₦airaland Forum

Future outlook for American banks is grim.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/105391/Analysts-Say-More-Banks-Will-Fail

Monica is married according to this site
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036571/bio

I dont think my comment were directly referred to you@radiant. Look before you leap!

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-10441.0.html

Davidylan, what's your beef with covenant university?

As per hiring housemaid, lets not be quick to judge. As much as I tend to view it as a manfestation of modern day slavery, however, I am having mixed feelings about it. At times, there are families who could bring in a maid, educate them, cater for them, like their own children, till they are grown up. Now, how can one draw the line between housemaid and child slavery and a maid (of a young age) who is taken care off by their guardians?

Ok, for doubters of the Trinity or the Divinity of Jesus Christ, how can you explain this Biblical Verse in Proverbs 30:4


Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in His fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is His Son's Name, if thou canst tell?

wao, even urine? once, this woman, Elizabeth kafuru, who used to write a herbal health column in the guardian newspaper subscribed to the benefits of drinking one's urine, and that caused a furor in the country. Now, this has validated her earlier claims.

Send the boy packing. Employing him under the guise of taking care of your mother in my opinion is child abuse.

http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/aweda/070808.html

Sam Aweda Tuesday, July 8, 2008

samaweda@hotmail.com


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THE $1000.00/DAY REFRESHMENT PER EACH LEGISLATOR & $20,000/DAY FOR PRESIDENCY - FURTHER RESPONSE

igeriaworld had published my article with the above topic on May 27 2008. I wrote it in an open letter to Messers Rueben Abati of the Nigerian Guardian Newspapers and Gbenga Aruleba of the African Independent Television (AIT). I gave my reasons for singling them out in a population of over 140 million. The responses I got within few days of its publication, was overwhelming that I could not ignore them. The 'Nigeriaworld' carried the responses the week that followed, on June 3.




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Few days later, precisely June 7, a fervent reader of the 'Nigeriaworld' who had been responding to my articles from time to time and who we have been privately exchanging views over my articles responded to the responses I had from readers. His views over the alleged budget entertainment allowances of Aso Rock villa and the legislators differ from the others, which had been published earlier and I thought it wise to throw it to the court of public opinion and comments.


I could not do earlier because I did not want to interrupt the episode of "Daniel in Diaspora------" which were in 4 parts and which had just commenced by then. Besides, by the time the response of my friend came on June 7, I was already in Nigeria and electricity to power my laptop became a luxury. I couldn't have got electricity supply for more than 10hours added altogether in all the 4 weeks of my stay.


By the way, the responses I got from our just concluded study of "Daniel in Diaspora, An Example for all Nigerians in Diaspora" are equally encouraging and hopeful of good results among us abroad, but there was one reader who felt otherwise. We shall be discussing these in the nearest future plus my experience in the hands of Mike Okiro's boys (some Nigeria Police Corps), the following day I arrived Lagos, who stopped my car as I was trying to hit the Lagos- Ibadan express way and ransacked me as you would a criminal. Collins, the Police Corps found dollars on me and asked me to explain how I came about it. He saw the passports of my wife, my son and myself, which were sufficient proof that I work abroad. I bailed myself out from the gun trotting Collins and his team with $U.S.300.00. That I made my money with grey hair all over my head did not sear his conscience a hoot.


Now to the views of Mr. Edwardus Eyambus on the $1000.00/day Refreshment per each Legislator & $20,000/Day for Presidency, I paste it below unedited. However I have expunged the later part of his letter, which I consider not very relevant to the topic under discussion, due to space.


RE: PASTOR AWEDA?

From: mayenusa@optonline.net

Sent: Sat 6/07/08 7:31 PM

Dear Pastor (Dr.) Aweda,

1.I am responding as an objective non-partisan observer…, For the demands of everyday diplomatic and official functions which the congressmen/women and presidency are exposed, the budget of $ 365,000.00 per person is a little too much but not unreasonable.

2.I believe the presidency budget of $ 7,300,000.00 per year using your figure, may sound unbelievably high, if your measure is predicated on abstract aesthetics and socialistic agenda. They are not, when compared to supposed grueling schedules and diplomatic details these guys have to undertake daily. On the other hand, it would have been much desirable if they can have operated in a smaller budget. There is equal likelihood that these figures may been exaggerated as Nigerians have gnawing penchant for drama.

3.We hear of contradicting story of $ 16B being wasted in power sector but this figure, it turned out was a product of exaggerated journalism. One has to throw figures that magnitude to capture people's attention and we called it here in western World, a dishonest Journalism.

4.If I can read your mind, you and most of your respondents seem to believe the money could have better been put into some community uplift program or shared among the citizenry. If it is true and I sincerely doubt the authenticity of this claim to ultimate vagaries, it would not do either to share the money among all classes of Nigerians. One should be reminded of the mistakes of Gowon era, when Nigeria basking in untold wealth consequent the Arab Oil Embargo to United States and Western World, generously distributed money to its citizenry through the infamous Udoji Award. The country went into tailspin and may not have recovered ever since. We are seeing the same history being reenacted now with Crude Oil Price hovering around $ 140.00 per Barrel and the wealth being entrusted to the custody of inept and pseudo-qualified technocrats.

5.Nigeria has enough money to cater for her citizens and has not failed to distribute the wealth for the benefit of her citizens. But the ever growing and underplayed realization and perhaps, the most insurmountable problem Nigeria faces is that of corruption. I know there are so many experts who are at hand to analyze Nigeria's problem, some with fanciful solutions and some with revolutionary ones. But, Nigeria's problem is caused by collective complacency of all Nigerians. How then can we apply Mungo Pak's or Flt Lt. Jerry Rawlings model to Nigeria? One can not administer over a desolate country with no citizen, can you?

6.Most of the solution advanced by your respondents are nothing new and may have been a replay of bloggersphere sentiments.

7.Let us try a rather unorthodox approach such as de indentification of citizens by tribes as opposed to association and habitation. In a simpler language, do away with Ndigbo, Afenifre, Arewa and all such groups. A Nigerian citizen should be able to live and contribute gainfully in any part of the country he or she wishes, be elected into the government and lay claim to the locality citizenry. In other words, a citizen of Hausa hereditary can live and claim to be from Ondo or Calabar and so on………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Edwardus Eyambus

I have retained paragraph 7 of Mr. Eyambus letter to prove my earlier statement as to why I am truncating it. The numbering of paragraphs is mine so that his points can easily be addressed. What he was writing about, starting from # 7, I largely agree with, but they are not necessarily relevant to the issue at stake.

In my earlier private communications with him, I have made him to know how much I respect his vast knowledge. He is well read and learned. I see him as a philosopher in spite the fact that he seems, from his correspondences with me not to appreciate the task, which I am pleading with the spiritual leaders to play to sanitize Nigeria. I still hold firmly to my belief.

Ladies and Gentlemen, above are Mr. Eyambus's views about the Aso Rock and Legislators daily entertainment allowances for your comments.

Though I am throwing the letter to the court of public opinion, I find it difficult to resist making some comments as his comments contain some contradictions and sounds like a Government apologetics though he wrote that he was an objective non- partisan observer. I doubt the claim.

Mr. Eyambus in paragraph 4 of his letter wrote that he could read the minds of my respondents and mine that we believe "the money could have better been put into some community uplift program or shared among the citizenry. If it is true and I sincerely doubt the authenticity of this claim to ultimate vagaries, it would not do either to share the money among all classes of Nigerians"

Yes, I still hold my belief that the ridiculous entertainment allowances can be used for purposeful community uplift program, which will benefit especially the suffering masses rather than being distributed selectively to party members.

Yes I am advocating that the salaries of civil servants should be realistic to the market values. And does Mr. Eyambus interpret that as sharing the money among all classes of Nigerians, comparing what the end result could be with the Udoji awards of 1975?

Mr. Eyambus must have been out of the country for a long time and so out of touch with the reality at home except he is a Government apologist if he can interpret my call for Civil Servants salaries to be realistic with market values as "sharing the money among all classes of Nigerians", but he can have soft spot for the $20,000.00/day Aso Rock and $1000.00/day/legislator entertainment allowance.

Mr. Eyambus in #4 of his letter wrote "the most insurmountable problem Nigeria faces is that of corruption" Mr. Eyambus should be told that the budget entertainment allowance of Aso Rock villa and each legislator in the reported magnitude is nothing but corruption in its highest order. In fact, it goes beyond corruption. It is 419. It is " Gbaju e"

Nigerian Government officials many times are quick to convert the cost of gasoline from Naira to the dollars to twist the fact of the high cost of gasoline at home but closes its eyes to the dollar value of what it pays its workers.

I was in Nigeria in the last 4 weeks and returned just about 48hrs ago. I was able to find out that only few State Governments pay the recommended total take home wage of N9000.00/ month, which is $US 76.00/month translating to N300.00/day or $US 2.50/day. In fact, some State Governments I understand pay a meager N7000.00/month (N233/day) translating to $59.00/month or less than $2.00/day.

A big loaf of bread costs N150.00. With this reality, obviously, the family of those in that category is excluded from having bread in their menu. Years back, bread used to be the common man's food. It is rainy season now at home and it is the time when corn is cheapest. Roasted corn usually appeal to me and I bargained hard with the woman who sits at the turn to the road that leads to my house because I became a regular caller, so she sold 6 ears of corn to me for N100.00. Supposing I earn N233.00/day and I have a family of 6, what else can I purchase with the balance of N113.00 on any day I purchase roasted corn for the family? Yet this is the cheapest of all foodstuffs any period of the year. And some citizens take N118, 0000.00/day just for entertainment alone. It is immoral and ungodly.

I met with some of my old colleagues who are still in the state service and have hit the roof of the GL. I am talking about graduates of 1974, 1975, 1976. Their total take home pay is less than N60,000.00/month, which is less than $500.00/month. Filling of their vehicle tank at any time is out of the question. I spent about N5000.00 ($US 42.00) to fill my car tank, which makes not much difference with what much I pay in the U.S. Can someone whose total take home pay is under N60, 000.00/month afford that, when he has children to maintain in the Universities and high schools? So the Nigerian Government is the one that encourages its workers to steal or engage in immoral practices because the politicians in all the tiers of Government are themselves thieves.

Last October, I ran into a deep ditch of pool of water at the Berger junction, just off Ibadan-Lagos expressway. It was already dark and did not realize that we had lost the front number plate of my car. I flew out of Lagos the following morning. It has a Lagos State, Ikeja number. My Deacon recently before I arrived home in June replaced it with N22, 000.00 ($U.S186+). Imagine the burden if I were earning N60,000/month.

With the soaring cost of gasoline, the U.S. Government is always talking about cushion effect. Only in May it paid a sum of $600.00 to each American who filed their tax returns as singles and $1,200.00 to all Americans who filed as couples, who earned less than $70,000.00/year as economic stimulus.

I can confirm that Nigeria is now more expensive to live than even the United States when it comes to essential domestic items, yet the salaries of the civil servants (Nigeria) is as it is. So the Government should take full responsibility for the jungle way of life, which most citizens have resulted into i.e extortion, insensitivity to the plight of their fellow citizens etc. And that is why no Government worker performs his/her duty except he or she is given gratification and those who control votes have become extremely greedy and convert everything into their private pockets.


My all time fear for those who want to live according to the calling of their different faiths has now been confirmed during my recent home visit. They have compromised a lot. While others call bribery and gratification names like "Mula, Egunje or alubosa" the devoted religious people I understand now call it "blessing". Those who decide to keep their heads upright and those who have no vote to control on their seats and where they have no opportunity to extort, look gaunt as suffering from one form of carcinoma or the other. They look like skeletons and die when infected with any little infection. They and their children have a pitiful look. I saw it all.

There was one question that arose within our community here during the Abuja Land Probe. We listened to Federal civil servants purchasing houses running into millions of Naira and no one asked how they came about such monies, when the salary scales of civil servants are not hidden. This indicates clearly that all the billion Naira budgets made year in year out are not expended for the projects for which they are budgeted for, but shared among the officials and staff of each Ministry. I am not sure if the civil servants in the states have such opportunities of embezzling, as they all look haggard as opposed to the robust looking Federal staff and Agencies.

I commend quite a number of the big firms, the oil companies, banks etc. I can confirm that they adequately compensate their workers, favorably comparable to anywhere in the sensible world.

Mr. Eyambus agreed as he stated it in his letter (#5) that Nigeria has enough money to cater for her citizens. This is all I have been saying. But he destroyed that statement with the words, which followed when he wrote that the Government has "not failed to distribute the wealth for the benefit of her citizens"

If I may ask Mr. Eyambus, how and in what way has the Government done this? I refer readers to my article published in the Nigeriaworld of March 25 titled" Feudalism: Is that what we now prefer?"

In what way has the Government been distributing wealth to the benefit of her citizens, Mr Eyambus? The style of a former self-styled Military President dishing "Ghana must go" bags containing money to those who were able to reach him? Or the style where people stumble over themselves in the garden of some Power Brokers for doles of N200.00 & N500.00 and are fed with rice or gaari once in a while? Or is it the Adedibu style, where he used those he fed as thugs to kill and to maim?

I had in an earlier article published in the 'Nigeriaworld' taken a swipe at the style of the present party in power where party stalwarts in a particular town or village are able to re-furbish their cars, renovate their houses, given money to purchase motorcycles or grinding machines, while those in opposition and those who have not joined any party are left on their own. I described all these behaviours as "selective, jungle justice and imbalanced generosity", all amounting to immoral behaviour.

A Medical Professor, recently on a telephone conversation, voiced out how eternally grateful he is to the Government of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sadauna of Sokoto. That if it were these types of hopeless Governments, which we have been witnessing in the last 3 decades were in place during his time he could have just forgotten the idea of attending a Medical College because there had not been a level playing ground to the nation's wealth with the various Governments in place in the last 30 years. It has been "Rubbing Peter to pay Paul" because while the bellies of some people have the appearance of a pregnant woman, the majority are going about in terrible hunger.

I was driving through some towns and villages during my recent home visit and saw some stretches of roads that are being renovated but it stopped about a kilometer to a certain town. I am told that the particular town resisted rigging at the April 2007 poll. So the town does not deserve a good road. However, those in the same town identified to belong to the party of the state have some measure of rice and gaari at one time or the other or sponsored to Umra/Hajj or to Jerusalem. This is what I have described as "Feudalism". It is evil. God will not hear their prayers, wherever they go.

Let me see if I can understand the opening paragraphs of Mr. Eyambus letter and I quote "For the demands of everyday diplomatic and official functions which the congressmen/women and presidency are exposed, the budget of $ 365,000.00 per person is a little too much but not unreasonable. I believe the presidency budget of $ 7,300,000.00 per year using your figure, may sound unbelievably high, if your measure is predicated on abstract aesthetics and socialistic agenda. They are not, when compared to supposed grueling schedules and diplomatic details these guys have to undertake daily"

I remember listening to a legislator on AIT one time when he said categorically that the electorate encourages them to steal because of their demands. He further said that the electorate is always aware of when their allowances are paid and they are there promptly to take their share. Could this be the meaning of Mr. Eyambus "Demands of everyday diplomatic and official functions, which the congressmen/women and presidency are exposed" and "Grueling schedules and diplomatic details these guys have to undertake daily" If so it is very unfortunate as it is nothing but fraudulence in high quarters. What percentage of the citizens is taken care of with this kind of acts?

Well, I cannot agree better than the statement of Dr Christopher Odetunde in His article titled "Surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow Nigerians all Days of her Life" published in the 'Nigeriaworld' of July 2 and I quote "Nigeria's governance problem is simply that of leadership, it could have been fixed through our collectively efforts but Nigeria's problem is partly of leadership but majorly of followership. Leaders are like parasites, they get their nutrients from the followers. It is what the followers tolerate that leaders will feed and magnify. The premise here is, a nation gets a leader it bargains for. So far, our leaders have been dishing out to the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria what citizens bargained for-------"

It equally tallies with Mr. Eyambus conclusion as he wrote ". But, Nigeria's problem is caused by collective complacency of all Nigerians-------".

I want to believe that ignorance has led to complacency. Of course the politicians know this fully and they cash on it.

It reminds me of the conclusion of a colleague in 1980 or thereabout. He said that a party like NPN (National Party of Nigeria) would continue to rule Nigeria so long as Nigerians refuse to be educated. The NPN was the ruling party at the centre at the time under reference and has ever been. The name might have changed over and over again. They are the same people with the same ideology of sitting over the wealth of the nation, making the citizens subservient, to worship them and their children for ever, making foolery of the citizens, cashing in on their ignorance. How true the Bible when it says "My people perish because they lack knowledge" (Hosea 4.6)

I hate to say it but the truth is that many Nigerians have College Degrees but are uneducated. If they are educated, they ought to derive their joy and satisfaction in the total wellbeing of all citizens and not to enjoy being worshipped as Feudal Lords.

And who will rescue the nation from this confusion and chaos? Who will educate Nigerians?

I maintain that those who address large congregation of people on Sundays and Fridays can make a turn around for the country if they are willing. They can bail this generation and coming generation out of the present chaos and poverty, if they are willing to be educated and honest and shun all gifts from the Government.

A Moslem friend confirms my belief in the power of the pulpit as he related an incidence that occurred at a Friday Jumat mosque some years ago in one of the North Central States. The Imam on duty said only a statement while preaching, "The citizens are Hungary, Government do something". The state Governor was at the mosque. Soon as the prayers were over, worshippers started to stone the car of the Governor. He was ferried out of the prayer arena by security officials. Many other people have corroborated the story.

I met with an elderly Christian leader during my 4 weeks stay at home and we discussed this issue. He is in his late 70's, one of the Christian leaders I regard as one of the 7000 prophets of God of the days of king Ahab, who have not bowed to the idol Baal. I mean who has refused to wine and dine with any Government of the day. He is of the opinion that if they (including himself), the religious leaders fold their arms and the Mungopak's or Jerry Rawlings model, which Mr. Eyambus calls "Bloggersphere sentiments" is allowed "Then let it be" But he hoped that the religious leaders will act before it is too late.

I sincerely thank Mr. Eyambus for writing. His letter has afforded us the opportunity of learning from the other side of the aisles, which in return has provided opportunities for further discussion. It is all for the betterment of our dear nation.



Sam Aweda is President & Snr. Pastor, Jesus for the World Revival Mission

Jury: Black neighborhood was denied water service By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press Writer
17 minutes ago



COLUMBUS, Ohio - Residents of a mostly black neighborhood were awarded nearly $11 million Thursday by a federal jury that found local authorities denied them public water service for decades out of racial discrimination.

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Each of the 67 plaintiffs was awarded $15,000 to $300,000, depending on how long they had lived in the Coal Run neighborhood, about 5 miles east of Zanesville in Muskingum County in east-central Ohio.

The money covers both monetary losses and the residents' pain and suffering between 1956, when water lines were first laid in the area, and 2003, when Coal Run got public water.

Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers said she was pleased.

"This decision speaks firmly about the importance of treating citizens with equal respect, regardless of race," she said in a statement.

The city, county and East Muskingum Water Authority all denied discrimination. The city plans to appeal.

Coal Run residents either paid to have wells dug, hauled water for cisterns or collected rain water so they could drink, cook and bathe.

"As a child, I thought it was normal because everyone done it in my neighborhood," said one of the plaintiffs, Cynthia Hale Hairston, 47. "But I realized as an adult it was wrong."

Plaintiffs' attorney Reed Colfax described the verdict as unique among civil rights cases nationally, both in the nature of the ruling and the size of the award.

Zanesville attorney Michael Valentine said in court that he intended to appeal but declined to comment further.

Attorney Mark Landes, who represented the county and water district, called the verdict disappointing. He said jurors were not allowed to hear defendants' testimony that neighborhood residents were offered water service years ago and refused it.

"This was a case that was started and fired by out-of-town lawyers who saw an opportunity for a cash settlement," Landes said.

John Relman, a civil rights attorney based in Washington, D.C., who represented the residents, said the jury heard hours of testimony and saw hundreds of pages of documentation over the seven-week trial.

"This verdict vindicates that this (treatment) was because of their race," he said. "The jury agreed with that and issued a verdict based on a full airing of the facts."

Plaintiff Frederick Martin said the long wait was worth it.

He and his nine siblings shared two tubs of water between them on bath nights when he was growing up. He left Coal Run, built on a former coal mine, in 1970 so his children wouldn't have to endure the same living conditions, he said.

"Today I feel that we are really blessed, to know and to see justice being met," Martin said. "And to see, regardless of who we are, there is a price to pay if you discriminate against people."

The plaintiffs' attorneys successfully argued that the decision not to pipe water to the plaintiffs was racially motivated, painting a picture of a community with a history of segregation. Black residents of Coal Run Road were denied water over the years while nearby white neighbors were provided it, they said.

Landes countered that about half of Muskingum County residents are not tied into the public water system even today. Among those without it are county commissioners, judges and other prominent officials, he said.

In their complaint, plaintiffs' lawyers detailed a trip to the county commission by resident Jerry Kennedy, whose mother lived on Coal Run for 70 years.

When Kennedy asked for public water service, according to the court filing, Muskingum County Commissioner Dorothy Montgomery said there would be no water on Coal Run "until President Bush drops spiral bombs in the holler." County attorneys were unable to verify the account.

Montgomery's husband, John, said Thursday that the statement about his wife is "absolutely not the truth."

A founding member of the water authority, who served for 11 years, John Montgomery said he was flabbergasted at the verdicts. He said the authority "walked up and down Coal Run Road to get people signed up and nobody would do it."

"It's just not right," he said. "This whole thing is a farce as far as I'm concerned."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_re_us/civil_rights_water;_ylt=Ar3MNoH56cuJtcQhna0SpQ6s0NUE

May God bless you for your answer in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen@globalman

Hmm, well, . .

i definately will stop seeing sunday service as compulsory.

and yeah, i hate to admit also, nothing relli changes

and the testimonies i usually hear are how someone met her target for Zenith Bank.

Anyways, God dey and i will stay only on Him



@Gamine, you are funny!

If you grew up in a household, or raised in a particular religion where the consumption of pork was frowned upon, believe me, you will probably exhibit the same disdain towards the animal.

I love pork, perhaps my all time favorite meat.

What works for couple A, might be an anomaly for couple B. Let the couple decide what's best for them in the interest of their marriage. They are some couples who live in seperate bedrooms and have a thriving marriage over those sleeping in the same bedroom, but calling it quits soon afterwards. Fact is, you CANT decide what's best for each couple. To each his own.

Pentecostal churches & their expensive schools
By Pastor Nnaemeka Aniesodo
Sunday, June 29, 2008


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I have a vision. This is not a dream. It is a clear revelation as well as an inspiration which I am sure at the end of the day will address a very vital and burning issue which has to do with churches as well as pastors who have changed the essence and the real meaning of the church.

To an ordinary person on the street, the church is a place where love and affection should be the hallmark and the main reason why it is established in the first instance.
Unfortunately, that is not the case. There are so many cases and issues in the church begging or attention and answer. Be that as it may, I will restrict myself to the current burning issue, which if left unchecked, will bring even the good ones into a lot of problem.

I want to deliberate on the issue that has to do with the establishment of schools by churches with special reference to the one established by Pentecostal churches. Some of us still remember that many years back, virtually all schools were owned and managed by religious organization.

Most of us equally benefited from those schools. They had free education. They were even fed free of charge and above all, had good moral upbringing. That was the kind of religion we had then. That was what churches were known for and rightly, that is how it should be.

It is regrettable to see that this time around, that value have been discarded and replaced with the quest for material gain. It is disheartening to see that almost 80% of members of any church who not only pay their tithe but also contributed their widow’s mite never had the privilege of having their children attend this school because, it will be difficult if not impossible for them to afford the exorbitant charges demanded by this school which n all intent and purposes should not be so.

The question now is where the love is and compassion religion is known for. Do these churches have the moral and religious reason to ask those who are members to pay through their noses for these schools? Couldn’t it be the benefit members should enjoy for contributing whatever they have for the growth of the church? This is a question begging for an answer.

It may not go down well with so many pastors who have commercialized this and are raking unimaginable profit. To them, God is good all the time. To them, he is blessed. I am sure I will be called all sorts of name. But, Mathew 11 v 6 says: “Blessed is he who is not offended because of me.”
Thanks and God bless.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/Sunday%20Mailbox/2008/jun/29/mailbox-29-06-2008-001.htm

For those who deny the Trinity, read this Inspirational Verse

Isaiah 48:16

16Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

Read the link below for the explanation.

http://www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/1301-E-5.htm



Davidylan, bravo to you. You have done a good job, and to be honest, have learnt another true concept of the Trinity from you. Baptize them in the Name (not Names) of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.  Thanks once again.

Somehow, you can tell. Not that I am right all the time though.

Can we also regard the 'sagging pants' fashion, a conspicous trend in the African American community being emulated by some other races? No, I dont support it.

I now remember, the Hip Hop culture is thriving in America. Now, that's an African American culture that can compete globally along with ethnic cultures like the samba dance, salsa, sushi . . .

Forgive and move on with your life.

Yeah, it's 'hip' to be a teen mom in America, because it is glamorized in the media. In Nigeria, those girls future probably would have come to a standstill, because of the risk of being expelled from high school. But who am I to cast the first stone?

Very debatable topic and I dont know if it is approved or condemned in the Holy Bible. Some people's interpretation is that the Bible advocates moderation in the consumption of alcohol, while others claim that the Holy Bible completely disapproves of it. I dont know, my Church does not endorse it, and quite frankly, I tend to stay away from it, though at times, I have a desire to drink wine.

Nke kwene nwed ke the 80's. Ufan mfo akere die?

My2cents,