Author: Deji Okegbile

Martyn Atkins, my former principal at Cliff College and former General Secretary, Methodist Church in Britain, in one of his books, Sermon on the Mount: Following Jesus in Today’s World,’ emphasised the urgent need for the character of Beatitude people rather than ‘conquer of die,’ democratic programmes. According to him, ‘beatitude people aren’t likely to get elected.’ The Beatitude sounds good news to the people while the Brexit and Trump-et sounds anger, division, and hatred for the world. Atkins explained that, ‘a manifesto of poverty of spirit, mourning, meekness, thirsting after righteousness, mercy, purity of heart and peacemaking is...

In a ‘post-truth’ times, when the media are promoting the sensational over the accurate, homes, churches, nations, and most especially, Americans are in an atmosphere of weariness and expectation. America is a nation founded in covenant with God. When the first President of America, George Washington was sworn into office on April 30, 1789, he declared ‘no people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States.’[1] The reflection is that, the blessings and prosperity of God on America could become a dream when God’s...