Author: Deji Okegbile

THE OUTCOME OF RESURRECTION: HOPE AND ACTION FOR A CRYING WORLD (MARY)

Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. “He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.” – Matt 28:5-6 Theologically, without Calvary, Bethlehem would be in vain hence, the short distance between Bethlehem and Calvary summons us to take into account the eternal consequence of the death of Jesus born in Bethlehem. Talking about Jesus’ birth at Bethlehem without appropriating the essence of his crucifixion at Calvary promotes the commercialisation and secularisation of Christianity. The Psalm for Easter...

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Remembering Charles Wesley and Ikoli Harcourt Whyte: Catalysts of Evangelical Hymns and Our Calling.

St Augustine aptly describe a hymn as, “a song with praise of God,” and ‘to praise God is the high calling of man.’ What the hymns of Charles Wesley are to the Wesleyan Methodism inspires and resonates with the spirituality of Ikoli Harcourt Whyte’s hymns to Primitive Methodism in Nigeria. The Rev. Dr Lord Leslie Griffiths, the former Superintendent Minister of Wesley’s Chapel, London in one of his writings, Charles Wesley: A Treasury of Theology in Song, provides us some important clue to hymns of the Evangelical Revival during the great Whitsuntide of 1738 and its expansion to other nations,...

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NIGERIANS, LIKE JONAH AND SAMSON: ELECTION IS NOT THE SOLUTION, BUT REPENTANCE FIRST.

‘The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out...

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‘BABA SUPER’ – MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE @ 90: Appreciation

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations – Psalm 100 To God be the glory. We give thanks to God with...

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‘BABA SUPER’ – LEGACY OF MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE AT 90

If you have met my father, you will not only believe in the biblical heroes of faith, you will believe in my father ‘Baba Super,’ MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE as a hero. My father was the Supervisory Councillor for Health and Social Development, Atakumosa Local Government between 1991 to 1993. ‘Baba Super’ beyond a political figurative alias was the community description of my dad because of his fatherly hospitality, love, selfless and philanthropist services to the community and all the churches and mosques in Osu. Evangelist Julius Oluwanisola, the former Director of Administration of the Atakumosa Local Govt described my...

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