Month: April 2021

Missional Leadership: Beyond Temple Priests or a “Marketplace” Motives.

Missional Leadership: Beyond Temple Priests or a “Marketplace” Motives.

Posted by | Apr 26, 2021 | , , |

“I have a belief system that when the Good Lord created the world, he created Coke one and Pepsi number two”[1] – Neville Isdell In Jesus’ own day there was no shortage of temple priests with a marketplace self-serving motives. The second and third generation of the church and leadership faced the same problem especially with money and often linked with success, sex, and power. There are some arguments with examples in support of a ‘marketplace’ approach to church growth and leadership. One example is Neville Isdell who rose from a bottle salesman to run the Coca-Cola as the world’s...

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‘A Debt’ we owe Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh: Model of a Husband.

‘A Debt’ we owe Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh: Model of a Husband.

Posted by | Apr 17, 2021 | , |

“He is someone who doesn’t take easily to compliments, but he has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these years“[1] – Queen Elizabeth In His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip’s passing, the world have lost a model of a husband for a ‘working couple’ and royalty. God did not only made Prince Philip a man, “a helper suitable for him,” God made him a helper, a counterpart, a working partner, a complement, and assistance suitable for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for 73 years (Gen 2:18, 24). Prince Philip remains a testimony of God’s...

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EPISCOPACY FROM THE HEART: ARCHBISHOP OMODUNBI, ‘a Quintessential Methodist Episcopal Frontliner.’

EPISCOPACY FROM THE HEART: ARCHBISHOP OMODUNBI, ‘a Quintessential Methodist Episcopal Frontliner.’

Posted by | Apr 12, 2021 | , |

When death on Friday January 1st, 2021 came to find Archbishop Amos Abiodun Omodunbi, a former Secretary of Conference (SOC), Methodist Church Nigeria, and a retired Methodist Archbishop of Lagos, it found him alive. The transition and frontline roles of Archbishop Omodunbi echoes the Methodist understanding of authority and Church government derived from the character of Methodism as a ‘connexional’ Church. Archbishop Omodunbi promoted ‘the interdependence which properly lies at the heart of connexionalism naturally precludes both independence and autocracy as modes of church government.’[1] Archbishop Omodunbi modelled a style of episkope and episcopacy with a personal lifestyle that...

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JESUS’ RESURRECTION, the Heart of the Gospel: Panacea for Empty and Fruitless Christianity and Preaching.

JESUS’ RESURRECTION, the Heart of the Gospel: Panacea for Empty and Fruitless Christianity and Preaching.

Posted by | Apr 5, 2021 | , |

‘If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and our faith is in vain….If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins’ (1 Corinthians 15:14, 17). The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead is ‘the be-all and end-all of the Christian faith.’ According to Bishop Barron, ‘If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, all bishops, priests, and Christian ministers should go home and get honest jobs, and all the Christian faithful should leave their churches immediately.’ Paul’s word and advice to those who were denying Christ’s literal bodily...

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HOLY SATURDAY: Assurance of Empty Tomb.

HOLY SATURDAY: Assurance of Empty Tomb.

Posted by | Apr 4, 2021 | , |

Our Lent Retreat and especially between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is not complete without the reality of Holy Saturday in life. Holy Saturday, a one day experience in the church calendar year could be a lifetime, months or years of mourning for those who have suffered the death of a loved one. Holy Saturday is the reality of the tomb experience, the darkness of our life, darkness of a shattering reality that we had no idea what is next. Holy Saturday, assurance of empty tomb prepares us for the dawn of hope and Resurrection in Jesus Christ. Holy...

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