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You give to yourself by giving of yourself. You’re learning to be nourished by the love you give not by the validation offered in response to your giving.

– Malt Kahn

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EVERYDAYJESUS’ ‘Chant’ on power’ (a poem)!

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Sup’ with this attitude

All these burn off me

Like the injustice running through the city’s tower

Enclosed in the vacuum called brain

Through the veins and tissues

Hoping these words be applied without issues.

Let’s go higher

This is the will we must seek

Blimey! Be it young, be it old

Like the fire

Let’s maximize this gift, power

For the sky is the destination

For the mind needs elevation

Unto this nation

I plead for freedom

Upon this kingdom I pray for the vision

Let our leaders see wisdom in power

And for the followers to understand the way of power, this hour.

 

For the ways of man is engaged with flaw

He raised himself above the law

Why this war?

The problem we fight daily

Is built in his heart like a wall

Please take these words

For unto him, is this power given

Let him be wise enough

So he could see the light rise

Ahead of the tunnel.

The alchemist… 

Author note: 

I feel the necessity of the right use of power, power is the trait we all have in common, but people are not giving attention to its right use. Get inspired as you read

© Tolulope Amao   

Book Review: THE RESURRECTION OF THE SON OF GOD By N.T. Wright

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Author: Nicholas Thomas Wright
Publisher: Fortress Press, 2003
ISBN: 0-8006-2681-8
Reviewer: Ikenna Nwachukwu

Our faith as Christians is founded upon the historical fact of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Paul famously pointed out that if Christ wasn’t raised from the dead, “we believe in vain”. But while we affirm that Christ did resurrect, skeptics seize upon perceived inconsistencies in the Biblical account of his return from the dead, and declare that it is difficult for any thinking person to accept the story. They say, in essence, that we ought not to believe in the resurrection, let alone build our lives upon it. As far as they are concerned, when people die, they stay dead. The story of the resurrection of Jesus is for them a wild myth, or even a fraud.

In The Resurrection of the Son of God, Nicholas Wright takes up the challenge of answering the unbeliever’s questions about the resurrection. Wright, who is regarded as one of the finest theologians (if not the finest) alive sets forth his argument in favour of the reasonableness and believability of the resurrection accounts in this scholarly work that has a quality that is hard to match. He systematically charts a course (gulping over 800 pages) that aims to point out that the conclusion reached by the ancient Christians about what happened to Jesus in the days following his crucifixion was the most reasonable of the alternative interpretations of the events, in view of the available evidence.

The book begins with a survey of the beliefs about death (and the possibility of resurrection) in ancient Judaism and paganism. Wright ploughs through the myths and traditions from the world before and in the days of Jesus’ earthly ministry, and shows that the perception of a bodily resurrection in practical, real life terms by the cultures of the time would not have differed markedly from ours- they would have regarded reports of a resurrection with skepticism, even scorn. It was in that setting that the Biblical story played out, the one in which the disciples, going against the grain of popular commonsense, declared that their master had come back from the dead.

After reconstructing the cultural background of the resurrection story, Wright goes on to the detail of the actual event. He examines clues of the gospel account’s genuineness, addresses objections to the event’s historicity, and deals with doubts raised about the witnesses’ state of mind. The result of this exercise is more than just a rebuttal of old and new challenges to traditional Christian beliefs about the living Christ; it is a powerful restatement of our faith in him as the Son of the Living God.

The Resurrection of the Son of God is a brilliant book. However, it doesn’t lend itself to everyone- because not everyone is a fan of dense volumes that contain more than a handful of references to Greek myths and ancient Jewish traditions. But if you want more than just the regular diet about Jesus’ death and resurrection you get from Sunday school classes and Church sermons, this book is for you.

EVERYDAYJESUS is with moi! (An update)

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I think I am a really busy person, now and especially during my last lap at the University. ‘Busy’ with necessary business: I was a final year student in her last semester so that spelt STUDY and PROJECT! I was also a start-up entrepreneur; you may not find it necessary but for me, purpose and life needed funding – if you understand what I mean. I was and I am still committed to a local church because that is part of my responsibilities. I was and I am also human being therefore I needed to eat, sleep, launder for ‘me’ and also ensure that I don’t become an “I”(you know, it is easier for me to lose two pounds than it is for me to gain a pound, literally speaking). I was and am still also a girl who loves looking good so I needed some time for that every day. And oh, I had lectures to attend, and guess what, the lecturers swept the official time table under the carpet. Also I had found myself, so I have to always speak up – I WRITE! And ultimately, I am a Christian therefore my spirit needs Word grooming every day! That is what I survive on.

I had and I still have just 24 hours just like everyone else, therefore I had to plan every day, the day before and of course updating my to-do list every night. I made plans everyday but sometimes, some things wouldn’t just go as planned. The pressures of my great everyday busyness formed my every day cares. My project was really slow because my research samples were a bit funny – human breast milk! Getting them was really not a joke. I was not even done with the first chapter by the time I first wrote this whereas submission was for July. I had to complete and defend my project come mid-July- It was June 1, already. I also had to contribute my daily quota to the Kingdom by writing and living. Oh how I planned and worked at my daily schedule diligently but how things chose to move pretty slowly, my project for one. In fact that day, I had to re-adjust a letter I wrote to a hospital just after being delayed for three days by my department to get it endorsed. I mean I didn’t have all that time! Well, somehow I discovered that I was unruffled and unstressed by my many stresses. I was and am still rested. I had learned to rest on the Truth that He is IMMANUEL to me, the God that is ever with me. I also stayed and I still do stay on the truth that I have JESUS, the saving God. He didn’t just save my soul, He saves
my day every day. In fact His job description was and is still saving me! He is still saving situations for me daily. I was and I am still comforted by the truth that I am in His care. He loves me more than I love myself therefore He understood and He still understands the urgency of my needs and cares so much more than I think I do. I love the truth that He will never, ever leave me or abandon me in any mess. I don’t like to mess up but even if things go messy, He shows me mercy. Cleaning up my mess is not my business but His. I am His business. Yahweh has infinite methods of doing the same thing, this is what I like to call ‘OMNIPOTENT- SAVE- THE -DAY’. God never depends on our action or inaction to work things out, He depends on my trust for DADDY! He is Abba father, and daddy never lacks a plan so I think I am safe!

Cast all your anxieties upon the lord for He cares for you – 1 Peter 5: 7(NIV)

…and surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” – Matthew 28:20b (NIV)

By Favouromeje, 2016.