Should you tell a relative they're too fat?

I am of the opinion that it is good to tell a relative that they are too fat. It is important to tell the truth to ones relative but in love. Showing love to ones relative also includes correcting them when they are going on the path that leads to pain, sorrow, devastation and ultimately death. They probably know that they are too fat. Comments and hurtful glances from people would have sunk the fact that they are fat into them. Ignoring them in order to avoid hurting them more is certainly not a sign that you care or that you understand how they feel. Sometimes, they will prefer you to tell them than pretending that it is not a problem, but not spitefully like others. They expect honesty and sincerity from relatives. Read more...

Is it your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises?

Supporting my elderly parents financially when the need arises is indeed my duty. It should actually be the joy and desire of every child to be able to support his or her elderly parents financially.

According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, duty is something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility. It is morally expected of all parents to provide the basic needs of their children; to provide shelter, food, clothing, education. Many parents work long hours to be able to provide these basic needs. Some parents go through physical and emotional pain while fulfilling these moral obligations. They do so with the hope that their children will be better off than they were. Read more...

Sermons: How to be a neighbour

Man is made both to be a neighbour and to have neighbours. No man is an Island. For man to survive and operate successfully on earth, he must relate with people effectively.  True enjoyment in life involves being a neighbour and having neighbours. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (6th Edition) defines a neighbour as: firstly, a person who lives next to you or near you; thirdly, a person or thing that is standing or situated next to another person or thing; and fourthly, (literary) any other human being. On the other hand, the scriptures, in addition, describe a neighbour (I will refer to this description), as a person who renders help in any form to another person in need. Read more...

Why should Christians love their enemies

In a world full of struggles, hatred and competition, it is difficult to continuously show love to non-enemies, how much more enemies. But God expects Christians to do so. Who are the Christians? Christians are people who are like Christ. God is love and shows love to all. 1John 4:8 says, “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love”, (NKJV). Knowing God and being like Christ is to love people. God's kind of love is the agape love: unconditional love. Jesus showed this love by dying for us while we were yet sinners. ICor13:4-7 defines this love as follows, “Lo... Read more