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All these happening in GEJ's regime. Next, they would start giving National Honours to thieves.

It sounds more like conjecture.

If being single was the reason she was denied a front seat, then that's too bad. I don't know the rationale behind it.

As for me whenever I go to church, I find female ushers very very polite .

I have a question: " If a pastor comes up and tells you to give without expecting anything in return. Would you give?"

Some pastors or MOG mave have genuine needs and ask for money. May the members are not giving the way they ought to so the MOGs device schemes.

People know the reasons they should not give, but do they know the reasons they should?

I think that's one reason people fall into all sorts of schemes. It beats my imagination that someone like Bill Gates does not sow to any church and he's the richest man in the world.

My conclusion is this: If you feel led to give all your life savings, its between you and God. Don't do it because you were manipulated or psyched to do it. You must understand why you're doing it.
The fact that you gave cheerfully and don't receive any bumper harvest doesn't mean God hasn't accepted your gift.

Uncle Sam is not even in the 1st ten. They should blame it on Obama care.
I know the Scandanavian countries would make it within the top 10.

GEJ is looking for a 2nd term in office. Whatever they like let them do.

They're looking at the financial/ capital base. UBA is financially very secure. I bank with Gtb and their ATM is always good. Customer service is close to perfect.

Tu Face is bigger althouhj not by far. Most Nigerians would prefer 2face to Dbanj. May be Dbanj would become bigger. Who knows?

I have also beenn to a church where the pastor said "this new year you are to sow a seed of #12,000 to guarantee your health for the 12 months of the year.(sic) "
He said if you fall sick you would end up spending more than that in the hospital. I just couldn't believe it.

This is what I call casino christianity. It has become so rampant in the church.
It is not wrong to give, but the way these pastors go about it make you think that if you put in 1 naira, you are guaranteed of 100 naira. What is a $100 or $500 to a fraudster or a criminal? It is chicken change.
It seems there is no more widow's mite in the church. So in essense the poor who can't afford that amount donot deserve a miracle.
May be they should read the scripture of how Jesus blasted the rich.

Fighting BH is not only the job of jtf. What about the intelligence community and the Fed. Gov. ?
Those that had been caught where are they today?

Age doesn't really matter as long as the gap isn't too much. IMO.
If a man of 35 marries a woman of 27 or 28 its not bad. Women usually age faster.
If you are a woman here who isn't yet married and a guy 7 or 8 years older walks up to you, would you say no?

It may not have any thing to do with xtianity.
During the Clinton Monica issue, an artist pictured Bill Clinton tied behind the G-strings of Monica Lewinsky with a G-string wrapped around his head.

Elijah once ran when Jezibel threatened to kill him. Yet he's the same prophet who called down fire.

Angola is the best. May be I would marry from there.
Surprised the Ghana has a cute chick. I was expecting something has dark and rough as charcoal.

@poster: they're still wearinp makeup though it is incomplete. Their face is white.

The world is full of wonders. I'm always very careful whenever I listen to former satanist/witch/wizard/warlock or occultist give their testimony.
That wouldn't mean their testimony is wrong any way.

Emmyk: are you yoruba? #JustCurious
@Op. I dont know.

. Mistake or should I miskate?

Love of money.

No. His date of birth is irrelevant.

All things are lawful but not all things are expedient. I know there are certain ministries that can afford private jets but have not.
Pst. Kumuyi could hae gotten a private jet long before now but he hasn't. DK Olukoya should have a private jet because his ministry is second largest after RCCG.

So every man has his own priority. When you think of the cost of maintaining a jet, you would wonder if its necessary to own one.

Btw, a jet is more than $5m dollars.

Banning people for getting married because of failure to pay tithe is a bit overboard.
I think its still possible to have people with varying opinion in church and still worship peacefully.

ypzilanti: who is Dr. Osuji? Do you think this is list of most influential people in eastern Nigeria?

. I know why I said so.

What about Dr. Osuji? He deserves a spot.

Coming from a phD holder from. Cambridge and Oxford.

He's bringing in class room theory into real life situation.
Some of the problems we have in this country and the world are the experts. One has to be very careful when listening to these so called experts. Their theories could be misleading.

I read an article online about modern day christianity. Some vital points were raised. What to do you think about it?



CASINO CHRISTIANITY View Comments In the kingdom of God, the extent of our gift is not determined by what we give but by what we choose not to give. 

     Two men were shipwrecked in a deserted island.  One of them began screaming and yelling: “We’re going to die! There’s no food! No water!”  The other one was as calm as can be.  His colleague shouted at him: “Don’t you understand? We’re going to die!”

Unperturbed, the other man replied: “We won’t die.  I make ten million naira a week.”  “What difference does that make?” asked his colleague, now very irritated.  The second man answered: “You just don’t get it. I make ten million naira a week; out of which I pay ten percent in tithe every week. Wherever I am, my pastor will surely find me!”  

Tithing 419 Jesus says under the law there were much weightier matters than paying tithes. (Matthew 23:23).  But pastors, who maintain Christians are not under the law, nevertheless give Christians the false impression that the main duty of the believer pertains to tithes and offerings.

  They are what mercenary pastors use to determine their own true believers.  The more money you give to the church, the bigger you are told your mansion will be in heaven and the more glory you will receive in church here on earth. 

Evander Holyfield was a Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World who talked virtually non-stop about God.  Some people went to his pastor, Creflo Dollar, to find out if his faith was no more than a public relations gimmick.  But the pastor could not have been more certain about Evander’s
spiritual credentials. 

According to Creflo Dollar, Evander is a wonderful Christian for one basic reason: "He is a tither."  He gives ten percent of his income to the church.  When Evander fought Mike Tyson for the heavyweight boxing championship, he was paid a cool $35 million.  He dutifully gave $3.5 million out of this to Creflo Dollar. 
If a man can give that much money to his church, he must be a very good Christian indeed. 

Tithing is alleged by pastors to open the windows of heaven for “tithers.”  However, Evander has since declared bankruptcy while Creflo is rolling in dollars.

Vanguard reports Pastor Adeboye as telling his Redeemed Church congregants: “Anyone who is not paying his tithe is a God robber and from now on let it be clear; anyone who is not a regular tither cannot be married in the church.

Anyone who is not a regular tither cannot be ordained in the church. We will not ordain robbers, nor will the church accept a non-regular tither to build in the sprawling redemption camp because we do not want to dwell with robbers of God.”

In the jaundiced view of pastors like Adeboye, the best Christians are those who give the biggest offerings.  Therefore, Adeboye even created a “millionaires club” in Redeemed.  To be a member, you have to give him one million naira. 
  Shaming the poor In churches, these millionaires are often paraded for special commendation when they make their fat-cat donations, even though the Lord insists our charitable deeds must be done in secret. (Matthew 6:2-4). 

As a result, the foolish person is declared generous and the miser is proclaimed to be bountiful. (Isaiah 32:5).  Sometimes, the entire congregation is asked to pray especially for these exhibitionist Christians.
  So doing, we shame the poor who cannot afford their lavish gifts.  We imply that, because of their lean resources, they are not good Christians.  But Jesus does not commend those who give big offerings.  As a matter of fact, he singled out for commendation a poor widow who gave the least.
 
Jesus teaches that, in the kingdom of God, the value of our gift is not determined by what we give but by what we choose not to give.

  The more we have but choose not to give, the less we are deemed to have given. (Mark 12:43-44).  Nevertheless, pastors continue to use the worldly yardstick which sees the value of a man’s gift as essentially its size. 

Sunday after Sunday, the rich are encouraged to give ostentatious testimonies, glorying in their increased wealth.  God derides this kind of money-centred religious showmanship.  He said disparagingly to the Israelites:
“Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years.  Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings- boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do.” (Amos 4:4-5).
Monetised faith Thanks to pastors, the churches are full of hungry people.  We are hungry for bread, for money and for breakthrough.  But we are not hungry for God.  Yet we are told God will meet our hunger for the vanities of this world.  Pay first your tithes and offerings and all these things will be multiplied unto you.
 
Worship God with a few pledges and he will be obligated to provide all you need.  However, Jesus only proclaims blessings on those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. (Matthew 5:6). 

  Every church service, the main order of business is to sow money in order to reap a hundredfold financial return.  In the process, churches have been turned into casinos, where people come to gamble on Sundays in the vain hope that they will multiply miraculously whatever they give. 
However, God’s message is radically different.  Isaiah says: “Come without money and without price.” (Isaiah 55:1). 

Instead, what do we have in the churches of today?  Jesus multiplied loaves of bread, but pastors multiply money.  Jesus says: "The seed is the word of God" (Luke 8:11); but pastors say: "the seed is your offering."  Jesus says: "By their fruits you shall know them."  But pastors say: "By their tithes you shall know them."  Whose report will we believe? 

The modern Christian church has become a harlot and not Paul’s bride of Christ.  A wife’s relationship with her husband is based on love, while the harlot’s relationship with another woman’s husband is for the sake of money. 

The love of money is the bane of many churches.  The Lord himself warns against this.  He says: “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24).

Hebrews maintains God rewards those who diligently seek him. (Hebrews 11:6).  But he certainly does not reward those who diligently seek money.  It is a contradiction in terms for God to reward a lover of God with money.  Those who seek God are rewarded with God.  God says:

“I am your exceedingly great reward.” (Genesis 15:1).    Tithe-collectors Let me tell you a parable.  Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?" Then Philip answered, “Lord, let us raise a special offering.  We shall call it ‘the bread and fish offering.’  We shall tell the people that whoever gives a special seed offering for it would get a hundredfold return.” 

Then Jesus said to Philip, “Get thee behind me Satan, you are an offence unto me, for you are mindful of the ways of pastors and not of the ways of God.”

This is humorous. There are people who always crave to hear conspiracy theory. Stories about demons and darkness will always fascinate people.