Living a fulfilling life as a Lean Christian in a Fat World ©

For over 1000's of years God has spoken to his prophets and to his children. However, many times man has failed to hear and obey God. Interestingly, the voice of God becomes very clear to people when they have had some major life challenge, like the pandemic today. Some say there is no God while some Christians say that God has stopped speaking now. Here is a true testimony about how God spoke to me so clearly between the years 2000-2002, when I went through one of the most traumatizing years of my life, which changed the course of my life from serving myself to serving God. God has continued to speak to me in many different ways over the years. This testimony is just one of the many examples which has helped me know there is a God who cares & loves everyone.   Jesus is alive and what he has done for me, he can do for you. I know some of my friends are going through similar or worst trials. Hence, I want to encourage you to focus on Jesus, allow the manifestation of the Ho...

Josephus, the Jewish historian, described crucifixion as “the most wretched of deaths.” People in those days recognized its gruesomeness that suicide was preferred over crucifixion. This is what Jesus took on and suffered excruciating pain on the cross, for each one of us. On that day, a long nail was driven between the bones of his feet, lodged firmly enough between those bones to prevent it from tearing through his feet as Jesus arched upward, gasping for breath. In order for him to breathe, he had to push himself up by his feet, which were nailed to the vertical beam. However, because the pressure on his feet became unbearable, it wasn’t possible for him to remain long in this position, so eventually he would collapse back into the hanging position. As Jesus pushed up and collapsed back down again and again over a long period of time, his shoulders would eventually be dislocated and pop out of joint. Soon the out-of-joint shoulders would be followed by the elbows and wrists. These...

From the first century onward Christians have had two key traditions, which were established by Jesus himself. The first is the Believer’s baptism and the second is Communion or Lord’s Supper. To focus on the subject at hand, I am going to focus on the second tradition. After the resurrection of Jesus, the apostles, and the new Christian believers regularly practiced communion as often as they met. This tradition has continued over the past 2000 years. However, over the years different church groups have been split over the way communion was practiced. This was partly due a false understanding of the Bible or due to some man made traditions. My goal here is to evaluate the purpose and practice of communion through the Bible ONLY. Here are some deductions that we can make based on what we read in the Bible. Jesus established Communion  - Jesus established Communion before dying on the cross and we see in  Matthew 26:26–29 (NKJV)   And as they were eating,  Jesus took ...