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#SV – Sit Down!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Jesus ordered! It was very emphatic. A possible reason is that Jesus understood human nature as prone to corruption and greed and so he needed to ensure that there is order before feeding the crowds. By so doing, Jesus also taught the crowds on how to ensure that each person enjoys the common good. No one was left out of the sharing. Every one was satisfied. Today, no one cares about the other. The struggle for wealth has become a rat race, the survival of the fittest episode, in which people cheat, fight and even kill in order to amass … Continue reading #SV – Sit Down!

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#SV – An Understanding Heart

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The world today is filled with many knowledgeable men and women. But the knowledge they have is a collection of information about things, persons and other realities. In fact, with the possibilities of the social media, we are now witnessing an epidemic of information overload. Today, the Gospel offers us the pearl called wisdom. Wisdom is beyond knowledge. Wisdom is discerning because it is able to judge – to even judge knowledge, separating the right knowledge from the wrong knowledge, the relevant from the irrelevant, the appropriate from the inappropriate. Wisdom unlocks the knowledge that is hidden in the shadows, … Continue reading #SV – An Understanding Heart

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#SV – We are not debtors!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

When Jesus says,  “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light” (Matt. 11:28-30), we tend to understand it generally as bringing to Jesus our worries and pains and sorrows. That may be correct. But there is something extra in that invitation by Jesus. He says “take my yoke upon you and learn from me”. What exactly is this yoke of … Continue reading #SV – We are not debtors!

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#SV – The Free Gift

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The idea of the origin of and the spread of sin in Romans 5 quickly calls to mind the Igbo proverb of that guilty finger whose meddling with the red oil ended up incriminating the other fingers. In the case of sin, it even brought death and not just collective guilt. Terrible! And to think of the fact that we constantly live under the ‘shadow of sin’ could be very disturbing. Yet, we can still think of the power of the soap against the messiness of the red oil. What Christ brought to us is much more than the power … Continue reading #SV – The Free Gift