“Praise the lord! God is good!” A young man in a smart suit walks to the front of the congregation at the pastors request. “This man has just donated 10 million naira! Praise praise praise the Lord!” The pastor conducts a special prayer in honour of the man, inviting the blessing of God to come [...]
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It is a popular assumption that God gives ‘talents’. At some point during our conception God looks through his infinite stock list of gifts and then decides, ‘Wayne Rooney shall be able to kick a ball, really well’. In my view, the very notion of God giving someone a ‘talent’ that will be used to [...]
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“These articles are designed to be read in a set order. If you have not read the previous articles, I highly recommend doing so before proceeding with this article – click here for part 1“ Throughout its history, Christianity has seemed to suffer from a sort of split-personality disorder. On almost every major moral question, [...]
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Hello and welcome to the first of a series of articles that the editors of Radical Chic have been kind enough to ask me to write. My name is Ken Schei and I’m the founder and President of “Atheists for Jesus.” And yes, as the name implies, I am, in fact, an atheist for Jesus. [...]
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A university sets an exam with 10 questions. The examiner states that if you do not get all 10 questions correct you will not gain admission to the university. Perfection is the only thing that guarantees entrance. Many will try, but the standard is high, so many will fail. The above illustration is pretty similar [...]
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Welcome once again to radical discussions, where Femi A and Femi J have a series of arguments about various controversial and life changing topics. The rules of war are simple – we both choose a side and the debate begins. Feel free to join in, but we do warn you that this battle ground is [...]
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The topic being addressed is a very controversial topic for adults. I ask that you tell the kids to go to their rooms, and if you are a kid, you need to leave this page. Let us wait for about 2 minutes before we read on (to allow the kids to leave this page). While [...]
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I’m dying slowly. Each day I can feel my end slowly approaching, and I will never know when that end truly is. All I know is that there is one. One day the essence I call life will cease to exist, and even now it slowly fades away before my eyes. It is difficult to hide [...]
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Those who don’t know what they want are few and far between. We have created a world full of numerous attractions that constantly keep us longing for just that little bit more. Satisfaction is a far stretch, even for the those who ‘can’ get what they want with the swipe of a card. In this [...]
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This is the last episode of the series. I will make an attempt to summarize where we have come from and where we are going. Hopefully the summary in itself….. will throw the final bit of light to understanding the message of Christ….. and why he was sent to us. So let’s start from the [...]
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