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Sermon: Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines?    THE BACKGROUND The first Book of Samuel is also called by some Biblical scholars ‘the first Book of the Kings’. This is the Book which gives us the account of election of two important Israelites kings anointed by Samuel: Soul and David. But today our focus will be on the Israelites battle against the philistines, 1 Samuel 4:1-11.    This account is showing us how Israelites were in a horrible situation. They went out to fight against the Philistines, but they were defeated. In the first battle the Philistines killed 4000 Israelites. And after the Israelites had come into the camp the elders had a meeting. During this evaluation meeting, the elders asked “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines?” As elders they had to look for solution and they decided to bring the Ark of the Covenant. They added a fascinating statement, (v.3) “that when it comes among us ...

Mu bikorwa bikorwa mu umuhango w’ubukwe bwo gusaba no gukwa icy’ingezi ni ugutanga inkwano, aho umuryango w’umusore utanga inkwano ku muryango w’umukobwa. Inkwano mbere yabaga akenshi ari inka yatangwaga. Ubu akenshi hatangwa amafaranga mu icyimbo cy’inka. Inkwano yabaga ari ikimenyetso cy’ishimwe ku muryango w’umukobwa n’uwumuhungu kuko umuryango w’umukobwa nawo wagiraga igihe cyo gutanga indongoranyo yabaga ari inka. Ubu hasigaye hagaragara igisa no kugurisha mu ugutanga inkwano kubera umubare w’amafaranga asigaye asabwa umusore. Usigaye wumva bavuga bati: “umukobwa wacu yarize bityo muraduha miriyoni izi.” Ibi bituma rimwe na rimwe umusore cyangwa umugabo afata umukobwa nk’aho yamuguze.   Inkwano isigaye iri ku isonga mu ibitera ubukene ku ingo zigishingwa kuko umusore aba yarafashe amadeni ngo akunde yuzuze ishingano ze. Nti byari bikwiye ko inkwano ituma urugo rusenyuka rutamaze kabiri. Uruhare runini ruri ku umuryango w’umukobwa ukwiye kutifuza ibya mirenge mu gi...

On 29 th March 2018, at Akrofi-Kristaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture/Akropong-Akuapem/Ghana, we had a Communion service. In his sermon Rev. Dr. James Walton said that “Jesus deliberately chose the path of weakness.” I like to write down some key words when I’m following a speech of a sermon, so I immediately wrote down this powerful phrase.   In explaining how Jesus could have chose the path of strength, he said that on angel can kill one hundred and eight-five thousand people.   2Kings 19:35 is a good example.   I wake up this morning writing to my wife, family members and friends back home in Rwanda on WhatsApp, wishing them a happy Good Friday and asking them to keep thinking about the fact that Jesus died for our sins. As I was sharing the massage to them an idea cross my mind “if Jesus did not chose the path of weakness and chose Peter’s path?”   I took my Bible and started to read trying to know Peter’s path. Peter’s Path In tryin...

Iriburiro Hari imvugo izwi cyane ngo “igisambo ni igifashwe.” Bishatse kuvuga ko hari igihe umuntu aba ari igisambo ariko kuko atarafatwa ntiyitwe igisambo. Muri iyi minsi haravugwa cyane inkuru zabakobwa baterwa inda bakiri bato, cyangwa bakuze ariko bakiri mu mashuri. Kuwa 12/10/2017, hari inkuru yashyizwe ku igihe.com   ivuga ngo “Kirehe: Abana b’abakobwa 994 batewe inda zitateguwe mu mezi 12.” Muri iyi nkuru igaragaza abakobwa 994 batewe inda mu karere kamwe, hanavugwa umubare wabakobwa bagera kuri 17500 bari hagati y’imyaka 16 na 19 batewe indi mu mwaka wa 2016, hakurikijwe raporo ya Minisiteri y’Uburinganire n’Iterambere ry’Umuryango mu Rwanda. Iyi mibare igaragaza abatewe inda, tekereza abataratwaye inda ariko batangiye kwishora mu mibonano mpuza bitisna bakiri bato? Bagana gute? Ndahamya ko bakubye inshuro zirenga ebyiri aba bavugwa. Ese abadujwe virusi itera sida   ni bangahe?   Hari impamvu nyinshi muri iki gihe zirigutuma abana baba abahungu cyangw...

Nyuma y’imyaka mwinshi irenga magana ane Abisiraheri bari mu buretwa mu gihugu cya Egiputa Imana yaje kumva amarira no gutaka kwabo yohereza umugaragu wayo Mose kubakura m’uburetwa akabajyana mu gihugu cy’isezerano I Kanani.   Farawo ntabwo yahise yemera kurekura ubwoko bw’Imana ngo bugenda, ukwinangira kwe kwatumye haba ibyago bigera ku icumi muri Egiputa. Nyuma y’icyago cya cumi, aho impfura zose z’apfuye muri Egiputa n’impfura ya Farawo igapfa, Farawo yarekuye Abisiraheri baragenda ( Kuva 13:17-18 ) Hari inzira ebyiri zo kuva muri Egiputa ujya I Kanani mu gihugu Imana yari yarasezeranyije Aburahamu ko izaha urubyaro rwe.   Inzira yambere yari inzira ngufi iva muri Egiputa ikanyura mu gihugu cy’Abafirisitiya I kagera I Kanani. Iy’inzira yari kubatwara ibyumweru bibiri gusa bakaba bageze I Kanani. Inzira ya kabiri yari iyo kwambuka inyanja itukura bakanyura m’ubutayu bakajya I Kanani. Iyinzira yari ndende kandi iruhije, kuko harimo kwambuka inyanja, kuzamuka imiso...

Iriburiro Muri iki gihe iyo urebye cyangwa ukumva amatangazo y’ibitaramo, ibiterane, amasengesho, haba ku mihanda, kuri za tereviziyo no ku maradiyo, ku imbuga nkoranyambaga, “ngwino wakire igitangaza cyawe” niyo ubona cyane cyangwa wumva cyane. Muri make ibitangaza nibyo bijyana abantu, mu biterane. Kuwa 21/02/2018, ubwo hamenyekanaga inkuru y’urupfu rw’umuvugabutumwa wamamaye cyane Dr. Bill Graham, icyo ibitangazamakuru byose biri kugarukaho ni umubare munini miriyoni zirenga 250 z’abantu yabwirije ubutumwa bwiza. Ntabwo bivuze ko ntabo yasengeye ngo bakiri ariko icyo isi yose isigaranye n’umubwiriza butumwa bwiza bwa Yesu, wa haraniye ko abantu bamenye Kristo akoresheje impano yo kubwiriza Imana ya muhaye.  Mu gihe cya Bill Graham na mbere ye yewe no mu gihe intumwa za Yesu zatangiraga kubwiriza ubutumwa bwiza bwa Yesu, kwakira Yesu nicyo cyari igitangaza kiruta ibindi. Kuko Yesu ariwe shingiro rya byose ibiriho n’ibizaza. Ariko ubu biragaragara ko ibyo Yesu yavuze aburira ...

                                                                                           Imana ya bayeho mbere yibiriho byose, Ijambo ry’Imana ritwereka ko Imana ariyo muremyi w’isi n’ijuru itangiriro 1.1. Umuremyi wa byose ntagira iherezo yahozeho ariho azahoraho iteka ryose Itang 21, 33; Yes 40, 28. Ibintu byose Imana yaremye yabiremye ihereye kubusa. Mu itangiriro 1.1-2 hatwereka ko isi itagiraga ishusho ariko Imana iha ishusho ikitaragiraga ishusho. Uburyo Imana yakoresheje m’ukurema buratangaje, Imana yaravugaga icyo ivuze kikabaho. Ijambo ry’Imana niryo rya remye zaburi 33, 6-9 n’ Abaheburayo11, 3, itangiriro 1, 3-23.   Ijambo rigira ububasha igihe cyose turisohoye mukanwa kacu, s’iry’Imana gusa rigira ububasha n’ubushobozi kuko Im...