Month: May 2020

Church Lockdown in a Digital World: Beyond Eyes on Screens.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 2, 2020 | Missions and Evangelism |

The world is in a visually noisy age and pandemic, hence it is becoming difficult to see eternal things clearly. Josef Pieper (4 May 1904 – 6 November 1997), a 20th-century German Catholic philosopher explained that ‘the visual noise in our world makes it hard for us to see. Ironically, the visual glut of the digital age—70-inch television screens, Instagram photos and endless megapixels—is blinding us.’ It is increasingly becoming had for the church to see clearly and spiritually, hence we are reducing God and His holiness to our limited, impaired thoughts and ways (Ps 55:8). No wonder, where...

“LOOKING UNTO JESUS” A CALL TO 3 DAYS PRAYER AND FASTING – 1st – 3rd May, 2020 (NIGERIAN METHODIST CHAPLAINCY, UK)

Posted by Deji Okegbile | May 1, 2020 | Ministry and Prayer, Nations |

In the race of life, we look unto different things and people for encouragement. In time of crisis, we look unto our politicians for good governance; we look unto church leaders for prayers, spiritual direction, and prophetic oversight; we look unto medical professionals for healing. It is also possible to look unto our idols, any creature, the works of our hands, our own righteousness and doings, our wounds, our tears, our fears and humiliations, our own hearts and frames. The truth is that, we are made powerless and weak by sin, hence our arms of flesh are failing (2...