Jubilee Centre December 26th, 2008
It is difficult to imagine Joseph’s feeling when the angel of the Lord told him to go ahead and marry Mary even though she was expecting a child that was not his biological. He may not have wanted to do it, but he obeyed. God often requires extra ordinary obedience from His servants who […]
Jubilee Centre December 15th, 2008
A US study early this year found that teenage girls who watch a lot of TV shows with a high sexual content, such as Friends and Sex and the City are twice as likely to become pregnant. The researchers for that study concluded: One problem is that these and similar programs glamorize sex while hardly […]
Jubilee Centre December 9th, 2008
I am in Mozambique attending the All Africa Conference of Churches ninth General Assembly (AACC). In his welcoming speech, the outgoing AACC writes, “We will also be seeking to fashion African ecumenical responses to the severe crises sweeping the world. This is the time for Africa to summon courage and speak to these times.” In […]
Jubilee Centre December 6th, 2008
In June 1981 the first AIDS case was discovered. Dr. Samuel Broke, then of the National Cancer Institute in the USA, made this statement, “We don’t know what this is, but we hope we don’t ever see another case like it again” (UN Report on the Global AIDS epidemic 2006 p3). Today marks 27 years […]
Jubilee Centre December 6th, 2008
This weekend at the Christian Arts Promotions Awards (CHAPRO) ceremony we saw religion and politics mixing. Who on earth would have thought of a day when Zambian Christians would shout partisan political slogans at a Christian gathering? Who would have thought that an invited high-ranking government leader would be jeered at a Christian gathering? What […]
