cutecommend: Will you take serious a male evangelist if you see him sagging his trouser to preach? If a so-called born again christian goes to bleach his or her skin, or goes for BBL, will you take them serious?
Now if you say: "show me in the Bible where doing dreadlocks for guys is a sin". What if I tell you to show me in the bible where sagging trouser & wearing big chain, smoking weed and bleaching are clearly called sin? you may never find it: but are they good for a born again Christian? Never.
If you are truly a born again Christian, you must walk in the Spirit. You cannot be worldly or fleshly: and if you truly have the Spirit of God working in you, He can never tell you or permit you to do tattoo, dreads etc. It is only the fleshly and worldly nature that can make someone desire to appear like the world.
A true born again Christian must align with Jesus Christ always, and will never put up an appearance that will hinder the gospel or create doubts in the mind of those who will receive the gospel from them.
Note: God will never adjust His standards to fit into the world or trends. And If you say things have changed, God's holiness and judgement in eternity has not changed.
It is such a pity that Christians are no more changing the world, it is now the world that is changing Christians. Worse still, pastors too are now being changed by the world.
Some people believe that the coup was sponsored by the Americans and the British because Murtala's policies were in conflict with their own policies.
Murtala donated our MiG 17 fighter jets to the Angolans and Mozambicans who felt threatened by South Africa. He then bought MiG 21 jets from the Soviet Union. However, that conflict was a proxy war between the West and the East. The Western Powers (US, UK, etc) supported South Africa and UNITA, while the Eastern Powers (Soviet Union, Cuba, etc) supported Dos Santos.
There was the feeling that Murtala brought Nigeria closer to the Soviet Union.
However, some also felt that the coup was sponsored by General Gowon and that it was a plot to bring him back to power.
Another school of thought is that the coup was a palace coup by members of the regime, who felt that Murtala was not following their agreed script. It was believed that Dimka was just a fall guy.
Lastly, others believe that the coup did not have any western connection and that it was not sponsored by General Gowon. They believe that the coup was simply the brainchild of the arrested coup plotters.
Which school of thought is correct? We may never know.
But I think South Africa got independence in 1990, meaning that they were under direct rule of the British government. So how come General Murtala was supporting Angola and Mozambique (which were together under Portuguese Colonial government) against South Africa which was, as at then, still under the British?
Nteogwuija: Lol, you claim heaven and hell exist with so much confidence yet no proof, but u entertain the veracity of their existence, even sounding like an authority.
Here I am telling u that my dad owns MMI(something that truly exists) but I can't provide proof of ownership(just like u couldn't provide any proof that heaven or hell exist), yet you won't buy my airport that I'm trying to sell to u.
Is it because I'm not a pastor 😭😭
How convenient!
I have told you how to confirm if your dad really own the airport and how to confirm if heaven or hell is real. For your information, I don't expect you to believe me because even when Jesus Himself came to the world years ago and told people about God, heaven and hell, the people that saw Him face to face did not believe Him because it did not sound reasonable to them, so who am I to expect you to believe me? By the way, you don't have to be a pastor or imam to convince me, I have my personal encounters and convictions.
Rapmoney: Listen to yourself. In 2026, you are still here telling us about bush babies and kolanuts, while youths in other climes are using science and technology to change the world, and you still shamelessly mentioned growth and Africa? You should not have mentioned growth and Africa at all, considering your narratives. What impact have people made in the world with kolanuts and bush baby stories?
Same Africans who claim they possess spiritual powers to disappear or stop bullets in the air were subdued by the whites. Where were the gods and spiritual powers? Maybe they were on vacation in Maldives.
You think there were no sorcery, witchcraft and spiritual powers in other continents apart from Africa? Then your ignorance must be superb. FYI, I'm not here to promote voodoo, or advocate use of 'juju' power, my initial conversation with the original person I was replying (before you meddled into what is not your business) was because he said he had tried to haunt bush baby to no avail and I told him what he can do. To you, kolanut is not relevant in 2026? Wow. If China alone has just half of the amount of herbs and roots that you people have in Nigeria, the advancement they could have recorded in science and medicine would have nearly made people immortal. In Africa you have good weather, favourable climate, good soil, natural resources in abundance, yet you can't make good use of these things for your development but you abandon them and keep running to America or Europe for survival. That is why organisations in Europe will come to your country to import your cocoa, cotton, gold, rubber, crude oil and still bring them back to sell for you in form of chocolates, coffee, fabrics, jewelleries, tyres, petroleum at exorbitant prices. I reiterate to you again that you people in Africa won't grow or make much progress because you see yourselves as inferior people, you people don't know what you have and you are contented with the little you know. That is why other continents like Asia have left you far far behind.
Rapmoney: Forget this crap you are saying. This is 2026. This is not 1918. That is why Africa has refused to move forward.
The principles that worked in 1918 are still constant in 2099. Examples are gravity, karma, sowing and reaping, diligence and success etc. Africa will not move forward as long as it continues to have people like you who are quick to discard a hypothesis and lazzy to do a research to find out if it's a fact or not. A European would get up and start working to prove the assertion made earlier but an African would roll in his bed and call it crap.
Kalulu44: See eh! We heard or should I say I heard all these stories tire. Ask anybody that tells such stories and they will tell you "dem tell me o" it is always dem say dem say.
Then one day I sat my immediate younger brother who's a pastor down and asked him. Is it true they see people that have died somewhere else, cus the Bible made us to believe "it's appointed unto a man once to die and after that judgement" so who are those people they used to see. And he too calm down and explain to me that, those people they used to see are not really the people or person that died. That it's demons and Angel of darkness that are using their faces to torment or appears to their loved ones. . This almost 10yrs I lost my both parents a year apart. I have never for one day see any of them either in my dreams or real, and none of my younger ones have experience such scenarios either. So my doubting of ghost existence still persist
I absolutely agree with you. However, you know that Bible records it that a witch called Prophet Samuel that has died out of the ground when King Saul wanted to ask him how the battle with the philistines would be because God had stopped talking to Saul. (1 Samuel 28:3-15).
Nteogwuija: But y entertain something if there's no evidence for it?
If I came to you and told u that my dad owns MMI airport and intends to sell it without me providing proof of ownership, would you pay whatever amount I ask you to pay for the airport?
Your analogy can only partiallly explain the situation we are talking about. First, MMI airport exist and we all can see it, but we can't see heaven or hell, so that analogy doesn't really fit in that aspect. But saying the airport is your own or saying that it belongs to your father without any proof of ownership will make me want to do my due diligence at the ministry of land to find out if it's truly in government record that it belongs to your family. Heaven and hell exist but far beyond reach of any science and technology, how I can find out if it's true is by going into the record of the One that made the whole universe to confirm the existence of both places.
Kalulu44: I no be native doctor nah hahahaha. Actually my quest for it back then took me to a cemetery where me and 5 of my guys camped every night for 4 days. I told them we were looking for bush baby, while I was actually watching out for ghost or is it spirit they called it. Since I was born till 45 now, I haven't seen anything called ghost, I wanted to clear my doubt that's why I went on that adventure. And since I didn't see, it makes me no to believe in ghost
Well, as for the ghost, some people said they have actually seen them. Most stories about seeing ghost are usually about seeing a dead person reincarnate and migrate to a far distance where they were not known, to start living again like normal human. Some people, even said people that have died appear to their family member or a loved one that is not aware they are dead, the dead would come like he was going somewhere and just stop by to say hello and they go again in a hurry, just to make the last appearance. Later when the news now broke that they are dead, the person would not believe it and argue that he/she just saw the one that is dead and was told that he was going somewhere and quickly branched to say hello.
Nteogwuija: But science has proven the existence of those planets because they've observed them. But heaven and hell only exist in the story book, the Bible.
Science has not discovered the location of heaven and hell, and may not even be able to discover them if the Creator doesn't want them discovered. This does not mean that anything that is yet to be discovered does not exist. The people that lived in the 15th century would not believe that there are other planets because those planets were not yet discovered during their time and there was no evidence to prove it.
Kalulu44: I have tried everything I wrote there. Even went for bush baby hunting
If you are really serious about hunting bush baby, go about 100km far deep into a thick forest in the middle of the night like around 1am to 2am. Hold 3 kola nuts, 3 bitter kolas and 3 walnuts, when you see an iroko tree, go there, then call out to the bush baby to come out and have the nuts. Come back and tell us what you see.
3. [b]Heaven is in the skies and hell is underground: I do not want this post to be a religious debate so I will not delve into the existence of heaven and hell, but the mindset that heaven is located in the skies, while hell lies under our feet is as foolish as foolishness. These are abstract things that are not concrete. They are only in your mind subconsciously.
To you, earth is real but heaven and hell are abstract because you can't see them or science can't see them. So what about other planets, like venus, mars, jupiter etc? Are they not real also? You forgot that the One that made this earth is the same One that made both heaven and hell and other planets. Because you don't see something does not mean it does not exist. Heaven is above and hell is below. How do I know? Psalm 14:2 says "God looks down from heaven upon the children of men". It shows that heaven is above beyond the skies and God is in heaven. There are several Bible passages which talks about where heaven is but let me just stop here because the topic is not a 'religious' one like you said. Also, Psalm 55:15 says "Let them go down alive into hell". This shows that hell is down below. I believe this is true because God cannot lie and the Bible is written by inspiration of God.
God1000: Donald trump will go down in history as the worst human being to ever exist on the surface of this planet
So if Trump will be the worst human in history, what will be the position of people like Osama Bin Laden, Abubakar Shekau, Bello Turji, Clifford Orji, Reverend King, Lawrence Anini etc?
Terrorists that are willing to use themselves for suicide mission, they are not afraid of dying because they believe they have nothing to lose but everything to gain in their Aljanah. It is the Christians that should do everything possible to ensure that terrorists don't use them to get "reward" in their imaginary heaven.
I don't know if it's called Earpod, Earbud or Airpod, but it's all earpiece. So I bought a Bluetooth one, downloaded Spotify playlist app on my phone's playstore and began listening to jamz 24/7 except when I'm bathing. Even at work, I use it.
I wasn't used to using accessories like this.
So, I noticed a pain inside my right ear, later it became a boyl. I felt the pains, took Bicham ampiclox and after a few days, it disappeared.
Now I can't hear with that ear any longer. I can only partially hear with it.
HOW AM I FEELING ?
In the ear, I feel like there's a blockage which is impeding sound. I feel like there's water in there. You know how it is when you're bathing and water enters into your ear? That's how the feeling is, right now. If I'm talking to someone, I feel there is an earpiece hanging in my ear, so I need to speak louder than normal. This is the Third day. I am worried.
I'm sure each time you increase the volume to max, your phone will bring up a prompt, warning you that high volume is capable of causing ear damage, but you think it's just a courtesy from the manufacturers, now you are seeing the purpose of the warning. Before you visit the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department of a General Hospital for proper treatment, first stop using any form of ear plug, avoid noises around you in church or party or from sound system, after sometimes you should begin to feel some relief in the ear, but if the condition is getting worse or no improvement, proceed to ENT for proper treatment. However, if you notice any liquid coming from the ear, get chloramphenicol ear drop immediately and follow prescription on the pamphlet.
Rhymesy: I'm confused of what to buy for my woman this coming Val. Handbag, shoes or clothes. Please ladies I need your help
Your woman, how? Your wife or your fiancee or your girlfriend or your concubine? Which of the above is she to you? If she is your wife, buy her an iPhone and a nice dinner gown, if she is your fiancee, buy her a bag and matching shoe, if she is your girlfriend buy her perfume only, if she is your concubine, buy her a Holy Book depending on her religion because both of you need to repent.
NwaliE01: I get your valid point. In our house, we all co-owned the house ie the tenants and myself. You will hardly know who's the landlord. We all rappor well and we don't have issue anyone getting visitors. All we care about is cleanliness. The house is designed that if you keep your flat dirty, you will be ashamed because of how it was neatly built.
We never for once had any single issue and tenants hardly leave except the ones I encouraged to build piece of land and build no matter how small. In my house, we share alot and almost all my tenants have acquired landed property. You can't be in my house and not move forward. I have once forfeited 3 years rentals of a tenant and haven't been paid till today because he lost his job at the time. He has a job now and has since moved and yet to remit the rent. Money is the least of my worries because I believe God will supply my needs and not my greed.
If all what you wrote is true, then your type are not up to 10 in the whole of Nigeria.
Gerrard59: But seriously, why should I joke with my money? Aren't you supposed to pay for what you use?
But you have to be considerate and have some sense of humanity. You should understand with your tenants that some of them are salary earners whose income can be delayed or owed by their employers.
Melagros: COMRADES, why this religious fanatic called Gumi has been jittery ever since the United States troops landed in Nigeria? Is he the only Islamic cleric that Muslims terrorists have in Nigeria?
As Nigerian politicians are getting old, they are fixing their children into power so that their generations can continue to rule the children of the masses. Ganduje's son visits Kwankwaso, Atiku's son joins APC, Mudashiru Obasa's son now Local Government Chairman of Agege in Lagos, Wike's son understudying his father's politics, El-Rufai's son already into politics, Okoya's son said that Nigeria better than it was three years ago while Seyi Tinubu is warming up to become next Governor of Lagos. Nigerians should better wake up before they become enslaved forever.
I don't know why it has to be APC national secretary that will address Nigerians on the arrival and mission of the U.S troops. What is the job of the minister of information and communication, or why can't the minister of defence do this, better still, any of the presidential spokesperson or media aide can pass the information. Modified: Ok, so the APC publicity secretary only clarified on the issue.
This is a good advice. Some Landlords have more than one house, yet they are very greedy and they don't wish their tenants to also become landlord, but to continue to live in their house and pay their rent.