Richy4:
In as much as I don't believe in some Pastors... what if this was a ploy to defame the pastor... So that he will look bad in front of all... by creating a scene..

If he was actually his customer, I don't see why he couldn't come on weekdays to discuss whatever it was only for him to show up on Sunday... by doing this shows that he got something on his sleeves...

It could be that the pastor was disturbing him spiritually or ruining/ taking his clients. . . then defame and creating a scene becomes the best solution for him
Just my observations...

You just said what is in my mind, though not defending the pastor...

So a christian can be defined by what he or she wears? For your information trouser is barely 1000yrs old. Remember the law also stated that if you fail one you have fail the rest. Now can you eat fish with scales on its body. Do you wear cloths that have many colours? Do you live in a house that have balcony? If you are guilty of any of these you have fail the law that says a man cannot put on what is meant for a woman. Again for your information, we are in a relationship with God that is why we call him father. You dont call someone who didnt give birth to you father. A father and his child dont live by conditions. Religion is conditional.

alBHAGDADI:

These heretic pastors keep increasing by the day. Imagine the junk this man just spewed from the pulpit, saying we are not under religion but in a relationship with God. Where is it written in the entire Bible that we are in a relationship with God? Is there even the word relationship in the Bible? Yet Christians are bring fooled by the cute phrase "we are in a relationship with God, not religion".

The sad part is that pastor Abel Damina said we are no longer under religion. Do these fake pastors even think people no longer know the Bible? How can you say we are no longer under religion but a relationship, when the word relationship is not found in the Bible, but we can find the word religion.

James 1:27 (KJV)
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

As seen above, the Bible defines religion as visiting the fatherless and widows in their time of affliction and to also keep oneself unspotted from the world. Yet this fake pastor that Daddy Freeze the agrees with is saying we are no longer under religion. He simply means we are no longer obligated to visit the fatherless and widows, and we are not to obey the word which says we should keep ourselves unspotted from the world. He simply means we can now be like the world. No wonder he advocates that females can wear trousers, a thing God hates.

For all those who might think trouser is a modern invention, read the book of Daniel which described what Shedrach, Meschach and Abrdnego wore as males. It mentions hosen which means trousers .

Daniel 3:20-21 (KJV)
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

God has promised to destroy those who wear strange apparel because he hates it.

Zephaniah 1:8 (KJV)
And it shall come to pass in the day of the
L ORD 's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.

Deuteronomy 22:5 (KJV)
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the L ORD thy God.

KingAzubuike:
Suleiman is still better than the likes of adeboye and oyedepo who have turn their churches to a money spinning franchise and threaten you with hell, doom, failure and difficulties in life if you refuse to do their bidding. Genuine men of God are very rare, not in this generation of pentecostal churches.. Even the God himself most people don't believe in him. How will a God be up there and shine him korokoro eye dey look as innocent children died yesterday at the Lagos building collapse. A God that doesn't want his creation to live long and enjoy the good things of life that one na God?

These links will reveal much to you about God and the events that happen here on earth.

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/12/control/

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/03/05/king-maker/

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/02/01/godless-election/

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/30/democratic-god/

Stop blaming God!

A King maker is someone who has the onus to choose or make another king over his people. In the act of making or choosing a king the one who has the final say is the king maker. This means that whatever the king maker says will indicate the direction the people will follow in making their king. For someone to become a king means he receives the authority to command and decide what goes on in his kingdom. When such authority is instilled on him, in most cases he lives above the laws of the land. And even the king maker is subject to him. This is what plays out in every human dominated authority. And democracy is one of the ways people have chosen to select their leaders.

In democracy one of the apparatus use in selecting a leader is called election. And during election people leave their houses to go and vote for whoever is their choice. At the end of the exercise, whoever that earned the majority vote is crowned the leader. So democracy is a political game or an exercise that its merit is based on numbers. The one who earns the highest number wins the election.

In a democratic setting, the contenders have the privilege to make their intentions for the people known. They ideologically run their campaigns based on issues they have identified that they have the solution. Many of them do come with brilliant ideas and have good oratory in their speeches. Through this medium they ingratiate themselves into the hearts of the people who flow in and within their thought level.

Thought level here becomes an issue because many as well will not buy their ideas simply because they lack understanding. Therefore, since democracy is a game of numbers though they have good ideas or manifestos and the majority didn’t buy their ideas the result will be against them. So in democracy there is what is called foolish majority. Here foolish majority are those who cast their votes not based on ideology but based on sentiments.

This implies that one of the flaws of democracy is that it allows sentiments to rule in its process. So people can cast their votes based on ethnicity, religion, tribalism and bigotry etc. The negative implication of this is that someone whose ethnicity is in the minority may not win election. Though he or she has good leadership ideas and agendas, those will not count. This is because the vote of the foolish majority will throw those ideas and agendas into the dust bin. And surprisingly, many vote for someone because he’s good looking and appears gentle not because he has something to offer. And many vote against someone because he came from a tribe they don’t like. Notwithstanding that he has better ideas and can inscrutably execute those them. The king maker in most democratic dispensation are the foolish majority, simply because the democratic system allows them.
To continue reading: https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/03/05/king-maker/

The kind of leadership Nigeria deserves is a leader that understands the economy and how to revive it. See more from this article:

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/02/12/economic-leader/

Democratic God is the tag and overview people who are in a democratic dispensation have about God. They see God as a democratic God who by their groundless notion is involve in their democratic system. So they have to consult this democratic God in order to have a smooth running of their system. After doing all the ground breaking and putting everything in motion if this democratic God didn’t give a go ahead it amounts to futility. Therefore, the face of democratic God must be sought if not things will not augur well.
As a result many candidates representing their parties have to seek the face of this democratic God through one of his agents here on earth. They need the blessing and favour of this democratic God in order to win an election. And whatever the agent of the democratic God says matters a lot for the candidate. It will either make him move forward or withdraw his participation in the electioneering. If it is against him, the implication is that the democratic God has rejected him and he should back off. And in a case that he says yes, it means that the democratic God has approved his candidature therefore, he must move ahead.
So election time becomes a busy time for the so called agents of the democratic God that knows his mind to begin their job. They start to assure their clients of how much confidence they should have in consolidating and winning. The positive postulation from them gives their clients the agility and audacity to match on. The clients of this democratic God are not necessarily Christians; the democratic God is the god of all in politics.
If the prognosis of the agents of this democratic God favours any of the candidates and he wins the election, the candidate has to come and thank the democratic God. He either comes personally or sends his emissaries to come and represent him. Here, his religious background doesn’t count and whoever comes will receive prayer that is prayed in Jesus name. The funny thing is that one candidate can obtain two different kinds of postulations from different agents of the democratic God.

However, surprisingly, this democratic God has been linked to God Almighty. This is a wrong impression that has been created and littered in the hearts people. So when a politician wins an election it is God that made him win. How? Is God involved in elections? A process that doesn’t depict His wisdom! The process involve from the beginning to the end of any election indicates that God is not part of it. Therefore, God is not a democrat and doesn’t get involve in democracy.
Democracy is a product of man’s wisdom and of course is man’s thing and God doesn’t have a hand in it. This is applicable to any other thing man has carved out for himself to make life meaningful in his own way. Such things that are not the making of God, He doesn’t have a hand in the running of it. Don’t be surprise that God is not involve in many things we like to get Him involve and He cannot be just because we want Him to be. Democratic system is virtually the same even in saner countries.
Take for instance where a candidate has gone to any of the agents of the democratic God and requested for prayers. And at the end he comes out victorious. His victory will infer that it is the making of God. And one hears people say something like is God that rose him to be in that position therefore he should use it well. But the way and manner he came into the position shows that it is full of fraudulent activities. Many things helped him to be there, such as cheating, lying, killing, blackmailing and all forms of wickedness.

It is very amusing and amazing that people knowingly and unknowingly give God glory for what He didn’t do. No, what brought the man to power are cheating, lying, killing, blackmailing, nepotism and tribalism. These things are fueled by people’s desires, benefits, greed and affection and they should receive the glory not God.
So people come to power because the people who elected them did so because he is their desire. And to some people, they will benefit from him (benefit here can be anything). Some because of their greed and some because they like the way the man looks. And greater number of people voted for him based on nepotism and tribalism, this is typical of African countries.

The truth is that no politician should go to church to thank God because he won an election. This is because God Almighty is not a democratic God and He is not there in any democratic process. The reason is because God cannot be a party to the selection of an individual based on nepotism, tribalism, cheating, blackmailing and killing etc. Democracy is the making of man and God disassociated Himself from it long before its inception.

See 1 Samuel 8:9-19:

“Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. Also he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. Also he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. Again he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;”

The quotation above really depicts what happens in a democratic system. The politicians take your money and feed on it, take your children and make them their bodyguards. Take your land and build their houses on it. Take your daughters and make use of them the way they want. And yet you are the ones that stood out on the sun and rain to elect them. Democracy is not God’s way. And God also said that His ways are not the ways of man (Isaiah.55:8-9).

The truth is that God cannot select or choose an individual based on public opinion. God chooses people that have been rejected and make them the chief corner stone (Psalms 118:22-23). Whatever that is going on in the name of democracy is not of God. And democratic system is not God’s government. God’s government cannot be full of flaws like we have in democracy. Democracy is full of imperfection and cannot be anything near the system of God. Therefore, God is not the democratic God and should be exonerated from its process.

Source: https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/30/democratic-god/

netpro:
The looting gang. Not gonna happen.

They are not corrupt if they are...
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/18/atiku-vindication/

Fuckuignos:
Atiku has a long list of corruption scandals. He committed $40 million fraud and paid $1.1 million to Brian Ballard which directly shows his corrupt and crooked nature. So how can we support the criminal called Atiku.

Atiku is not corrupt!
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/18/atiku-vindication/

Blue3k:


I dont understand the authors issue with patriarchy or why its keeps being brought uo. The fact is this legally woman always had right to vote and were free to contest and form their own parties. Lol funny in this patriarchal society the government at federal and state level has ministry of women affairs. Its usually run by women.



What is this statements supposed to mean? Money and politics go hand in hand because campaigns are expensive. Thats why lobbies and special interests groups have sway with certain politicians.i dont see the so called patriarchy holding women back. Instead I see politicians pandering to women and youths. They say elect me and I have a quota of x percentage women and youth in certain positions.

But this somehow has denied us some good leadership we would have enjoyed from our women folks. I am of the opinion that some level ground should be created in order for women and youths to have the leverage to be involved in politics. The way things are going especially in Nigeria, politics will always belong to these group that have made money. Worse still is that this money is being made from our resources and at the same time they use to construe us. Just check it 55million for presidential race!

For me I believe is very encouraging.
Women participation in the Nigerian politics has been on the sideline in the past. It is vividly visible that in this present dispensation, women participation surges up to a greater height. It is an encouraging thing to hear that women participation in the Nigerian politics has gone up to a considerable level. This shows that the women are ready and eager to take the mantle of leadership from their male counterparts. This sudden increase in the level of women participation in the politics means that they are no longer ready to be in the other room. It means their recognition of the fact that they have potentials and can render good governance better their male counterparts.

Also it means that they have come to terms with the reality that they are rich with great leadership skills. This sudden immense women participation would mean that they are saying enough is enough to the scourging situation in the country. That in them is the answer to all the political maladies that we are facing in this country. The evidence on ground is that women and their children suffer the most if things go wrong in any country. Therefore, because of the abysmal level of the economy and security situation in the country it’s timely for women participation.

The strength of women participation is seen in the last presidential debate for 2019 general election. In the vice presidential debate we saw two young women who participated actively. And in the presidential debate we saw a woman among them. And she comparatively matches her co-debaters words for words and action for action. However, to the extent we have seen women participation in the Nigerian politics lately means something we cannot overlook. It somehow depicts that Nigeria is gearing towards having a woman at the helm of affairs. This may not go down well with male folks, considering the patriarchal nature of our society.

And the reality is that the women are here and there is no sign of going back from them. Therefore, what the men and the Nigerian society should do is to embrace the reality and accept it. And not just accepting it, but look for a way to help them to have that solid background and platform that will help them harness their potentials.

Fairness in the game of politics will help them have better background. The men should not by any means intimidate them with their resources. The patriarchal system mentality should be put aside in order to harness their potentials. Considering the fact that evidences have shown in our individual families that mothers are good home managers. The truth therefore, is that if they can manage their nuclear families aptly, such wisdom can be translated in the management of society.
However, There are good candidates that do not have the necessary fund but they have the withal to run a good government. These categories among the women should be supported. And the society will harvest the best out of them and use it in nation building. Evidences reveal that many countries that women are at the helm of affair are being managed properly. Their economy is on a sound footing and they are enjoying the maximum support from their citizens. Nigerian case shouldn’t be different from what is obtainable from other countries.

Source: https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/24/women-participation/

Well women participation in this dispensation is very encouraging...
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/24/women-participation/

Atiku is not corrupt if not..

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/18/atiku-vindication/

Joyfulguy:
Biblical injunction here simply means the validation or evaluation of this Buhari’s administration through the lens of the bible. There is this certainty that through biblical injunction a clear cut description that is platonic about this Buhari’s administration can be given. The good thing about this is that a description based on biblical injunction is void of hypocrisy. Though many may not be comfortable that biblical injunction is being used in assessing the performance of this Buhari’s administration. However, it is important to note that using biblical injunction will definitely enhance the knowledge of people about this administration. This will be more beneficial to the educated elites and Buhari’s Christian followers. And for sure we do know that Christians do better when knowledge has come and many of them lives in ignorance if knowledge is taken away from them.
This biblical injunction therefore will do one thing that is very important to this government and its admirers. And that is, it will further ingratiate Buhari in the hearts of people or dismiss him from their hearts. It is obvious that where there is a group of people or a nation the need for leadership cannot be over accentuated. Therefore the value of leadership is the highest pedestal because the results and benefits of it mean much to the people. If it is positive the people are happy and when it speaks otherwise there is sorrow in the life of people. The book of Proverbs puts it this way:

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.”

Proverbs 29:2

The implication of this is that the state of any nation or group of people is the reflection of the quality of leadership they have. So how great a nation appears is the interpretation of the minds of its leaders. And of course how lowly rated a nation appears is the level of the thinking faculty of the mind of its leaders. Therefore, it is important to authoritative say that a nation cannot grow bigger than the mindset of its leaders. This is because it is what the leaders have they empty inside the nation.

That is whatever they have tickles down to the citizens. For instance, if the leader is wicked, wickedness flows from the top to the citizens. And if he is kindhearted, such flows from him down to the citizens. On the other hand if he is wise, wisdom flows from him to the citizens and if his mind is empty, emptiness in found in the hearts of his people.

On this note, it is not wrong to say that the character of the citizens of any nation could be the reflection of the mind of their leaders. Just like a Nigerian adage says that ‘’one can’t break the neck without the head”. However, it is important to say that no great leader becomes great from what he sourced outside his nation. Whatever that will make a leader great is located inside his nation, the duty he has is to harness them. This means his greatness depends on how much insight he has about his subjects and natural deposits in his nation.
Any leader who thinks that his subjects are worthless will never become great. And any leader who does not value the resources in his hand will not be great. Note this, if a leader is not great his people will not be great because the prestige of his people is in consonance with the proportion of his greatness. Please see nations like China, Germany, USA, Japan, North and South Korea, Britain, France and even Iran. Now let’s take this biblical injunction to assess this administration. The biblical injunction here is one of the parables of Jesus Christ.

To continue reading follow this link:
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2019/01/16/biblical-injunction/

I have gone through this write up actually good leadership is what makes a country stand strong and wealthy. I like this part:

"The implication of this is that the state of any nation or group of people is the reflection of the quality of leadership they have. So how great a nation appears is the interpretation of the minds of its leaders. And of course how lowly rated a nation appears is the level of the thinking faculty of the mind of its leaders. Therefore, it is important to authoritative say that a nation cannot grow bigger than the mindset of its leaders. This is because it is what the leaders have they empty inside the nation."

Aryin87:
Some times, I look at our youths and I shake my head in pity. This is a man that had not been to the US for a very long time because he had a case to answer. It was reported that the visa was issued to him without precondition meaning he wouldn't be arrested. These are so influential na so lobbying for a visa can't be a problem for them na. This arrangee has shown that this man is not trustworthy and honest. What are you people now celebrating bayii!!!

American ambassador speaking here! Clap, clap, clap...

novicali:
Well, some statements here makes sense. make I book this space first, make una dey coment first

I concur with you there are some insightful statements but this suppose to be in the religious forum.

The truth is that the development of a country is in direct proportion to how much its citizens have to contribute manually and intellectually. You don't have lazy folks as leaders and expect great feat. This world belongs to man and how capable man can handle its organization is how much man can enjoy from it. Therefore, this country belongs to Nigerians and how capable they are in handling things in Nigeria will equal how much they will enjoy in Nigeria period!

Learn more from this insightful article by clicking the link below:
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/12/control/

Some of your expectations in life were cut off but that is not the end of life you can always dust yourself from the downfall and get to the top.

"However, it may be true that people and the government in power might have contributed in the shortcomings. After all if so and so persons have done their parts well you wouldn’t have missed the opportunities you had. And if the present government has the right policy put in place, your small establishment would have grown. And the money that you borrowed from bank to start the project would have multiplied. Surely, because of their shortcomings your expectations couldn’t materialize and now you cannot give account of where the money is."

Learn more from this thrilling article by clicking on the link below:

https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/31/expectations/

We came into this world differently and as a result we have different purposes in life.

"Again, notice that if ever you have the privilege to choose probably you will not choose the kind of children or child you have today. And if the children have the right to make their choice, probably they will not choose you as their parents."

Learn more from this thrilling article: Child life odyssey by click the link below
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/11/16/child/

It has become a normal routine for many of us if not all of us at the end of every year to assess our performance. Count our losses concerning those things we are not able to accomplish in the year in focus. Just that we propose and in full expectations we declare that this year ‘we are going to accomplish certain things’. These expectations resonate from the onset of every year and we attach serious zeal to it.

“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”


Proverbs 13:12

However, somehow along the line it is done on us that such expectations and desires might not become reality. And since our expectations seem to be elusive the reaction has been to put on a weary look. The dejection is noticed in all facets of our engagements and the next thing is to start the blame game. And somehow, we think that if we can lay blames on people, government and on God it will suit us. We think the blame game can create a kind of relief in our lives since the expectations couldn’t come through.

The only thing this kind of attitude helps to breed in our lives is the devastation. It helps to create an uneasy relationship between us and people, government and God. The blame game will induce hatred and all of a sudden we find ourselves hating people the government and God. This will make us to think that they have contributed in our failure to achieve those desires and expectations.

However, it may be true that people and the government in power might have contributed in the shortcomings. After all if so and so persons have done their parts well you wouldn’t have missed the opportunities you had. And if the present government has the right policy put in place, your small establishment would have grown. And the money that you borrowed from bank to start the project would have multiplied. Surely, because of their shortcomings your expectations couldn’t materialize and now you cannot give account of where the money is.


The only reaction visible at the moment is anger and hatred. This is because according to your estimation, by now your expectation as regards to your marriage would have been realistic. The building plan is there staring at you and nothing has been done concerning it. Your expectation is by the middle of this year, it would have gotten to the roofing stage. And at this time of the year you are gathering friends to come and ‘chop’ and ‘lick’ their fingers.

Yet, you can’t believe it that it didn’t happen the way and manner you planned. This is because you even took some time out and seek for a genuine business plan expert’s instructions. And you religiously followed every stipulation from his or her master plan. Still here you are still dreaming of the actualization of your expectations this year in focus! To you the struggle doesn’t worth it at all, you are weighed down with disappointments here and there. Worse still you can’t even smile and for someone to see you laugh means that he has seen something precious as diamond.
What about God? God? That is a no go area for you. You can count how many times you fasted this year, not just fasting but serious ones indeed. On a serious note, you spent several days in the Church. Every Virgil you are there and even you received a vision about the accomplishment of one of your expectations. Along the line you even received a prophecy about your expectations. And there is this full assurance that it will work out the way you have planned.

At this point in time, none of those ever took place. Therefore, to you is like the word God is a hoax and shouldn’t be mentioned anywhere near you. There is a big gulf between you and God, because your expectation from Him this year couldn’t come through. And there is no need following a God that cannot fulfill the desires of His followers. As it stands now you are contemplating not to believe in Him any longer. Your prayer life has gone down to the lowest ebb. At this stage,hearing a message of God from any preacher is very irritating to you.

Well, there is good News for you! And that is there is something you have that is worth more than the expectations that eluded you this year. There are people that had so many achievements to their credit today but they didn’t have what you have now. If those people were told that at this time of the year they will not be around to celebrate their achievements, they would have opted for what you have and forgo the achievements. This is because it is only someone who has what you have now that can decide what to do next. Not just making the decision on what to do, but he has the ability to follow it up.

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. "

Isaiah 43:18-19

Therefore, the gift of life you have now is the greatest gift anyone can have on this planet earth. This is because situations are subject to change and your situation is not different. Be informed that most of the moves that you made this year are just seeds you have sown. And inasmuch as you are still alive 2019 will be the reaping year and you will see greater manifestation of the fruits of what you planted.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”

Ecclesiastes 9:4

“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground. Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.”

Those fasting and prayers you had and those visions and prophecies are coming into reality in 2019. This is possible if you can put up the right attitude. Therefore, shake off the anger and hatred, begin to laugh and be cheerful. Go mend faces with your friends and stop blaming the government, and return to God. This is because He is the safest place to be. Just because you are alive your good tidings are on your way. Believe it and receive it!
Source:
https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/31/expectations/

Bruno3000:
It's ur reasoning that is rather myopic. God does not, has not and will never forcefully exert His influence on man and this world. He's given man the FREEWILL to either follow Him and live forever(happiness and prosperity, devoid of misery) or be on their own and die(imperfections, corruption, poverty,greed, misery etc). When Adam was still in Eden and in fellowship with his maker did he lack anything? God TOOK CARE of his quality of living - total bliss, but that quality of life was taken away the moment he decided to pitch his tent with the devil.You may not understand all these if ur not deeply rooted in the things of the spirit. Am sure u know it is the spirit realm that control d physical world.
Again, how do u expect a spiritually dead world not to experience all the imperfections and ineptitudes?


Go back to fellowshipping with Ur maker and the whole world will be Eden, for man cannot create Eden without the maker of Eden. That's God being in overall control Mr.

Please mind the bold words from you. You keep on shooting yourself on your legs. Now, what is the argument? The point is that God is not in control of this world and you have just agreed with it. As far as I'm concerned this tacky system is not of God and does not demonstrate the wisdom of God. However, let me correct this notion that has been there for ages and it is a wrong notion as stated by you "Am sure u know it is the spirit realm that control d physical world". Please read Matthew 18:18 and interpret it yourself. Also, I urge you to read the whole write up even from the main website it will help to create a better understanding in your mind. I wish you the best of today!

Bruno3000:

if men were really in control why then do they sell their souls to d devil for fame, money n power? do you even know the secret place of the Most High and His modus operandi? This is statement is an oxymoron. Well, in order to help you, they sell their souls because they have control of their souls. God does not control the souls of men, unless you have submitted your soul to Him. That's why those who believe in God preach the gospel. Question: Why is it that God doesnt force people to believe in Him? If actually He is in control..

Bruno3000:
if men were really in control why then do they sell their souls to d devil for fame, money n power? do you even know the secret place of the Most High and His modus operandi?

Another myopic reasoning on display. So as intelligent as you are you think that God is in control of this imperfect world. The system of this world is very tacky and cannot be a product of God's wisdom. Think again, God is also in control of this inept government (both past and present) in Nigeria... Please give me a break! We are in a world that is run by man and God has no hand in anything happening here period!

Bruno3000:
ok o. let man or d devil start by preventing the sun from showing up or stop the earth's rotation.
op be careful.

myopic reasoning be contextual and have understanding... The world here is the system of things... open your mind and learn

Trustme2:
Ok. You can be in control. Control the moon the sun and the Stars for a start. Mumu post

This post shows that you cannot be trusted. It means you speak before you think...

The Overt Notion:
Control: Going through the caption above, to many it insinuates insult on the side of God. It will not sound palatable in their ear; they will see it as something that tingle the ear. Somehow, people who tow this line of thought shouldn’t be blamed. This is because this thought has been the overview notion generally in acceptance. So it sounds unwise if someone can come up with a caption like this.

The reason is that in their subconscious being they have known God to be the owner of this world. Therefore, they shouldn’t see the reason for anyone to suggest otherwise when it comes to who controls the world. The fact is that the notion that God controls things in this world is overtly at home in people’s heart. In everything and situation that comes up the response is always “God Is In Control.” Merely looking at the situation of things in this world, one cannot help but ask, if God is really in control?
The word control is an English word and it means to regulate or govern, or better still a regulator or a governor. Therefore, when we say God Is In Control we are insinuating that He regulates or governs the world. Somehow, it shows that whatever that happens on the face of the earth is under His auspices.

This notion has opened an opportunity for people to ascribe wrong identity to God. And as a result many blame God for many things that have gone wrong in their life. A proper scriptural understanding of this topic can help us to resolve these wrong tags and blame on God.

The Hegemony Of Man:

Let’s see what God said in the book of Genesis:
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Genesis 1:26

The watch word in the verse above is this statement “and let them have dominion”. To have dominion simply means to have control over an enclave or thing. This indicates that the one that has the dominion dictate the pace of things or events. He or she call the shots and says what goes on. It is also an indication that every other thing is subject to him or her. So the person in question is the ruler of the enclave and every commands proceeds from him or her.
This shows that he or she has the final say and whatever he or she says stands and no one can alter it. Interestingly, God said and let them have dominion, He didn’t say let us have dominion over the earth. Therefore, man has a delegated authority to command affairs of the earth. Man is the regent of God on the earth. It implies that the earth knows no other God except man. So man is in control.

Control Demystifying The Declarations:

In order to demystify the claim of this topic, let’s see again what happen here in Genesis 2:8.

“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

Here again, God formed the man and put him in the garden. Question: why did God put the man in the garden? The answer is in Genesis 2:15.

“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

In quotation above, God reveals that it is the responsibility of the man to (1) dress the garden (2) and to keep it. The implication of this is that the total well-being of the garden lies in the hand of man not God. That is to say that, how wonderful, beautiful, clean and how depleted, rough and disfigured the garden appears will be the making of the man. Therefore, man takes control of what happens in the garden. Notice that the garden is the environment that the man lives and here God has given him the control.
It is clear that from Genesis 1:26, man is in charge of all the entities on the earth. And in Genesis 2:15, man has been given the authority to control his environment. So far, the implication of this is that God cannot control other entities for man. And He cannot as well controls man’s environment for him.

Controls In The Hand Of Man:

Let’s see again another thing God handed over to man to control.

“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Genesis 2:16-17

The above quotations entail the level of freedom man has received. It shows it is total freedom over what he can consume. Man has the freedom to eat whatever he likes. So he’s in control of what he wants to eat, nobody tells him to eat this or that. He has the right to eat anything and any fruit. Be it the fruit of knowledge of good and evil or the fruit of life. Please stay on this contextually because the subject is not about the consequence of eating but the freedom to eat.

The freedom here is the control power given to man over what to eat and what not to eat. Another thing that God gave man power to control is death. Again look at the quotations above you can see that man has the power to die or not to die. It is stated clearly here that “for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Man has the control or willpower as well to take the fruit of life and eat. Therefore, it is the responsibility of man to control his life. God cannot control man’s life for him.

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Source: https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/12/control/

Temple A Dwelling Place For God:

Recently there is this controversy and serious contention that crop up as regards to the issue of temple. Whether it is actually the place where God dwells or not. And many are of the view that it is a total waste of resources building a gigantic temple or edifice for God. The kind of temple or structure that has glorious ambience which represents aristocratic exuberance; masking the tag ‘place of worship’.


This kind of gesture towards God is a no, no to some people. This is because the resources for such structure should be for bringing succor and solace to many lives. And mostly considering the fact that there is scourging economic hardship of which Christians are also experiencing. However, to many it is a welcome development and a great feat for God. The resources gulped by such project are not considered a waste.  Because to them, it is all in a way to promote God and His work.


Meanwhile, the question is, does God live in a temple? This question may sound very abstruse to many Christians but to some people who knows what, it is elementary. Those who do not know are fooled and those who are in the know are surprise because ignorance is in authority. Now let’s begin to dismantle the ambiguity in this question.

The bible of course will definitely be our resource here and things must be clearly demystified. From Genesis, it is easy to detect that anyone who wants to worship God doesn’t need any roof to do that. What is needed is just the object of sacrifice and a place possibly a mountain and his worship is accepted.

In Genesis Tent Was Not A Factor:

Interestingly, in this simple act of worship, God communicates with the individual. And he hears from God about his present life and future even about his generations to come. Evidence is there present in the bible, starting from Adam to Abel, Cain, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Esau, Job etc. None of these people mention here worshipped God under any tent.


They erect an altar, the next thing, they hear from God and they work towards the revelation they got. See (Genesis 8:20, 12:7, 13:4 26:5, 33:20, 35:1) In Exodus, there was a paradigm shift because of the demand from the people to have a place of worship. And God yielded to their demand and then released a plan that includes the measurement of the building. The tabernacle they were asked to build is a replica of the one in heaven.

Therefore, it must be exact without variation. Question: Did God live or abode in the tabernacle built by Moses? We shall find out the answer later. Here, the tabernacle comprises of the outer court, inner court and the holy of holies. These three partitions of the tabernacle signify much but we are not going into that. This tabernacle built by Moses though a replica of the one in heaven was a mobile type.

They carried this tabernacle throughout their journeys in the wilderness. While in the wilderness, the presence of God was not really felt in the tabernacle. We notice the presence of God around them in the form of a pillar of cloud and fire. However, this tabernacle was a figure of the real to come. Please hold on this statement because it will make sense to you as we progress.

What God Needs:
Also we must admit that sometimes while in war, sometime their enemy do seize the most revered object in the tabernacle. Yet God didn’t depart from them. The idea of building a temple came by a man called David. And God told him that he doesn’t need a temple from him. Actually, David knew that God doesn’t dwell in the temple and sacrifices are not really the demands of God. He specifically stated it that

“For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”

Psalms 51:16-17.

This we should also hold on because it is very important in this our discourse. However, the son of David came and built a temple and named it after God (I kings 9:3). You have to understand that the temple is named after God, and it is not God’s. Just like a street bears  the name of a citizen and is not the citizen that built the street. Sometimes the activities that go on in street don’t represent the idea of the citizen though it bears his name

When Solomon was through building the temple, he dedicated it to God, and in a vision God visited him, see 1 King 9:2-9). This implies that God can do without the temple. And that is because the temple is not where He dwells. It could be recalled that this particular temple built by Solomon is very rich and costly in value. And that no temple or church building if you like, can equate it in value in this present time. Yet, God said what He said concerning it.

God’s View About The Temple:
Again notice that, in all of those regards, esteems, reverences, respects, buzzes and fusses about the temple, God made this statement to them.

“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me?  and where is the place of my rest?”

Isaiah 66:1


This implies that God put a disclaimer on the temple which they called the house of God. Therefore, in real term it shows that God is not living in the temple and also at that time God was homeless. What God needs is not an artificial temple but a temple that is not build with human hands.


Source:https://www.talkingchristianityng.com/2018/12/03/temple/

Chriswazo:
Is it possible and by what means?

Is like you stole someone's phone switched it off and you want to know if the person can track it. You better send the phone back to its owner. There is no hiding place for any thief just do the honorable thing and receive the honour instead of disgrace that will follow you.

In schools and most high institutions a lot of teachings that are gratifying theories and hypothesis about the creation of the earth and the existence of God are commonly on the table for discussion. We hear things like the Big Bang and Evolution, suggesting that the earth came into being through the big bang process and all the creatures emanated through evolution. These farcical ideologies have been the order of the day in most high institutions of learning and many tender hearts have been misled, and the wrong seed sowed in their hearts is taking root deeply. So it is not surprising that an increasing number of young minds and some naive adults are maintaining this wrong stance that there is no God. Atheism is gaining ground and indirectly unto utter destruction of the mutual relationship between man and his Creator; and worse still creating an attitude of negligence towards the norms and regulations buttressing the existence of the earth. These norms, if rightly entrenched in the hearts of the tender ones, will enhance the respect and regards for the earth, knowing quite well that there is a Creator of the earth who made all things and handed over to man to control; and as a result man will one day render account to Him.

Concurring with the argument of the Big Bang implies that the existence of the earth is a fluke and therefore, it implies that the activities around the earth should lack reasonable coordination in terms of its functions; because there has never been anything that happened by accident that is organized, coherent and seems to display a kind of wisdom that is understandable. On the other hand, it seems to present a point that sidelines the understanding that for every effect there must be a cause. In that case the earth happened by accident without cause initiation. Thinking in the line of the Big Bang apologies, assuming the big bang really took place and the earth came into being, the undisputed fact is that, that particular Big Bang must have been caused by something. Again, if there was a Big Bang, it must have been the voice of God who spoke the earth into being and the whole globe was formed, and this globe remained empty until the time He decided to fill it with the things He deemed fit to occupy the globe and to take existence on the face of the globe.
On the contrary, the Bible says that the earth was created. This statement can be interpreted that the earth was designed and put in place by someone. One would wholeheartedly lean on this idea because the physical features of the earth do not in any way suggest that it is a product of an accidental occurrence. Of course the positioning of the atmosphere and its hosts, the hydrosphere and its hosts, and the lithosphere and its hosts, cannot be a product of fluke occurrence or just some kind of Big Bang; on the contrary, sighting these things assuredly reveals that there is a hand that rightly put them in place for specific purposes. Therefore it is dismal and absurd to think that all these things came into being by a mere bang. Well, if ever there was a bang, there was wisdom behind it. This wisdom is the source of all the physical features, a fact that nullifies all other ideologies; given that these ideologies cannot substantially prove that these things came into being as a result of the Big Bang, and as well they start functioning cohesively and in a meaningful pattern that boggles one’s mind. The problem of the people behind these ideologies is their inability to grasp the insightfulness of the wisdom that has put these things into place. So, instead of condescending to accept that it is beyond their reach because of its platonic nature, they have chosen to smudge its authenticity.

They however haven’t stop at that; but have continued to instill this wild deception in the heart of the tender people, and mostly the younger ones, that the existence of the creatures here are as a result of Evolution. This theory suggests the eradication of the Bible standpoint that all creatures came into being as a result of the creative wisdom of God. It negates the idea that these creatures were created in their species and types, which implies that creatures existed from the tiny things or fossils and unfolded to become big creatures. In fact, it really supports the idea that man must have emanated from apes. What a petty ideology? Yet, a lot who think they are highly placed in the educational pedestal are very susceptible to this sham. The emphatic and undaunted truth to embrace is that every creature is created specifically on its own. The resemblance in all the denuded physical structures does not in any way suggest the emanation of one from the other. Also, the internal structures, though sometimes look alike, do not, but differ in their function-abilities, in order to suite the basic lifestyle of the particular specie. Blatantly, the designer who designed these creatures made them that way in order to demonstrate the prowess of His wisdom in putting up varieties as much as He desires.
It is interesting to know that almost all of the creatures were created male and female, which rightly puts this theory of evolution to derision. The creation of male and female engraved a process or system that enhances the existence of the species on the face of the earth. So each specie’s male and female have sexual intercourse and give birth to their young that is as same as they are. This also depicts that their Creator puts up this process in order to ensure their lasting and as well ward off Himself the involvement of creating new creatures all the time. Notice that the Bible says that, the process of creation lasted for seven days. “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made” (Genesis 2:2)

The evening of the seventh day was not mentioned. This simply implies that creative activities stopped and as a result all the creatures had to multiply themselves according to the process imbued in them by their Creator. That was why God pronounced the following decree or assertion on them: “Be Fruitful and multiply”. Therefore, for this reason it has not been known that on the face of this planet earth a creature just appeared by means of evolution. This shows that the teachings of evolution is a big fraud done on humanity, and should be discarded.
However, the frivolous excuses based on mere conjecture coming out from some quarters why it seems evolution ceased is not something that is recommendable and should not be talked about. The truth is that evolution never happened and the process the Creator of the whole universe put in place has continued to be the enduring process for multiplication of all the creatures. On the other hand, the artificial means that has been recently devised by man in the procreation of creatures, man inclusive, definitely suggests that evolution never happened; rather creatures were created. Again the recent activities of man in the areas of procreation directly suggest that everything that has existence on the face of this earth is as a result of a meticulous design or creation of someone. That man is yet to see with his denuded eyes the Creator of all the physical features of the earth does not in any way mean that they do not have a Creator.
Worthy to note is that, whatever it is that man has been able to develop in his laboratories in order to generate life for himself or animals, in terms of procreation of their young; is in fact based on a thorough study of what nature has offered. For instance, man was able to develop a device that can incubate a fetus, after rigorously studying the function and ability of the womb of a woman. These artificial devices didn’t come out of nowhere; rather they are the result of scrupulous mental activities of man which he carefully plagiarized from naturally existing ones. If man can create the things he is creating in his laboratories, it rightly points to the fact that the earth and its fullness have a Creator.

Culled from: https://www.talking-christianity.com/2018/08/disputing-theory-of-big-bang-and.html

An excerpt from the book "The Earth Is From Nothing"

California Church to Build Brewery, Drink Beer During Services

A California church sold their church building and relocated in a new space where beer is served and plans are underway to build a brewery where church services can occur.

"We decided to sell the building, because for us a church is a community and a movement," pastor Chris VanHall, who leads The Greater Purpose Community Church in Santa Cruz, California, told the NBC affiliate in the Bay Area last week.



"It's not brick and mortar."

VanHall's church community ended up in a food lounge complete with several beer options, a move that reportedly gained them new followers.

He added: "There's nothing in the Bible that says you can't drink alcohol in a responsible manner."

Food lounge owner Andrea Mollenauer, whose business is hosting the church thinks it is a great idea.

"Why not serve beer when they're reading Bible verses? I thought it was genius," she said.

Formerly named Garfield Park Community Church, the progressive Disciples of Christ congregation's "About" section on their Facebook page and website explains that they "will embrace you regardless of your faith, personal life choices, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, political preference, social status, or economic standing."

Continue reading: https://www.talking-christianity.com/2018/08/america-california-church-to-build.html

Obainoneandonly:
yes of course,it Does not contradict each other..even Catholic give chieftaincy title

It is biblical and spiritually sound? However, so many people in the video have different opinion.....

This is very subtle and daisy question based on the making of Nigerian society. It is a society that everybody wants to be identified and recognized and therefore one of the ways to obtain this ‘virtues’ is by taking a chieftaincy title. But as a Christian is it necessary for you? If your answer is yes what is your reason? Watch the clip above to find out the views of others.


http://www.talking-christianity.com/2018/07/as-christian-will-you-agree-to-take.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+talking-christianity%2FgmEx+%28Talking+Christianity%29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=617&v=rUnFAbUIrtE

A new survey has found that 47 per cent of British adults believe that the world would be a more peaceful place without religion.

The Com Res survey was commissioned by religion think tank Theos as part of a report on the link between religion and violence.

It found that while 61 per cent of people think that the teachings of religions are essentially peaceful, 70 per cent think that most of the wars in world history have been caused by religions.

Nick Spencer, research director at Theos told Premier he thinks the poll shows that the British public is confused about how inherently violent religions are and added the thought that the world would be better without religion isn't realistic.


"Humans are a religious species whether you like it or not," he said.

"The answer to bad religion is not no religion, it's good religion. So it's incumbent on people who do call themselves religious to engage seriously with their text and with those people who might want to use their text to legitimise violence."

The report, entitled "Killing in the Name of God: Addressing Religiously Inspired Violence" focused on certain texts from the Old and News Testament as well as the Quran.
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