Author: Deji Okegbile

… Brethren, our preaching will bear its legitimate fruits. If immorality prevails in the land, the fault is ours in a great degree. If there is a decay of conscience, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the public press lacks moral discrimination, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the church is degenerate and worldly, the pulpit is responsible for it. If the world loses its interest in religion, the pulpit is responsible for it. If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it. If our politics become so corrupt that the very...

Jesus was invited to dinner at the home of a leader of the Pharisees. Jesus accepted the invitation just as many churches and organisations accommodate evangelism. The invitation highlights theological and missiological traps against evangelism. The Pharisees’ invitation suggests a domesticated mindset and practice of sharing love as a flawed theological and missiological trapdoor to date. The Pharisees’ open invitation was not without guided toleration and access to their prideful knowledge of the law and financial resources to organise a free meal. Pharisees do not give free meals; instead, they use people in the name of loving people. Theology...