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Category Archives: Extra

Enjoy Your Prayer Life [Review]
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Enjoy Your Prayer Life [Review]

Posted on October 5, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Peter Muturi reviews a new book on prayer that doesn’t whip us with guilt or whip us up with false expectations but actually calls us to enjoy a relationship… In this small book (only 48 pages) Michael Reeves identifies with the many Christians who struggle with prayer. Nevertheless, he expounds the need to work on this very … Continue reading →

El Niño and the Reign of Christ
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El Niño and the Reign of Christ

Posted on September 29, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

With warnings of a cataclysmic El Niño event rife on Kenyan social media, CM adds a few comments and links to the conversation: First, the official Kenyan Meteorological Department advisory. Contrary to some media reporting: It does not predict an El Niño impact in September but in October to December. (Though there was earlier reporting of a general … Continue reading →

Crazy Busy [Review]
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Crazy Busy [Review]

Posted on September 28, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

Book review by Peter Kamau: Crazy Busy, with just 118 pages, is intended for busy people indeed. With a sense of humor, Kevin DeYoung (senior pastor at University Reformed Church in Michigan as well as author blogger) dissects the hard topic of busyness in a way that particularly identifies with the leader and ‘busy’ people. … Continue reading →

The Garissa CU martyrs
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The Garissa CU martyrs

Posted on May 12, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • 1 Comment

Lots of commentary has been made on the Garissa massacre and a good deal of helpful reflection too. Many have made the connection between the first Good Friday and this Maundy Thursday attack. Some have also noted the Christian Union group who were meeting at the time of the attack and were among the first to be killed. … Continue reading →

Why sing? (part 7)
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Why sing? (part 7)

Posted on April 23, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

We were really grateful to have Chris Kiagiri with us at the last session of the ministry training course talking about the role of music and quality songs in church life. A rich feast of theology and then a very positive presentation of the good uses of good songs. There were loads of very tweetable quotes: Everyone … Continue reading →

10 glorious Easter presents
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10 glorious Easter presents

Posted on April 5, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

From Desiring God: Why the resurrection of Jesus is such good news: A savior who can never die again. “For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again.” Romans 6:9 Repentance. “The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him … Continue reading →

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Happy Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 2, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

A Maundy Thursday sermon from Psalm 55 [mp3] And my favourite Maundy Thursday / Good Friday song: Continue reading →

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Unreached: Sakuye

Posted on March 23, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • 6 Comments

Mtumishi reports:  The Sakuye people, also referred to as the Oromo, dwell mainly in the northern part of Kenya along the Kenyan Ethiopian border. Christian presence is minimal. There was once a church but it has since collapsed and the members gone back to the predominant Muslim religion in the area. The Sakuye people are … Continue reading →

Happy Patrick’s Day
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Happy Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • Leave a comment

The real story of Patrick… And something a bit less reverent…   Continue reading →

Married for God [Review]
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Married for God [Review]

Posted on March 2, 2015 by iServe Africa Webmaster • 2 Comments

Reviewed by Rahab Nyambura: Married for God is written by Christopher Ash who works for the Proclamation Trust as Director of the Cornhill Training Course. He is also the author of ‘Marriage’ and ‘Out of the Storm’. In days when sex and marital issues are so screaming in all manner of ways and places which … Continue reading →

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