Month: November 2020

The Faithful and Unfaithful Virgins: Call to Advent Quality to Christian life.

The Faithful and Unfaithful Virgins: Call to Advent Quality to Christian life.

Posted by | Nov 9, 2020 | , |

‘No man has more than enough holiness to himself’ – John Wesley Jesus Christ is coming again! This is the core message of the Parable of the ten virgins. A parable is a brief earthly story that speaks and teaches eternal lessons. God is calling the church and all who believe in Jesus Christ to constantly examine our own spiritual condition in the light of Christ’s coming at an unknown and unexpected time. The parable of the ten virgins appears only in Matthew’s Gospel and it points us toward Advent, ‘the time to wake up again and renew all...

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KBA Adeyemi @70, Beyond the Reproach of Widowhood: Renewing the “Order of Widow” as “Altar of God.”

KBA Adeyemi @70, Beyond the Reproach of Widowhood: Renewing the “Order of Widow” as “Altar of God.”

Posted by | Nov 4, 2020 | |

Rev Dr Kikelomo Bola Adeyemi’s testimony especially on her 70th birthday challenge the church on the accounts of the history of Christian theology that ‘tend to neglect material concerning widows in antiquity and their contribution to Christian discipleship.’ KBA Adeyemi’s experience continue to help in appreciating the contribution of widows in Nigeria and Christian antiquity generally. Using the words of Lisa More, KBA Adeyemi’s Christian stewardship and widowhood as “Altar of God” helps us to understand ‘the Jewish roots of the widows’ contribution to Christian theology,’ evangelism and church leadership. KBA Adeyemi’s experience resonates with the ‘enrolled widows in...

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THE SAINTS, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES IN EACH OF US.

THE SAINTS, THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES IN EACH OF US.

Posted by | Nov 2, 2020 | |

The 2020 celebration of All Saints Day on a Sunday presents us a message of hope and personal renewal. In the Gospel reading, Jesus warned against the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees (Matt 23:1012). The scribes and Pharisees, dominated and engrossed with their confused priorities, two-faced theology and behaviour, impure motives, and damaging leadership had lost them the trust of many common people. The spiritual failure of the scribes and Pharisees pointed out by Jesus brings to limelight the importance of the saintly honourable office that the scribes and Pharisees occupied. To be a saint is to be...

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