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Me against my brother. Me and my brother against my cousin. Me and my brother and cousin against strangers.” It’s a saying attributed to Bedouins, and if we think that ...

This springs from Esau’s choice to sell his birthright to his younger brother Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew. Esau’s accord with Jacob traded something enduring and priceless—the birthright ...

If Joseph had slept with Potiphar's wife, how much would it have impacted his destiny? We notice in the Bible that Esau, when he was hungry, asked his brother for food Upon eating it, the Bible shows ...

By R.A. Mathews I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. I didn’t know her name, but occasionally I would see ...

By R.A. MathewsI thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. I didn’t know her name, but occasionally I would see ...

By R.A. Mathews Life had weathered him. In 1948, on the heels of WWII, Winston Churchill famously said, “Those that fail to ...

Esau sold his birth right for a single meal ... That’s where it hit me: how often do we so willingly sell our birth right for ‘a single meal.’ Our birthright is something extraordinary, and our ...

Rotimi Amaechi recently assumed a sainthood disposition to tread on a holy ground he was not qualified to. And Nigerians have ...