: Please could this be submitted for front page?

https://www.nairaland.com/1268027/uk-priest-allows-muslims-pray

Submitted.

Infact I was so shocked when I visited UK for the first time at some of the neighborhoods we visited, even the affluent ones, were so tight! I don't suspect it will get better...if anything, future builds will get even tighter as developers try to get the best bang for their buck. And if people have no alternatives, they will keep buying these 'houses/flats'.

Nice, selfless birthday wish! Happy birthday to you FECOSON. May God add many many more years to your life filled with all that your heart desires. Amen!

curiouss_p2: Please Tell Us what is the duty of the ministry of Foreign/Affairs Why should the president continuing to appoint people who knows nothing about the portfolio the held!!!!!!!!! Are we so stupid not to pay attention to the Cameron slandering our Nation to the international community by claiming that the kidnapped Frensh family were kidnapped by the Booko haram of Nigeria?? Isn't the duty of the ministry of Foreign/ Affairs to immediately come out and condemn such slandering by the Cameron?? It is a pity that the present day government are so indifferent and oblivion to their homeland!!!!!!! We the young Nigeria owe all the chaotic situation of our great nation to all the old liers calling themselves leaders!!!!!!!!!!!! what are they leading?? Myopic Jonathan and his shameless bunch of goons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heaven will punish you all!!!!!!!

Uncle you vex oh...but e be like say you vex for the wrong thread