Theological Bites After 12 years of sharing and teaching the word of God to various audiences, I have understood the importance and magic of repetition. I keep saying the same things I have said in the past if am to or about to introduce something new. We are human beings and one of our weaknesses … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL (PART III) →

Theological Bites The theology of, or in the book of Daniel is highly contested in Christian and religious circles. The two books stand out to be the most referred to by prophecy teachers in most religious circles. The teachings based on how the books have been interpreted have led to many followers selling their properties … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL (PART II) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS Theological Bites In the previous introduction to the book Lamentations, we looked at the standard and impersonal wrath of God. We emphasised that divine-wrath is a standard emotion and permanent attitude of God towards sin and not sinners. It is a divine status opposed to evil as status as well. We … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part IX-A) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS Theological Bites Most people when they hear of a wrathful God they envision an emotional deity. The Bible is filled with emotional gestures and identifying marks attributed to God that depict him as emotional. Due to the risk of worshiping an emotional God, scholars have deliberated the matter and concluded that … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VIII-B) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS Theological Bites We now turn to the second question of the Lamentations after the destruction of Judah. We have emphasized that unlike the usual mourning and lamentations whose focus is always on the loss and pain, the communal lamentations in the book lament God and his relationship with his people. The … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VIII-A) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS (Part VII) Theological Bites The book of Lamentations as any other book of the Bible is an inquisition on who God is in relation to what happened, what is happening and what is about to happen. The writer and the event he reports about is not as significant as what it … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VII) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS Theological Bites Lamentations, as I mentioned in the previous introductions, is poetic in form and for that matter I consider the book to belong to the Ketuvim (wisdom writings) section of the Bible. The thing about the wisdom books of the Bible is that they are designed to deal with the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VI) →

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS (Part V) Theological Bites The book of Lamentations can be classified with the wisdom literature of the Bible. I contend that the lamentations are a work of Prophet Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem. The tragedy of Judah as the last part of God’s Israel was very devastating to all the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part V) →

Reading chapter one of the book of Daniel, one easily sees how the attention is on the Youth and less on any other age bracket. The Leadership of Babylon, the then superpower, understood the significance of the youth. This superpower understood that the future of their reign and power lay in the hands of the … Continue reading THE YOUTH FACTOR IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL →

In Uganda, they always organize a NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST. It is something born in Washington but its origin is in the Bible and specifically in the book of Daniel. It was a national prayer breakfast when the religious leaders were called and failed. Now note that the religious leaders failed in the days of Nebopolasser … Continue reading Daniel 1:2 – THE PROPHET BEFORE A POLITICIAN →