Friday, June 26, 2020 This month’s issue Are you having trouble sleeping? A “sound” pillow advertises itself as the solution. It looks like a regular pillow but includes two speakers inside. The pillow is comfortable (you don’t feel the speakers) and you can listen to music as you drift off to sleep. Elijah could […]
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo has called President Muhammadu Buhari Over the demolition of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra. After the incident, Akufo-Addo expressed his sincere apology over the unfortunate incident on telephone. The Ghanaian leader also assured President Buhari that the incident will be investigated and justice served. Meanwhile, some suspects link the demolition […]
JOY WHEN WE FAIL June 25, 2020 | Psalm 73 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue On his album American Prodigal, Christian musician David Crowder sings: As for me, it is good to be near God. PSALM 73:28 “Troubles of this world, will wither up and die That river of tears made by the lonely, someday will […]
June 24, 2020 | Habakkuk 3:16–19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue “I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake, I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running […]
June 23, 2020 | Isaiah 51:1–6 DEVOTIONS. This Month’s Issue Entropy is the natural tendency for things to become more and more disorganized. The second law of thermodynamics describes it as matter’s tendency to lose energy and decline into disorder when left to itself. My sock drawer is the perfect example of entropy! My neatly […]
June 22, 2020 | Galatians 2:7–16 DEVOTIONS .. This Month’s Issue Even after Peter’s life-changing restoration by Christ, he remained human. That means he was also not exempt from additional failures. One day, while Peter was praying on a roof in Joppa, God gave him a vision. Peter saw a sheet full of unclean animals […]
FAILING JESUS June 21, 2020 | Luke 22:31–62 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When we think of Peter, disciple of Jesus, we often remember how he denied knowing Jesus three times after the crucifixion. But before we consider his failure, we also want to emphasize that Peter finished well. According to tradition—and as Jesus hinted in […]
June 20, 2020 | Psalm 51:1–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you ever feel torn between repentance and praise? Pondering this issue, Bible scholar Michael E. Travers explained: “It is this tension between guilty sinner and righteous God that creates the paradox of praise in the penitential psalms. When God forgives the sinner for his […]
Ramoni Igbalode, popularly known on social media as Hushpuppi is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a tweet by Nigeria’s anti-crime unit, stated that they have more details in relation to money laundering transactions by Hushpuppi. In collaboration with International Police(Interpol) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Hushpuppi was arrested […]
June 19, 2020 | James 4:13–17 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue We tend not to regard sins of omission as real sins or real failures. But they are, as is clearly taught in the book of James. Teaching on faith and good deeds, James, the pastor of the Jerusalem church, gave a striking example: What if […]