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State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik announced on Monday that Russia has decided to provide crude oil, petrol, and diesel to Pakistan at discounted rates. The decision comes a month after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the country is considering buying discounted Russian oil, pointing out that neighbour India…

When a pastor who made poor choices died, I had mixed feelings about him. Many years ago, I attended a church with a pastor I will name Pastor Ennis. Pastor Ennis was a well-educated man who preached intriguing, thought-provoking sermons. He was also a prolific Christian writer. …

Most Christians have spent time being deceived by popes, false prophets, and peddlers of the Word of God (2 Cor 2:17). Deliverance from the ways and words of deceivers only comes by the Spirit of truth, illuminating the Word of truth (Ps 119:160; Jn 16:13). …

We Christians, like all people, are creatures of habit that often conduct ourselves according to traditions that have been passed down to us through the years. Most traditions are harmless but when one replaces God’s word it can be a serious problem. Jesus was once confronted by the Pharisees and…

As an Anglican minister, I have spent some time with elderly people. Not enough. But some time. Mainly it has been in aged-care homes and in early Sunday morning traditional services—which often feature the kind of organ music attractive to the older crowd. It seems that the 21st century doesn’t…

1st JUNE 2022 — And you shall speak to all the wisehearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him so that he may minister to Me in the priest’s office. And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod…

Just as Israel had a problem with false prophets, so the church has had the problem of false teachers (2 Cor 11:3–4). It is the enemy’s work to infiltrate Christ’s church to confuse and destroy. The devil’s scheme is to position an imposter where the called man of God is…

I never felt dirtier — I pastored once at a church that only responded to threats of hellfire and accusations of sinful behaviour. That wasn’t my style at all, though. Soon after arriving, they started to complain about my preaching. They said it was ok for children but not for real men. One day, during…

YOU need to be ministered to. Our heavenly Father desires to minister to you, in your time with Him, but also in other ways. Jesus sees your sacrifice. God sees you behind the scenes, highs and lows. Every message and encouragement that you receive is not for someone else, sometimes…