Samuel Koranteng Pipim: African Eagles

Excellence is distinction. Mediocrity is extinction. Mediocrity is content with its condition and accomplishments. It settles for good when better is available. But excellence betters its best. Choose to be distinct, not extinct. That’s the choice Africa has to make.  Africans must move from the chicken mind-set to an eagle mind-set, from mediocrity to excellence. In the famous words of Dr. J. E. K. Aggrey (1875–1927): “My people of Africa, we were created in the image of God … We are eagles. Stretch forth your wings and fly! Don’t be content with the food of chickens.” This is what excellence calls for. Soar like eagles.—S.K. Pipim

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Samuel Koranteng Pipim Worry

Worry is a deceptive luxury we must not covet. One unknown source gives a breakdown of what the average person worries about:  40% focus on things that will never happen, 30% deal with the past that can't be changed, 12% concern criticism by others, mostly untrue, 10% relate to health, which worsens with anxiety, and only 8% are about legitimate concerns that require action. Statistics aside, the observation confirms that worry is an exercise in futility. There are two things we should never worry about: (i) things we cannot change and (ii) things we can change. Think about it! Then reflect on Christ’s words in Matthew 6:25-34. Worry is shortsighted and blind, but faith has vision. So, why worry?— Samuel Koranteng Pipim

Death and Resurrection: Samuel Pipim

The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ, who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord.

The second resurrection, the resurrection of the unrighteous, will take place a thousand years later. (Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10.)