Dr. Kethoser Aniu Kevichusa
Is bad news the perpetual and inevitable lot of the world, especially our part of the world? Read this good news that outweighs the countless bad news of the world.
For Jesus – that Eternal Revolutionary – it is not so much that children are in need of learning from us; we are more in need of learning from them. Read More!
We took that will as it is. We did not “decide” that that was dad’s will for us. We “discovered” it. Read More...
Some weeks after my dad passed away, tucked away in the corner of his bedroom was a sealed...
The flip side of sola fide is sola gratia. If humans are saved through their faith, they are saved by God’s grace – and God’s grace alone.
“Grace alone” simply means that the divine salvation of humans is purely unmerited...
As Martin Luther said, “We are saved by faith alone.” But Luther does not stop there. He immediately adds, “[B]ut the faith that saves is never alone.”
The Bible, read and interpreted literally (which is not always literally), trumps every other truth claim that contradicts it. This is the principle of sola Scriptura.
There are a number of notable ‘fundraising stories’ in the Bible: Moses’ fundraising for the tabernacle (Ex.25, 35 & 36); David’s fundraising for the temple (1 Chron. 29:1-20); Hezekiah’s fundraising during his reformation of the temple (2 Chron.31); Nehemiah’s...
Three Analogies
I have often heard Christians doubting the necessity of dogmatics. I have even heard some Christians call seminaries “cemeteries” – lifeless, in other words. “We must be practical,” such Christians often say.
The questions behind such doubt and cynicism...
As Jesus comes towards the end of the Sermon, he talks about two ways and two gates, two trees and two fruits, and two foundations and two houses (vv.13-27).
Journey in the Narrow Way
There are two basic ways wherein we...
One of the Greatest Chapters on Faith
The book of Hebrews is unique and special in many respects. It also contains one of the greatest chapters on the central Christian theme of faith—chapter 11.
The chapter begins with a succinct, but...