Author: Deji Okegbile

CROSS BEARING IDENTITY: Take up your cross, not your gun.

CROSS BEARING IDENTITY: Take up your cross, not your gun.

Posted by | Feb 25, 2018 | , , , |

But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me – Mark 8:33-34  The goal of Satan is to steal the identity of believers, hence, we live in a time the world is experiencing an identity crisis (Jn 10:10). In our post-truth culture, many have lost their true identity thereby searching...

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BILLY GRAHAM’S THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM.

BILLY GRAHAM’S THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM.

Posted by | Feb 24, 2018 | , , |

You cannot inherit Christianity. You cannot live Christian life until you receive Jesus Christ- Billy Graham Against every major doctrinal battle in church history, Evangelist Billy Graham’s message was relentlessly focused on one goal: saving souls for Jesus. Graham practiced proclamational evangelism in the revivalist style in his sixty – four years of evangelism ministry. Graham’s practice followed his practical theology with the testimony of his personal salvation. More important to Graham in life and ministry was soul winning bearing in mind that soul, the part of man that feels pain or joy, happiness or sorrow is the centre...

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BILLY GRAHAM: Altar Calls, A Call to Responsibility.

BILLY GRAHAM: Altar Calls, A Call to Responsibility.

Posted by | Feb 22, 2018 | , |

‘I have never witnessed as much confusion as there is today about where to find truth. We have people preaching that God is a God of love, not of wrath. We have people proclaiming that heaven is real but hell is only a figment of imagination’ – Billy Graham The African proverbs that says, ‘life is the beginning of death’ is best exemplified by the life, ministry, marriage and physical death of Rev Dr Billy Graham, a great caller, not just a preacher, ‘an old-style evangelist, in the mould of Dwight L. Moody, John Wesley and George Whitefield.’ In...

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EVANGE-LENT 5: Lent: A Call to Intentional Wilderness

EVANGE-LENT 5: Lent: A Call to Intentional Wilderness

Posted by | Feb 18, 2018 | , |

And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him – Mark 1:12 There are some things that we do not choose in life but just happen to us. Wilderness time is full of struggle, trial, and even misery. When we allow God’s presence in the time of our wilderness, we may feel stretched beyond our human abilities. The example of this was how the same Spirit of God that descended upon Jesus at Baptism and drove...

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EVANGE-LENT: Ash-Valentine – A reminder of life shortness.

EVANGE-LENT: Ash-Valentine – A reminder of life shortness.

Posted by | Feb 14, 2018 | , |

What has the juxtaposition of Ash Wednesday and Valentine Day got to do, especially in the days of moral free falls? Theodore Roosevelt said, “To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” Ash-Valentine is a reflection on the moral and spiritual lessons of the season of Lent and Valentine’s Day, namely – Sacrifice, prayer, and giving. Ash-Valentine calls us to be careful of any partial or reductionist version of  Valentine and Lent to which we have become accustomed. Ash-Valentine is therefore about the proclamation of the good news about great...

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