Better Societies

 MARTYRDOM MULTIPLIES US! By Zwandien Bobai Even the threat of martyrdom cannot succeed in wiping out Christian HOPE. It has never been one of the greater threats to the church's survival! Our father of old, TERTULLIAN of North Africa once wrote to persecutors of Christians in the third century: "You achieve nothing by your ever more refined techniques of cruelty; they become simply the bait that entices people to the church. As often as you mow us down, we multiple; THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS IS THE SEED OF THE CHURCH." Interestingly, the church still stands today despite the many attempts by Pharaohs and Emperors of old to sink it! They still exist today bearing many names around the world including Nigeria. In the words of Tertullian lies great comfort for us in Nigeria. This is our consolation in this troubled time! Persecution and martyrdom are part of the Christian life and experience! In this, I remember my own, my very own, who have gone the way of martyrdom and all...

 PVC, Holy Communion & the Remembrance of Jesus By Matthew Michael The Holy Communion is a very important sacred rite of the church, whether of the reformed or Catholic traditions. I did not by this reflection seek to  desecrate it, but I seek to appropriate its biblical meaning in order to connect its biblical significance directly to our Christian civil responsibilities.  I've to also say that I don't usually involve myself in the impersonal online Christian debates, unless the issue at hand is crucial to the existential survival or pertains to  our corporate Christian responsibility to God and humanity. I think the issue of Christians' refusal to participate in the political process  and the threats of this attitude to our collective survival lies within the preceding serious concerns. With the way Nigeria is going at the moment, there is the threat of our collective annihilation if Christians refused to participate in the political process by way of gett...