WordToday

Grace for many means freedom to do many things as they deem fit. It also means quick relief from guilt-inducing sinful acts. Grace is a bit like Panadol for quick relief from pain. “In the presence of God, there is joy. Even when you sin ” so says the FB post. My own judgement is that people who reason like this have either; Not studied the New Testament scripture keenly enough or Misjudged the character of God How so you may say? Read on if you enjoy a good debate. We start from the popular maxim; “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever!” This is gleaned from Hebrews 13:8. Many who triumphantly decree (yes, I hear nowadays people ‘decree and declare’) this scripture sometimes do not pause to ponder its deeper implications. To say that Jesus is the same yesterday and today and into the unseen future simply means, well what it says; Jesus does not change! He does not change in the sense that; He does not get any wiser-f...

A few weeks ago I chanced upon a Facebook post that generated several interesting comments a few of which I have pasted below. At some point I thought of jumping into the debates but caution got the better of me. It started off like this; The song in question is by Reuben Kigame and goes something like this: Tunaomba uwepo wako uende nasi (We pray for your presence to go with us ) Ewe Bwana wa majeshi utusikie (Oh Lord of Hosts, listen to us) Kama huendi nasi, hatutaki kutoka hapa (If you won’t go with us, we don’t want to leave) Hatuwezi pekee yetu, enda nasi ( We can’t by ourselves, go with us) Tu watu wa shingo ngumu tusamehe (We are a stubborn people, forgive us ) Hatufai mbele zako, turehemu ( We are undeserving, redeem us) Tusafishe ee Baba, tuonyeshe uso wako (Cleanse us Father, show us your face ) Twahitaji neema yako, enda nasi (We need your grace, go with us  ) Chorus: Tutavua mapambo yetu, (We shall remove o...