Author: Deji Okegbile

The collapsed building of Reigners Bible Church International on Saturday, December 10, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state is one collapse too many in Nigeria. In September 2014, 115 people including 84 South Africans were killed in Lagos in the collapse of a church belonging to the famous televangelist TB Joshua. The Uyo church building collapsed during a special bishopric enthronement service for the founder of Reigners’ Bible Church, Apostle Akan Weeks, killing many worshippers and leaving several others injured. The service was attended by the Akwa Ibom state governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, his deputy, Mr Moses Ekpo, and...

 ‘Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.’ – Ps 100:4 Christians are called to experience the presence of Almighty God on a daily basis. The presence of God gives joy, hence thanksgiving is about joyful living, our day to day attitude and lifestyle. Thanksgiving is the currency into God’s presence just as Israel could only experience the presence of God through the Ark of the Covenant but now because of Jesus, God lives inside those who will place their trust in Him for forgiveness of sins...

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...