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The What of Christmas Christmas is an every year festival remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, observed basically on December 25  as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations , is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians,  as well as culturally by many non-Christians,  and forms an integral part of the holiday season centred around it. The Nativity scene (presepe) is seen outside many churches in Italy around Christmas . Reason For Christmas Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, the church in the early fourth century fixed the date as December. This corresponds to the date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar.  Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian...

Liverpool attacker's 63 goals in his first 100 Premier League appearances have only been beaten by three players. Mohamed Salah marked his 100th Premier League appearance with a goal that underlined his status as one of the competition's most prolific scorers. M.Salah strike pass Bournemouth stopper Salah's strike in the 3-0 win at AFC Bournemouth was the 63rd goal of his Premier League career. Only three players in history have ever scored more times in their first 100 matches, with Salah's total matching that of one Liverpool great and narrowly beating another. Fernando Torres also netted 63 times in his first 100 Premier League matches, all of which came for the Reds. That was one more than Luis Suarez managed in his first century of appearances. If Salah keeps up his ratio of 0.63 goals per match, he will be on course for 94 goals from his first 150 appearances. That is one fewer than Ruud van Nistelrooy managed in that time, while Alan Shearer , Kane and ...

It has been officially announced on the official Facebook page of the world renowned Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke his death early this afternoon, after some health challenges in November. Reinhard Bonnke ministering at a crusade “Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with sorrow that the Bonnke Family would like to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on December 7, 2019. For the past 60 years he has preached the glorious Gospel of Jesus throughout the entire world. We want to thank you on behalf of him and our family, for your kind love and unwavering support, which enabled him to preach the matchless message of salvation to countless people”, reported his official page.Reinhard Bonnke (born April 19, 1940, died December 7, 2019) was a German Pentecostal evangelist, principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa. Bonnke has been an evangelist and missi...

Hosts Egypt capped a historic tournament by being crowned Champions of the 2019 Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 after extra time at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday (22 November 2019) evening, to achieve their first title in the third edition of the tournament that also served as African Qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Olympic Pharaohs celebrating their championship win Karim El Iraky scored for Egypt after 37 minutes, before Aboubakar Doumbia equalized a minute from time. But skipper Ramadan Sobhi won the match for Egypt in the 116th minute. The Olympic Pharaohs sailed to the title in style, having won their fifth game in as many matches. Skipper Ramadan Sobhi found his way past his marker from the left side, to send a calling cross that El Iraky responded to with a scorcher to give Egypt a lead they maintained till the halftime. After the break the Ivoirians threw everything in attack, and had to wait to the last minute to ...

South Africa joined Egypt and Cote d’Ivoire to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after finishing the ongoing Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in third place, defeating Ghana 6-5 on penalties after 2-2 draw in the third place match played at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday evening. After a thrilling encounter that saw both sides performing high level football, it was the South Africa who had the last smile when they secured their place in next summer’s Olympics for the third time in their history and second successive after Rio 2016. Ghana will return home with heads high after some breathtaking performances that gained people’s hearts, but luck wasn’t at their side at the end. Celebration time for South Africa Tokyo qualification Ghana’s Habib Mohamed scored in his own net at the quarter hour mark to give South Africa an early lead. Habib tried to stop Luther Singh’s cross but he wrongly turned it into his net. The South Africans had the upper hand through the opening ha...

After a 2-2 draw in regular time, the extra time witnessed no more goals as the game was decided by penalties that saw Ivoirian goalkeeper Eliezer Tape saving three of Ghana’s kicks to send his side to next year’s Olympics for the second time in their history. Evans Mensah(white jersey) outwitting his marker Youssouf Dao took the lead for the Ivoirians after 13 minutes, linking well to Hamid Traore’s pass that sent him in a clear scoring position. A lead that lasted till halftime. Six minutes after the break, Yaw Yeboah restored parity for the Black Meteors. Samuel Obeng sent a cross that found Yeboah whose shot was too strong for the Ivoirian keeper to stop. Dao thought he has won the game for Cote d’Ivoire when he completed his brace six minutes from time with a diving header from Silas Gnaka’s cross. But deep into the injury time, Evans Mensah received Owusu Kwabena’s cross to score from close range and send the game to the extra time. No side could add to their ...

The Black Meteors of Ghana has lost 2 -3  to their opponent: the Olympic Pharaoh's of Egypt earlier in their second fixture match at the Cairo International Stadium in the on going under 23 African Cup of Nations. Sohbi leading by example from an equaliser The game that saw many goals: Ghana taken the lead at the early stages by their captain(Yaw Yeboah) from a tap in,following a cross from the left flank by Samuel Obeng; but the captain of the Egyptian Ramadan Sohbi equalised the Ghana 2 -1 in the second half of the game. Ahmed Rayan a substitute in the second half secure the maximum three points for the young Pharaoh's around 87 minutes of the game from a header from a brilliant corner kick by Ramadan. The Egypt was undoubtedly the better side at the latter stages of the game and they deserve the win. The win has secure an early bird place for the Olympic Pharaoh's in the semi-final in the prestigious competition but  football pundit Mr Kwabena Yeboah said: "...

What is English English is a language— originally the language of the people of England. Today, English is the main language of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and more than fifty other countries. (Interestingly, English is NOT the official language of the USA, though it is the official language of some US states.) Worldwide, there are over 400 million native speakers of English, and over one billion more people speak it as a second language. English is probably the third language in terms of number of native speakers (after Mandarin and Spanish); and probably the most widely spoken language on the planet taking into account native and non-native speakers. Consequently English is sometimes described as a "world language" or a "global lingua franca". It is the world's most widely-used language in international business and telecommunications, newspaper and book publishing, scientific publishing, mass ...

What Is Heaven In Christianity, heaven is traditionally believed to be the abode of the throne of God as well as the holy angels, twenty four(24) Elders, four(4) living creatures and among other creatures . In traditional Christianity, it is considered to be a physical place in the Spirit realm. Heavenly stairway by freepik  In most forms of Christianity, Heaven is also understood as the abode for the righteous dead in the afterlife, usually a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints ' return to the New Earth(New Jerusalem). In the Book of Acts, the resurrected Jesus ascends to heaven where, as the Nicene Creed states, he now sits at the right hand of God and will return to Earth in the Second Coming. Various people have been said to have entered heaven while still alive , including Enoch, Elijah: which Jesus refute in John 3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven. An...

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban,56, knelt in prayer with Nick Vujicic, an Australian world renowned Christian evangelist who was born without limbs.This was during the preacher's recent visit to the country where he spoke to about 12,000 people in a local arena. Nick Vujicic drew young people’s attention to the fact that human life is valuable in spite of all its hardships, sorrows, and illnesses. Nick praying with kneeling Prime Minister Viktor Vujicic captioned this photo: “Overwhelmed by your courage and faith in God” adding that he is “excited to see what God has in plan for Hungary!” In his remarks to Christian media sources, Orban said that Hungary needs a government dedicated to Christian values, calling it Europe's "last hope."                                                               By Francis Aidoo, A...

History The English word Bible is from the Latin biblia , from the same word in Medieval Latin and Late Latin and ultimately from Koinē Greek : τὰ βιβλία, romanized: ta biblia which means "the books". By the 2nd century BCE , Jewish groups began calling the books of the Bible the "scriptures" and they referred to them as "holy", or in Hebrew (Kitvei hakkodesh), and Christians now commonly call the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible "The Holy Bible". The Greeks call the “The Holy Bible  “e Agía Graphḗ” . The word Agía in Greek mean “Holy” or “Set Apart”. The Islamic name for the Bible is the Injil . Different parts of the Bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans by Christians , Jews, Samaritans , and Rastafarians. Those books included in the Bible by a tradition or group are called canonical . A number of Bible canons have evolved, with overlapping and diver...

God Is Good, Right? - Wrong! The word “good” is too popular to miss as a child growing up in a Christian domain: being it a church, school, community, society or country at large, whether you are a Christian or not; because of this popular saying “God is good” with the response “all the time” and the vice versa: “all the time”  with the response “ God is good”. The English word “good” is a Positive Degree of comparing adjectives: Positive       Comparative Superlative good             better                           best Searching nuggets of the truth Three Greek words in the New Testament are all generally translated as the adjective “good.” The first is kalos, which means something free from defects, and beautiful. The second is agathos, referring to moral excellence, something that is worthy of admiration. The third is our word chrestos, whic...

Proved Habits There is a popular adage that says: “happiness comes as a result of happenings but joy comes as a result of knowing who you are”. This literally indicates that, for one to be happy there must be some kind of happenings - not any kind of happenings but one that  is positive in perspective: which I am sure we all agree with. We all want to be happy in many facets of life but you will agree with me that not many are: willing knowledgeable discipline to pay for the costs. Happiness isn’t determined by your looks, the car you drive, the money you earn, or the clothes you wear. Instead, happiness is determined by your behaviour – your thoughts and actions. In other words, happiness is determined by your habits. And that’s great news, isn’t it? Because it means that your happiness lies in your very own hands. You can choose which habits to cultivate in your life. If you want to be happier, simply install more happiness-boosting habits. Happiness expressed via dancing...