Month: January 2019

HOLOCAUST, A LIVING MEMORY: Dare to be a Esther.

HOLOCAUST, A LIVING MEMORY: Dare to be a Esther.

Posted by | Jan 30, 2019 | , , , , |

Many of our troubles occur because we base our choices on unreliable authorities; culture (“everyone is doing it”), tradition (“we’ve always done it”), reason (“it seems logical”), or emotion (“it just felt right) – Rick Warren The vision of the just concluded Week of Prayer for Christian Unity awakens us to keep alive the vision of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in order to prevent the people from perishing. In contrary, the symbol of holocaust, a defining experience in the life of Jewish people today and for the generations to come stands for what human beings are...

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JESUS’ MANIFESTO: ANOINTED VISION OF GOOD NEWS IN THE NEW YEAR.

JESUS’ MANIFESTO: ANOINTED VISION OF GOOD NEWS IN THE NEW YEAR.

Posted by | Jan 27, 2019 | |

The reflection through the season of Epiphany posed by the popular Christmas carol, “Once in Royal David’s City” points to who and what child is Jesus. The Gospel reading today provides an opening scene to the manifesto for the ministry of Jesus (Lk 4:14-21). More than any inaugural address or priorities for the mission ahead, Jesus’ manifesto is a vision, a vision for what his ministry can and should be. The passage for Jesus’ manifesto opens with his ‘returning in the power of the Spirit to Galilee from the wilderness where he had overcome temptation’ (Lk 4:1-13). On his successful...

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PAUL’S CONVERSION: Salvation Made Relevant Today

PAUL’S CONVERSION: Salvation Made Relevant Today

Posted by | Jan 25, 2019 | , , , , |

Things have changed, nations have changed, and even the church and culture has changed. The entire once-Christianised nations and the missionary once-evangelised developing nations are no longer the same as before.  Christian values, traditions, and terminologies that were once common knowledge have become a thing of the past. The world is experiencing and seeing spiritual and moral relativism, spreading ‘like an infectious disease.’ The collect of today, on the conversion of Apostle Paul brings to our remembrance and renewal his preaching that continue to cause the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world. The conversion of Apostle...

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“ONLY JUSTICE”: Christian Unity in Age of Divisions and Despair.

“ONLY JUSTICE”: Christian Unity in Age of Divisions and Despair.

Posted by | Jan 23, 2019 | , , , |

In an age and time when the laws of rulers has overtaken the rule of law, the theme for the 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18th – 25th January, “Only Justice,” is very timely. The Christians of Indonesia with 10% of the entire nation’s 260 million population against the 86% Muslim ‘found that the words of Deuteronomy, ‘Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue…’ spoke powerfully to their situation (Deut 16:18-20). The situation in Indonesia, the largest country in South East Asia, made up of more than 17,000 islands, I,340 different ethnic groups and over 740 local...

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Watch Out: My New Book: Missional Leadership for Repositioning Nigerian Methodism

Watch Out: My New Book: Missional Leadership for Repositioning Nigerian Methodism

Posted by | Jan 22, 2019 | |

Deji Okegbile has been my student, colleague and friend in the ministry for more than a decade. He has demonstrated himself to be a man of exceptional spiritual depth, academic ability, and missionary insight. I believe his work has an important prophetic and cutting edge that cannot be found elsewhere. And so, I recommend his work for publication as a unique contribution to the missiological literature, but also for the future of the Methodist movement in Nigeria. This book represent the fruit of much careful research. The work, on Missional Leadership began as a dissertation for the MA degree...

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