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           WHAT IS THE ONLY HOPE OF MAN                          LIVING WORD  �I will bless the lord, who hath given me counsel. My reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope�. Psalm 16:7-9   Praise be the Lord from whom all mercies flow, praise Him for ever more may His mighty name be magnify. (Amen).  Beloved with inexpressible flood of joy in my heart, I welcome you to this last month of the year; it is indeed glorious because what God has done for us we cannot tell it all. They are awesome, they are wonderful. I am particularly over whelmed. These are demonstration of His goodness and we have no word to express it. We all started the journey of this year from the month of January, and we are al...

Skip to content SUBSCRIBE Living Word  When Boko Haram Survivors Regret Returning to Their Christian Communities Sunday Obafemi  Kidnapping victims need the church’s care. They often receive its judgment. CHRISTIANITY TODAY DECEMBER 17, 2024 Share SHARE Illustration by Elizabeth Kaye / Source Images: Getty, Pexels Ten years ago, the world was horrified when the radical Islamic group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 young girls from a school in Chibok, a town in northern Nigeria. Though many eventually returned home,  about 80  haven’t been seen since. That horrifying story has a shocking sequel: Some of the Chibok girls who escaped or were released have found their lives as bad or worse than when they were in captivity. “I do regret coming back,” one of them, who gave birth to two children while held hostage in a Nigerian forest,  said  earlier this year. Hindered by limited resources and an underdeveloped theology of trauma and abuse, the Nigerian church has faile...