Author: Deji Okegbile

LOVE BEARING FRUIT: Enough of Santa Claus friendship

LOVE BEARING FRUIT: Enough of Santa Claus friendship

Posted by | May 6, 2018 | , |

The reflection in our gospel reading today from John 15 suggests the Father’s love for Jesus as the measure of Christ’s love for us, a love bearing fruit, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.” Loving like God is a magnificent and fruitful love. The question is how did the Father love Jesus?  God loved Jesus by pushing him out of his comfort zone, ‘out of the comfortable confines of heaven down onto earth where, as a baby, Herod tried to kill him.’ God loved Jesus by sending him into ‘the...

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UNION WITH COMMUNION: A Call to Abiding ‘Connexion.’

UNION WITH COMMUNION: A Call to Abiding ‘Connexion.’

Posted by | Apr 30, 2018 | , , , |

The relationship and true nature of Christian discipleship that is expected among God’s people, union with communion, is what Jesus describes with the analogy of a vine and its branches, between himself and his disciple (Jn 15:1-8). The plan of God for us is to be fruitful, a union with communion, hence in John 15, Jesus Christ tells us God’s expectations from us and what God does for us. Using the words of Jesus, God is glorified when we bear fruit, and on the other hand, God is disappointed and dishonoured when we do not bear fruits. The expected...

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HER MAJESTY @ 92 WITH 6TH GREAT GRANDCHILD BORN ON ST GEORGE’S DAY: Dealing with the Dragon

HER MAJESTY @ 92 WITH 6TH GREAT GRANDCHILD BORN ON ST GEORGE’S DAY: Dealing with the Dragon

Posted by | Apr 24, 2018 | , , |

The 92nd birthday celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is very inspiring especially with her 6th great grandchild born on St George’s Day, 23rd April, 2018, and at a time the dragon is making a mockery of humanity and Christian faith. The dragon in this context points to the forces that terrorises the people, makes life unbearable, and Christianity powerless. The Royal Family out in a week long Queen’s 92nd birthday celebration organised ‘a Royal Albert Hall concert designed to honour all she has done for her country … cemented her Commonwealth legacy for a new generation.’  Indeed,...

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DIVIDEND OR DISASTER: Nigeria between Post-Independence Generation and “Andrew and Duro” Generation

DIVIDEND OR DISASTER: Nigeria between Post-Independence Generation and “Andrew and Duro” Generation

Posted by | Apr 18, 2018 | |

Nigeria is at a major junction that demands our personal and corporate convictions and preferred destination. Israel Emmanuel in his book, The Shift of a Lifetime: Moving a Generation from Survival to Significance, summons us, especially the most of the present ‘mid-life’ generation he called “Andrew and Duro” to make an ideological difference in our lifetime. According to him, Nigerians ‘are at the crossroads of Survival, Success and Significance.’ A new destiny is about to emerge in Nigeria but we must know where we are coming from, where we are and why, and where we are going to and...

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WINNIE MANDELA, A ‘POLITICAL WIDOW’: LESSONS FOR YOU AND ME

WINNIE MANDELA, A ‘POLITICAL WIDOW’: LESSONS FOR YOU AND ME

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , |

“I was the loneliest man …” – Nelson Mandela I grew up to love and read about Nelson and Winnie Mandela. I remember, I had Nelson’s and Winnie’s big portraits on the wall of my room while teaching at Osu, my home town, and as a student, I took their portrait to my hostel at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo. I later joined Amnesty International, Adeyemi Group based on my love for Mandelas and the principles they stood for. Indeed, significant people like Nelson and Winnie, mother of nation, intentionally developed winning habits and secured them through discipline and...

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