Once the Bible is no longer received as the very Word of God, man loses the only final authority strong enough to judge him, correct him, and lead him into truth.
Without Scripture, every standard begins to shift. Morality becomes opinion. Truth becomes preference. Sin becomes whatever the culture dislikes for the moment. Worship becomes whatever man finds meaningful. Even God becomes a figure reshaped by human feeling.
“All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).
That is why the authority of Scripture is not a small issue. If God has spoken, then His Word stands above the church, above tradition, above experience, above reason, above culture, and above every human authority. We do not sit over Scripture as judges. Scripture sits over us.
“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17).
The moment man denies the Bible as God’s Word, he does not become free. He becomes ruled by another authority, usually himself, his age, his desires, or the loudest voice around him.
“The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting” (Psalm 119:160).
The church does not need a softer Bible, a corrected Bible, or a Bible made acceptable to the modern world. We need to bow before the Word God has given, because only His Word can expose our lies, reveal Christ, and make the man of God equipped for every good work.
“So that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:17).
Here's my encouragement to churches: make 'Care' clear and accessible on your church website.
You don’t need a counseling center or a fully developed care ministry before you can start pointing people to help.
Sometimes all it takes is a simple pathway on your website:
- A “Need Care?” button that leads to a form or contact
- A place to request prayer
- A way to connect with a pastor or elder
- A short list of trusted local counselors or partner churches
This communicates what so many people need to hear:
“You are not alone, and we’re here to walk with you.”
I’m always encouraged when I see churches make it easy to find care online. It’s a small but powerful way to embody the heart of Christ in a hurting world.
NAIROBI TRAFFIC SURVIVAL GUIDE:
With KURA partially shutting down the Valley Rd / Kenyatta Ave / Jakaya Kikwete Rd intersection from this Friday (12th June) until Feb 2027, your usual routes are getting a massive shakeup.
Here is your definitive alternative route breakdown:
We found evidence of construction going on inside the Nairobi National Park but @KWSKenya just confiscated our drone. Currently protests by lobby groups and environmentalists are going on over the construction.
An encouragement and exhortation for my amazing and beautiful sisters in Christ:
Imperishable.
In 1 Peter, only four things are called imperishable:
- The inheritance of the saints (1 Peter 1:4).
- The blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18–19).
- The Word of God (1 Peter 1:23–25).
- And...wait for it...the beauty of a godly woman (1 Peter 3:4).
This means means your inner life—your character, your faith, your love—is in the same category as the blood of Christ and the word of God...the category of that which is eternal because it comes from heaven.
Incredible.
Think about it: If your beauty is from heaven, it doesn’t wilt with age, fade with fashion, or rot over time.
To my sisters who feel the pressure of the world to be externally impressive, stylish, and youthful: That beauty is perishable, so let it go and pursue the beauty of heaven, the "imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious." (1 Peter 3:4)
#NP, 'Little Sunflower', featuring #AlJarreau, off #FreddieHubbard's *Anthology: The Soul Fusion Years 66-82*. (2002). The #CapitalJazzClub984, with #JacobAsiyo, & @KaimaMwiti.
Arranged By, Conductor, Producer: Claus Ogerman
Producer: F. Hubbard
Written By: A. Jarreau, F. Hubbard
Always choose clean pain over dirty pain.
Clean pain is the pain of telling the truth. The pain of leaving. The pain of disappointing someone. The pain of starting. The pain of being bad at something new. The pain of saving money instead of buying the thing. The pain of going to bed while the party continues. The pain of facing the blank page.
Dirty pain is the pain of avoiding clean pain. The pain of staying too long. The pain of lying. The pain of living above your means. The pain of being known inaccurately. The pain of watching your life shrink around a fear you refuse to face. The pain of managing the consequences of cowardice.
Clean pain is often sharp and brief, dirty pain is dull and chronic.
Self-respect is paying the clean cost early.
@AgabaDavid15 The only thing worth adding is covering the ECU box and the ignition coils before any water goes near the engine at all. Even hand washing with a wet cloth can push water into connector pins if it gets into the wrong place. Cover first, then clean. That extra step costs nothing.
A dirty engine is better than a dead one that is sparkling clean, which you killed by simply jet washing it.
Every weekend, people drive to roadside washing bays and ask the kanaabe to make the engine as clean as possible and watch the guy blast the engine bay with a high-pressure jet like it is a tyre. The owner feels proud. The damage is already done and it will not announce itself for almost two weeks at times.
Here is what that water actually reaches. The ECU connectors. The alternator. The crankshaft and camshaft sensors. The ignition coils sitting down in the spark plug wells. The fuse and relay box. None of these were built to take a focused jet of pressurised water. They tolerate rain and road splash. They do not tolerate a nozzle aimed straight at them.
The failure is rarely instant. That is exactly what makes it expensive. Water settles in a connector, corrodes the pins over the next few days and then the car starts throwing faults that move around. A misfire that comes and goes. A no-start that clears after fifteen minutes. A check engine light that means something different every scan. The mechanic chases sensors one by one because intermittent water damage does not point at itself. By the time it is traced to a corroded ECU connector, you have paid for diagnostics, guessed parts and possibly an ECU that runs into millions on a common Japanese car.
Now the part that matters is if you are buying.
A spotless engine bay at a bond is not proof of a well maintained car. It is a question. Either it was just jet washed, which means the electronics may already be compromised and you inherit it. Or it was degreased specifically to hide an oil leak before your test drive, so the seep that should have warned you has been wiped away. A genuinely well kept car usually has an engine bay that is dusty but dry.
You can clean it properly or do not clean it at all. When the engine is cool. Sensitive components covered. Degreaser and a soft brush. Low pressure rinse, never a jet. Or simply leave it. A film of dust never stopped an engine. A jet of water has ended thousands.
If you are inspecting a car and the engine bay looks too clean for the mileage, that is the exact moment to slow down and get a second pair of eyes on it before you pay. That part I can help with. DM me
Have you ever jet washed your engine? Tell us how it went down...
Nationwide Public Transport Strike – Day 2 Update.
All major roads leading into the city remain operational, with no reports of major disruption or traffic snarl-ups.
Limited public transport services have been observed along different routes, with many commuters walking to their destinations.
Most schools around the city remain closed, with learners advised to stay at home due to safety concerns.
Kenya Red Cross continues to monitor the situation.
The taxes in fuel
✍🏿Excise Duty
✍🏿Road Maintenance Levy
✍🏿Petroleum Development Levy
✍🏿Petroleum Regulatory Levy
✍🏿Railway Development Levy
✍🏿Anti-Adulteration Levy
✍🏿Merchant Shipping Levy
✍🏿Import Declaration Fees
✍🏿VAT
#rejectfuelprices#FixibgTheNation
Panic is rising at Times Tower.
I am reliably informed that KRA is relaxing 2025 tax filing rules.
Right now, the rule is brutal.
If you paid for a purchase in 2025 and the seller did NOT give you an eTIMS invoice:
• You cannot automatically deduct that expense.
Instead:
• You must prepare an Excel list
• List all such purchases
• Attach whatever receipts you were given
• Submit the list to KRA
Only after KRA approves it,
That is when you can deduct the expense.
But here is where KRA cornered everyone.
- KRA inserted one dangerous column in that list.
It is called the 'Seller's PIN' for every single expense line.
Now, where will you get PINs for:
• Matatus
• Farmers
• Jua Kali merchants et al
Even formal sellers have refused. Completely.
They have sworn they would rather be hung than release their PINs.
They,
• Fear customers will expose them to KRA
• Fear customers will exaggerate purchases (100 becomes 2000)
• Fear KRA will accuse them of under declaring income
As a result,
• Taxpayers cannot complete their filings
• 2025 tax returns are stuck
• KRA is missing its tax collection targets
Panic has entered Times Tower.
Now, wind has it that by end of this month:
• KRA will remove that one dangerous column.
You will still:
• Prepare the list of purchases
• Submit it to KRA
But WITHOUT the seller’s PIN.
Is this a welcome move?
Can it be simplified further?
🧵 Nairobi has normalized dysfunction so deeply that we now celebrate roads simply because they exist, not because they are safe.
Driving through parts of the city in the rain felt less like commuting and more like surviving an obstacle course.
Waiyaki Way. Uhuru Highway. Enterprise Rd. Lunga Lunga. Jogoo Rd. Outering. Thika Road. Northern Bypass.
Pitch black.
No lane markings.
No reflective paint.
No warning signs.
Barely any lighting.
At some points, you genuinely cannot tell where your lane begins or ends.
And yet this is a city where every litre of fuel is taxed heavily in the name of road maintenance.
So where is the money going?
Because it is clearly not going into safer roads.
Some roundabouts along Uhuru Highway are almost invisible at night when it rains. You only notice them when you are already on top of them.
The speed bumps around Northern Bypass and parts of Nairobi are another problem entirely.
Poorly marked.
Poorly designed.
Dangerous spacing.
Not traffic calming.
Just vehicle damage waiting to happen.
What makes this worse is that these are not remote roads.
These are major roads used daily by thousands of ordinary Kenyans going to work, running businesses, or simply trying to get home alive.
Road safety is not a luxury item for developed countries.
Reflective paint is not a miracle technology.
Street lighting is not an impossible engineering challenge.
This is simply what happens when institutions stop caring because accountability disappeared long ago.
Road deaths are not always “accidents.”
Sometimes they are accumulated negligence.
And negligence, when repeated for years, becomes policy.
🧵 Last Wednesday, past midnight,I drove through Red Hill— Waiyaki Way → Uhuru Hwy → Enterprise Rd → Lunga Lunga Rd → Jogoo Rd → Outering → Thika Rd → Muthaiga → Northern Bypass-Nyari. What I found was a city that has been abandoned by its own road agencies. Let's talk.