How We Overcome

What’s the best tactical advice you’ve ever heard? I haven’t come across so many, but there’s one I really like. “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:20, NET) Wait. Hold on. I know it looks like a really bad strategy. It doesn’t look like advice that would help you …

Why, God.

It is the ultimate force, the most foundational motivation.

Validation

Have you ever tried so hard to impress someone who seemed beyond impressing? This experience can be quite frustrating. And as this experience characterizes many relationships, many of them are marked with the strain and frustration of one or both partners trying (and failing) to meet up to certain expectations, which may be a bit …

Superpowers

If there’s one news item that has been a staple on the Nigerian scene, it’s the matter of insecurity. On multiple occasions, I’ve imagined myself sneaking out of my home, ripping my “house” clothes off to reveal super-hero clothes underneath, ascending through the warm night sky and locating the people who do wicked and unimaginable …

Peacemaker

In the movie Suicide Squad 2, there’s a character who goes by the name “Peacemaker” but whose actions were actually antithetical to his name. It soon became clear to all that this name of his was something of a literary device - an irony. The Bible is chock full of literary devices as well. However, …