Seed: In the last post, we talked about how it is crucial to plant good soil for the seed to grow. Sometimes, we are the farmer who can sow seeds of the Gospel in the hearts of others when we interact with them. In other times, we are the field by which God Himself sow […]
Variables in the Parable of the Mustard Seed Five variables made up the parable: the sower, the mustard seed, the field, the tree, and then the birds who come over to live in it. Bible scholars agree that the sower in this scenario is Jesus, while the mustard seed is the Gospel. The parable speaks […]
What does the mustard seed teach us? Countless churches and Christians today look to the parable of the mustard seed. We must take cues from the values that Jesus was presenting to the early believers when he spoke of it. Still, the parable has important facets that we can only understand if we have the […]
Everything Starts Small Every large corporation that exists today started with a group of people who had a dream. Apple started with three friends in one garage. They started simply building computers as a hobby. One day, they decided to sell several units to distributors. They initially had trouble going up against Microsoft. They struggled […]
The Risk of Disengagement Despite these efforts, the megachurch has been constantly criticized for the sheer number of attendees per service would mean that there will be people who won’t get engaged or given enough attention. Additionally, the setup of the worship service with a high stage and a large number of congregants can give off the […]
The Diverse Church Megachurch leaders designed today’s church ministries to cater to the needs of the particular context they are in. As a result, they have a variety of congregations. The preaching style and the genre of worship music already vary within churches in a city. For example, if we flesh out the details of […]
The Megachurch What is it? A megachurch is a congregation with more than 2,000 attendees. The existence of megachurches has long been debated and argued over throughout modern church history. It’s not just the ballooning number of church attendees. A megachurch has other elements such as contemporary worship and programmatic ministries. It also has charismatic […]
“The destiny of future generations depends on our action today.” Sunday Adelaja You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, Exodus 20:5 NRSV Number 15 opens […]
SACRIFICE: Restitution or reformation does not cancel out sin. It is only a substation sacrifice that can atone for our sins for us to be reconciled to God. Our submission to the Lord in confession and restitution must flow from the acceptability of the sacrifice. At the end of the day, Jesus was our substitute. […]
THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF THE TÂRUMAH: When a person steals, restitution must be in full. The loss must be made good. The criminal must give back what was taken, or its equivalent. In today’s world, people go to jail as a means of “paying one’s debt to society.” However, it is the exact opposite or […]
THE LEGAL RIGHT TO RECEIVE RESTITUTION: Priests had a legal right to receive restitution. When it comes to this restitution payment in the Numbers 5 passage, it is an additional payment on top of their ram of atonement offering. The ram offering is given to the injured party or his relatives. However, if the injured […]
THE OFFERING BECOMES THE PRIEST’S PROPERTY: As mentioned, every contribution means “to lift off” and signifies elevated or set apart for holy purposes. It can be from the earth’s produce (Num. 15:19–21) or of plunder from war (Num. 31:29, 41, 52). People can use it of tithes (Num. 18:24, 26–29) or material for the Tabernacle […]
