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The Supernatural Conception of Jesus and Its Saving Significance
This Christmas, some Christians in the pews will be sceptical about the virgin birth, even as their pastors carefully expound the scriptures. Others will scarcely give it much thought. Perhaps this is...
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For Those Who Hurt at Christmas, There’s Hope Too
I lost my uncle the day before Christmas. My dad’s only brother. He had my father’s build and was big-hearted, gentle, and strong in a way that made you feel safe. He loved with a deep and undeniable...
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Christmas Carols: Still Connecting Our Culture to Christ
Every December, something remarkable happens across the world. Millions of people who’d never darken the door of a church happily sing about the incarnation of our Lord. They sing about the virgin...
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How to Love Your Domestic Workers This Christmas Season
In many African economies, unskilled labour is abundant. This drives the cost of labour down. As a result, many households opt to pay domestic workers to perform menial tasks around the home, such as...
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Three Ways to Light Up the Darkness This Christmas
This past November was a truly dark period here in Nigeria. A Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army and three of his men were abducted and killed by terrorists in Borno State 64 civilians were...
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Who Is Christmas About?
It is easy to get into the Christmas spirit, put up our trees and lights, sing our carols, and not meditate or even remember that our celebration is because of the humiliation of the eternal Son of...
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A Thrill of Hope, the Weary World Rejoices
When was the last time you heard a good story? And what did you like about that story? We all like stories. Stories are good when they are real, when they encourage a person. Some stories are fun to...
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How to Love Your Neighbour This Christmas
Christmas is a season of reflection. It’s time to celebrate God’s love for us in Jesus Christ, who came to reconcile us to God. To our Creator. Below is a very brief guide on how you might extend that...
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How to Flourish in the Festive Season as a Follower of Jesus
In one way or another, we all look forward to the festive season. It’s a time when people wind down and enjoy a good time. The festive season is highly anticipated, because navigating the 365 days we...
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Interrogating Nestorius: Was Mary’s Son God or Mere Man?
When our Catholic friend calls Mary ‘the mother of God’, we may, with Nestorius, recoil or retort: ‘God has no mother!’ Thus we may be inclined to say that Mary gave birth to a mere human being, Jesus;...
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Will the Real Father Christmas Please Stand Up
Christmas can be a conflicting time of year for believers. It should be an opportunity to focus on Jesus’ incarnation and delight and celebrate that. Yet, alongside this celebration of Jesus coming to...
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The Comforting Consistence of God’s Immanence
The messenger in Isaiah is exhorted to exclaim to the people: “Behold your God!” This is a call to see the majesty, splendour, and power of God, who is transcendent from all his creation, but also a...
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When Waiting For Christmas Was Over
Imagine standing in the long line of a bus queue for an exciting journey you planned for. You finally get to the front only to be told that you have been in the wrong line, or even worse, your bus has...
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Christmas and the God Who Is Here
For 10-year-old Tendo, it is confusing that God would become man, like us, to save us. ‘Why didn’t he use his power like Wonder Woman to save the world,’ she muses, during her Advent Sunday School...
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We Love Christmas Presents, but Long for God’s Presence
What is Christmas to you? Good gifts and rare delicacies? Family visits? In Uganda, Christmas means trips to ancestral villages as ‘lost’ sons and daughters return home, bearing bags. Acquaintances...
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Tracing The Christmas Story Through History
If you have been an adult for any length, waiting is ingrained in your human experience. At every season of life, there comes the heart-wrenching need to wait for the tides to turn in your favour. It...
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Why Bother With Jesus During Christmas?
Is Jesus truly at the centre of Christmas? In light of all the celebrations and festivities why should where care about where he fits into all of it? Why Bother With Jesus During Christmas? Every one...
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Our Prince of Peace Will Have The Final Say
December is the time to visit with family and friends. It is usually the time when food is more abundant than air. Interestingly, it’s that time of the year when you will hear no one say they are...
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Why Does Isaiah Call Jesus the “Everlasting Father”?
I have been privileged to witness several Christmas seasons over my lifetime. And for each one, Isaiah’s prophecy casts a golden glow across the landscape. We rejoice over the birth of a Saviour, and...
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Indeed Our God Is With Us // The Coming Of The Messiah
Believing the truth that God is with us should be at the core of our faith. How does the true meaning of Christmas direct us to this gospel truth more? Indeed Our God Is With Us As a man this Jesus...
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