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 The Church, State Capture, the Loss of the Prophetic Voice.                                                    Whenever the Church exchanges her prophetic independence for political patronage, she loses the moral authority to speak truth to power The Egg-Eating Snake When I was growing up in the village under the care of my aunt, an unusual problem confronted our household. The eggs laid by our local hens began disappearing mysteriously. Every morning someone would discover that one or two eggs had vanished without any trace. The elders suspected that an egg-eating snake had found its way into the compound. Instead of setting traps or searching endlessly through the bushes, they devised a simple but ingenious strategy. Three eggs were carefully hard-boiled and quietly mixed with the freshly laid eggs in the nest. According to the elders, whenever an egg...

When the Battle within the Palace Reveals the Battle within the Heart Many who are fifty years and above will remember one of the greatest heavyweight boxing contests ever staged—the historic "Rumble in the Jungle." On 30 October 1974, before more than sixty thousand spectators in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Muhammad Ali defeated the seemingly invincible George Foreman. That contest has become part of sporting history because it was more than a boxing match; it was a contest of strength, endurance, strategy, and resilience. A younger generation is more familiar with another expression—"Battle Royale." In that game, many contestants enter one arena, but only one remains standing. Every participant struggles for survival until the final victor emerges. These images provide a useful picture of the age in which we live. Around the world, nations are increasingly marked by rivalry, political contests, institutional conflict, and comp...