Month: December 2022

ADVENT GOSPEL: More than a nice tale.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Dec 12, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism |

The existential and missional reality of Advent through the eyes of the Gospels points to the potential and possibility of what the church/kingdom of God is and can be and yet it seems so far away. The promises of Advent Gospel suggests that people are able to give witness to God’s truth in the face of the systems or leadership that try to suppress their truth; that those who believe in the world-changing gospel according to Jesus are able to testify to this gospel even in the face of resistance; that along with many other exhortations, the Good News...

ADVENT GOSPEL: “Make His Paths Straight” in the Wilderness of our Hearts, Homes, Churches and Nations.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Dec 5, 2022 | Missions and Evangelism, Nations |

John’s usage of the metaphor of the Christian life as a race to be run calls us to stop bending God’s Word to promote our human adventures. The metaphor calls us to prepare the way of the Lord by making His paths straight (Mk 1:3). When we reject, bend or ignore the Bible as God’s Word, nothing will be revealed, except human imaginations and ideas. Marriage, nations, individuals created and blessed to be centres and climaxes of Gods creativity activity can become a wilderness and a wasteland when the words of God, The Creator is rejected or ignored. Christian...