Author: Deji Okegbile

The ‘Sin’ of (the barren Fig Tree) – the Church and Leadership: Bear fruit or die!

The ‘Sin’ of (the barren Fig Tree) – the Church and Leadership: Bear fruit or die!

Posted by | Mar 24, 2019 | |

“Great and long suffering is the patience of God, but yet he eventually executes judgement.” In such a time of global political divisions and turmoils, the gospel text for the third Sunday in Lent points us to a troubling political report informing Jesus that Pilate has killed a group of Galileans. Jesus turns the ‘tables on the conversation and warns that they are the ones who risk judgement if they do not choose to act promptly. They should worry less about the sins of others and more about their own need for confession. Unless they repent, they will all perish.’ The...

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NIGERIAN ELECTIONS @ 60: Friendly Enemies Within and Without!

NIGERIAN ELECTIONS @ 60: Friendly Enemies Within and Without!

Posted by | Mar 19, 2019 | , , |

The Federal elections ever held in Nigeria in 1959, exactly 60 years ago was to prepare Nigeria for independence. The sad news was that, the 1959 elections ‘supervised by the departing British colonial administration under Governor James Robertson,’ was a deviation of the colonial leaders as moral agent from moral and spiritual laws. These widened the gaps, the divisions between the ethnic groups, and between the rich and the poor in Nigeria. The widened gaps between the regions, the rich and the poor shaped by a deviation and corruption as the ‘vestige of a colonial legacy,’ increasingly became the...

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TRANSFIGURING LENT FOR THE ‘LOST IN A VIRTUAL WORLD?’

TRANSFIGURING LENT FOR THE ‘LOST IN A VIRTUAL WORLD?’

Posted by | Mar 15, 2019 | , , , |

Reading through METRO newspaper today in the train, I saw an advertisement feature captioned ‘Lost in a virtual world?’ by NUTMEG: The digital wealth manager. I heard the Holy Spirit saying to me to spare a moment and reflect on the caption in such a season as this. NUTMEG is very right, many are lost in a virtual world and using the words of Martyn Atkins, ‘lost people act lost.’ The truth is that, many who are lost in a virtual world are still acting lost. The question is how do the lost act in a virtual world? NUTMEG...

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Politics of Temptation and Use of Holy Scripture

Politics of Temptation and Use of Holy Scripture

Posted by | Mar 10, 2019 | , , , |

Transfiguring Lent – Day 6: To God be the glory for the first Sunday in Lent. We use this opportunity to commiserate with the families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airline plane Flight ET 302 that crashed this morning killing 149 passengers from 35 countries including those attending United Nation climate summit, and 8 crew. The Gospel reading for today from Luke chapter 4 summons us to identify with Jesus and especially on the right use of Scripture to overcome the seductions of today’s culture and temptation (vs 1-13). Transfiguring Lent is about right application of the Holy...

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MAMA ENOBONG MBANG – ‘The Everything wife’: Model of Minister’s wife.

MAMA ENOBONG MBANG – ‘The Everything wife’: Model of Minister’s wife.

Posted by | Mar 8, 2019 | |

The celebration of International Women’s Day today beyond a focal point in the movement for women’s rights provides a good opportunity to celebrate a special woman, mother and confidant to me. Mama Enobong Mbang nee Essien, the late wife of His Eminence Dr Sunday Mbang, a former patriarch and prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, a former President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and a former President, World Methodist Council, was strong and graceful. She was cheerful about the future. She took good care of her family and was never lazy. On my appointment as the acting Conference Editor, Methodist Church...

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