Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts.

Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.

Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.

Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits.

God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.

The mere acknowledgment that 'God is watching' can act as a trap, fueling bad behavior, corruption, and guilt, all remedied by God's forgiveness. No personal responsibility is needed - someone on the outside sees whatever we're doing and makes it all OK.