tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59894211346622915522024-03-06T02:11:02.612+02:00Reformed Living RoomThinking out aloud on life and living from a reformed perspective.Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-75559937115063109152021-08-04T13:41:00.005+02:002021-08-04T13:52:43.205+02:00Pastoral Reflections on the August 12 Elections #2 - For the Love of God and Country“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:7)One of the most corrupt, infamous, contemptible, and disgraceful characters in the Bible is a woman named Delilah. Her character is accurately painted for us in the sixteenth chapter of the book of Judges. Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-47653727766006477932021-07-12T18:26:00.003+02:002021-07-13T11:18:01.271+02:00Pastoral Reflections on the August 12 Elections #1 - Rebuilding a Fractured Nation “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) On 12th August, registered Zambian voters go to the polls to elect a President, Members of Parliament, Mayors/Council Secretaries and Counselors. The country is awash with Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-82685427832001503112020-04-30T15:07:00.000+02:002020-04-30T20:00:11.847+02:00Irving Steggles (1945–2020) — Shedding The Robe Of Flesh
“For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, ..” (2 Corinthians 5:1-2, ESV).
Many tributes have been penned down in honour of Pastor Irving Steggles. Those who knew him well have plumbed the depths of his life and Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-36478648592479557192020-04-07T20:20:00.000+02:002020-04-08T08:07:11.854+02:00Sleep is an Act of Faith
“I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.”(Psalm 3:5-6)
I thank God that insomnia (inability to sleep) is not one of my weaknesses. I have an uncle who, regardless of what time he goes to bed, will be up around 03:00 hours. Sleep completely disappears, and no matter how Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-2797977099341869732019-12-23T08:16:00.000+02:002019-12-23T08:16:34.913+02:00Advent Meditations - Lesson on Humility from Elizabeth
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Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-15870682165646715392018-09-18T17:35:00.002+02:002018-09-18T20:18:31.573+02:00“I am Here For Legacy” – Lessons from Luka Mwango and his Extraordinary Talent
On Monday morning, September 17, 2018, Social Media was awash with the sad news of the passing on of a talented Zambian prolific poet, spoken word performer, novelist and budding screenplay writer, Luka Mwango. I met the young man in person only twice. The first time was when we had invited students from the University of Zambia to our house for an Christian evangelistic movie in 2015. The Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-40668908521228835892018-02-13T09:35:00.001+02:002018-02-13T09:55:08.311+02:00Book Review - Enriching Intimacy and Sex in Christian Marriages
Enriching Intimacy & Sex In Christian Marriages. By Rev. Alfred G. Nyirenda. Lusaka: Azukristw
Educosult Books. 2009. 279 pp. K80.
There is no denying the reality that marriage is under
attack in our day. If one looked at the screaming headlines on divorce from our
daily newspapers, you will not struggle to accept that we have a big problem on
our hands. Sadly, this is not a problem Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-60389492006903345422018-02-13T09:27:00.000+02:002018-02-13T09:55:21.760+02:00Book Review - Stand and Sing of Zambia
Stand and Sing of Zambia: Inspiring Patriotism and
Responsibility. By Logan C.
Nyasulu. Lusaka: LCN Publications. 2016. 86 pp. K100.
During my primary
school days, I do not remember that any teacher explained to us why we always
had to sing the national anthem during school assemblies. To me, it was simply
a ritual that had been handed down to us by the freedom fighters who fought for
Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-83182579415359883202018-02-13T09:18:00.001+02:002018-02-13T09:37:07.176+02:00Book Review - Making The Cut
Making The Cut: A Motivational Book For Young People
Everywhere.
Prof.
Kasonde Bowa. 2011. 163 pp. K100.
I didn’t know about
this book until August 2014. During the Reformed Family Conference of 2014 at
Lusaka Baptist Church, Prof. Kasonde Bowa had set up a table where he was
adverting and selling this book. I stopped by the table to take a look at the
book, and instantly fell Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-27947640344074864332017-10-24T12:18:00.001+02:002017-10-24T12:21:14.105+02:00Redeem Their Heroic Deeds
In Celebrating Zambia's 53rd Independence Anniversary, I penned down this poem. Enjoy...
Redeem Their Heroic Deeds
Young and old, men and women, in rarest union,
Noblest example of great duties done,
Embracing the fight, braving the scorn,
To see a beautiful inheritance to us born.
By innumerable troubles assailed, and dangers affright,
They Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-11431424604750953652016-11-21T12:31:00.000+02:002016-11-21T12:32:12.000+02:00Grief's Oppression, The Lord's Comfort
I wrote this poem in memory of a dear friend, Austin Bhebe, who died in Nairobi, Kenya on November 5th, 2016, and was put to rest in Kabwe on Saturday, November 12th, 2016.
From the east, the
sun rose, bright and clear,
Saluting my world
with its gleaming heat,
A yellow ball that
should have rolled out its cheer,
But alas, sent
forth a solemn song that was offbeat.
A peal of Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-38924515205937223952016-11-15T10:23:00.001+02:002018-02-13T12:32:20.020+02:00The Deadly Dinner - Political Cannibalism in the PF<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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On Tuesday, October 28th, our fifth
republican president, Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata died in a London hospital.
According to our current constitution, Article 38
(1), if the Office of President becomes vacant by reason of the President’s
death, an election to the office of President shall be held in accordance with
Article 34 within 90 days from the date of the office becoming vacant.
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An hour before midnight on Friday, one of God's choicest servants went to be with the Lord. Mr. Mwamba Chibuta, an elder at Kabwata Baptist Church, entered the realms of the blest, a country so bright and so fair. When elder Charles Bota called me a few minutes after midnight to break the sad news, it was like my heart was pierced by a sharp instrument. I have composed this poem in Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-12965381242911886482013-08-23T10:43:00.004+02:002014-12-07T20:26:04.693+02:00The 24th Zambian Reformed Conference
Yesterday
(Thursday, August 22), I was back in the Radio Christian Voice studio on Alick
Nkhanta Road to do a 15-minute advert for the 24th Zambian Reformed
Conference and School of Theology. Around the same time last year, I was in the
same studio with Mr. Charles Bota, the all-round and able chairman of the
Conference organising committee doing a similar task.
From
Monday, 26th August to Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989421134662291552.post-52865204319211272142013-01-22T09:27:00.000+02:002014-12-07T20:37:59.218+02:00Is Your Dream Marriage Beginning To Fade? Part V<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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June 22nd may
just be another ordinary day to many of us. Ordinary in the sense that we may
have few, if any at all, significant events associated with this date. Well, I
don’t know about you, but I have no family relations that were born on this
day, and none of my hundreds of “friends” on Facebook took a first breath of
earth’s air on this day.
But to eager
and keen enthusiasts of Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com0