Note: This paper was first written for and presented as a class assignment for my graduate degree on an exegesis course on the Gospel according to St. Luke. Introduction The passage under exegesis Luke 15:1-32 is what I would call a ‘classical’ parable. It is memorable and has been repeatedly visualised in drawing and...
“My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God; ‘Tis His to lead me there, not mine, but His, ‘At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!’ (Fanny Brook, Hymns of Consecration and Faith)
A SERMON TITLE: Kenya National Anthem – A Prayer for Kenya TEXT: Jeremiah 29:1-14, 1 Peter 2:11-16, Kenya National Anthem
Seminar Highlights/ Objectives The world seems to embrace entertainment and comedy more than any other time in History. It is becoming harder to gather the youth to listen to anything without a measure of entertainment. While the liberals find no harm in excess entertainment, the conservatives condemn even any slightest sense of humor. These two...
Luke 13:6-9 – the parable of the barren fig tree In this account we are told about a fig tree that has been tended for three years but hasn’t borne any fruit. So the garden owner is completely done with it and asks the gardener to cut it down. But guess what, the gardener asks...
16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, 17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick: 18 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. 19...
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23) What does it mean to guard/keep your heart? Does it mean an external or internal exercise or is a combination of both? Are we to build a physical or virtual fence around our hearts or are we to inject...
Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so...
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7) The past few months have been a roller coaster ride for me. I started...
Theme: Faith Scripture Reading: Hebrews 11 Let us pray Father, we as you children are gathered here to worship you. The time has come for us to hear your Word. Father speak to us. Teach us, rebuke us, correct us mold us into the image of Your Son Jesus Christ. Open our ears to hear...