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Disconnected Umbilicus

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The disconnection of what was originally natural ties happens in various ways. We shall examine this in three main settings: the family, culture and Christianity. Think of the breakdown of families: A once lovely family of five. Everyone gets married and have their individual families. Parents now dead. Some of the kids travel and gradually reduced communication with one another. They get influenced by other events, other experiences and other persons. With siblings it is now about the scramble to get something of whatever is left by their parents. Then the war begins: it gets bitter, some go diabolic, some … Continue reading Disconnected Umbilicus

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#SV – No Tea Party

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Gospel  Matthew 16:21-27 Jesus began to show his disciplesthat he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatlyfrom the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,and be killed and on the third day be raised. Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” He turned and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Then Jesus said to his disciples,“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes … Continue reading #SV – No Tea Party

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#SV – Sacred Unknowing

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!For who has known the mind of the Lordor who has been his counselor?Or who has given the Lord anythingthat he may be repaid?For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. Continue reading #SV – Sacred Unknowing

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#SV – No Sacred Cows!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Isaiah 56:1-7 1. Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just, for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. 2 Happy is the one who does this, whoever holds fast to it: Keeping the sabbath without profaning it, keeping one’s hand from doing any evil. Obligations and Promises to Share in the Covenant 3 The foreigner joined to the LORD should not say, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people”; Nor should the eunuch say, “See, I am a dry tree.” 4For thus says the LORD: To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths, … Continue reading #SV – No Sacred Cows!

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#SV – A Lesson on Faith

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Gospel  Matthew 14:22-33  After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into a boatand precede him to the other side,while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore,was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it. During the fourth watch of the night,he came toward them walking on the sea. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. “It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear. At … Continue reading #SV – A Lesson on Faith

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#SV – Just Come!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Isaiah 55:1-3  Thus says the LORD:All you who are thirsty,come to the water!You who have no money,come, receive grain and eat;Come, without paying and without cost,drink wine and milk!Why spend your money for what is not bread;your wages for what fails to satisfy?Heed me, and you shall eat well,you shall delight in rich fare.Come to me heedfully,listen, that you may have life.I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,the benefits assured to David. Continue reading #SV – Just Come!