All my life, I have never once doubted the existence of God. I have seen my friends struggle with this topic. Before I thought that I had stronger faith but I now realize that it takes God's grace. In this three-part article, I will examine the Truth in Christianity starting from the crust of God's [...]
Author: Joe Ng'ang'a
A forgiven child of God. I surrender to Christ for Him to conform me more and more into His image, as I enjoy fullness of joy in His presence.
What is the flesh?
The new testament is filled with instructions regarding the flesh. In Galatians character 5:17, Paul tells us that the flesh is in constant conflict with the Spirit. In Romans 8, the Spirit is contrasted to the flesh and verse 9 says we are in the realm of the Spirit not of the flesh. Verse 14 [...]
Fruit of the Spirit: Love
In Galatians 5, the fruit of the Spirit is contrasted with works of the flesh. There is a deeper mystery here, the works are in plural but the fruit is singular. There are many explanations to this but my understanding is that works are things we do while the fruit is something we become. And [...]
Idolatry in the Christian life
When we think about idolatry, most of the time we consider other religions like Paganism and think we, as Christians, are unaffected by it. This could not be further from the truth. Human beings love to worship gods of their making. Even though as believers we have been saved, we are still living in this [...]
Love and Obedience
In mathematics, asymptotes are lines that approach one another but never meet. Like an asymptote, my knowledge of love and how it relates to obedience is ever increasing but it will never hit a point that I fully understand it. This post entails my journey and my "almost conclusion" so far. It is clear in [...]
Forgiveness
For the longest time, I have struggled to understand this topic. We are always told 'forgive and forget' but very little explanation is given on what it means to forgive. Now that I have a basic understanding, I'd like to share maybe help those stranded like I was. I wanted to paraphrase the definition of [...]
Which is the best Christian denomination?
I was raised as a Catholic and for the longest time I believed it was the model christian church. In time God revealed to me that I was so caught up in practicing the traditions of the church rather than pursue a relationship with Him. So which is the best denomination? Let's look at scripture; [...]