We tend to rush through the book of Job. Like many of our activities today, our journey with the Bible also suffers from that focus on instant gratification. We want a quick takeaway which we can immediately apply to our lives or share on Facebook or Twitter. And so we are quick to extract a…
On Bytes and Data: The enchantment of technology
Every society needs some form of technology. From customary farm tools, to the universal needle and thread, right down to the plethora of digital applications today, human society has had to invent and rely on some form of technology. And our use of technology cuts across different spheres and functions of life: agriculture, manufacturing, education,…
Nineveh Repented
Jonah 3:1-10 Nineveh, the heart of the the great Assyrian kingdom, repented at the preaching of Jonah. It was unexpected – even by the preacher. Yet it happened. This was a revival! Everyone turned – from the greatest to the least person. What can we see? We see God’s salvation reaching out to non-Jews long…
Mojola Agbebi: A Review
The concept and design of the book was well thought out. Producing Agbebi’s story as a magazine style publication made it much more engaging than it would have been as a normal hard or soft cover book. The format also allowed highlights from his career and his times, as well as snippets from his literary…
The Blessing of Church History
Sketches from Church History by S.M. Houghton was one of my first books, and certainly my first introduction to church history. What an experience! It is so sad to have lived in the dark all one’s life, only to be suddenly thrust into such a rich and engrossing epic. Beyond an exposure to unfamiliar names…
A Note on the late Gordon Fee and his Book
‘Passionate scholar’ need not be an oxymoron. Gordon Fee, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88, exemplified this in his career and teaching. The book he co-authored, How to Read the Bible for AlI Its Worth (now in its fourth edition), has been very helpful in showing how literary genre, background, and other…
Gospel Hope in Special Needs Parenting: A Reflection on ‘The Life We Never Expected’ by Andrew & Rachel Wilson
Introduction Our understanding of children with special needs (which involves a wide range of developmental challenges such as autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, ADHD, etc.) is still growing. This is probably why there have not been so many books reflecting on the experience from a Christian perspective. So I was quite thrilled to discover and…
God’s Glory in every Nation: A Reflection on John Piper’s Let the Nations be Glad
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t” —John Piper I recall when I first came across the above quote, which was long before picking up this book. Like many of John Piper’s lines, it’s striking. And it’s quite fitting to open up this remarkable book on…
Paul’s Triad: Faith, Hope, and Love
The thirteenth chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians has rightly been called the Love chapter. But it also highlights what may be described as the paradigm of the Christian life. In verse 13 , Paul identifies what has come to be known as the theological virtues. So now faith, hope, and love abide,…
When Peter Wept
Peter had been probably the most confident and outspoken of all the disciples. We see him offering to come to Jesus when he was walking on water while other disciples were afraid (Matthew 14:28). We note his inspired confession of Jesus’s Messiahship and heavenly origin (Mathew 16:16). He was also so certain he would remain…
The Christian Mind 