Author: Deji Okegbile

Renewing Sequence of Advent Themes.

Renewing Sequence of Advent Themes.

Posted by | Dec 20, 2023 | |

The lighting of five candles to mark the passing Sundays of Advent and Christmas Day remains an essential feature of many church services today. The coloured candles are interpreted by different traditions in different ways, associating them with different themes. Mark Earey, in one of his traditional hymns, ‘Advent candles tell their story’ (StF 165), follows the missional and renewing sequence of Advent themes that resonates with Charles Wesley’s double nature of Advent. Mark reminds us of ‘the eschatological message that runs through the pre-Christmas season, reminding us of a world that will find final fulfilment in the will...

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A ‘Friend-of-God,’ Sir Edet Amana @85: A Brand Plucked from Soldiers’ Fire of Bullets and Grenades.

A ‘Friend-of-God,’ Sir Edet Amana @85: A Brand Plucked from Soldiers’ Fire of Bullets and Grenades.

Posted by | Dec 11, 2023 | |

As the visible tool for the Methodist revival, John Wesley confirmed in his testimony that he had been rescued from the rectory fire. This is because he had been chosen for a particular mission of God. By divine providence, Wesley was rescued through a window by a man standing on the shoulders of another. Church history reminds us that Wesley grew to understand this event as God preserving him for a purpose and referred to himself as “a brand plucked out of the fire.” Prophet Zechariah echoes Wesley’s experience about the Lord’s demand about Joshua: “Is this not a...

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THE CHURCH (PARABLE) OF SHEEP AND GOATS: THE COMING SEPARATION, HEAVEN, OR HELL?

THE CHURCH (PARABLE) OF SHEEP AND GOATS: THE COMING SEPARATION, HEAVEN, OR HELL?

Posted by | Nov 29, 2023 | |

Halleluyah, Jesus Christ, the Shepherd King, is coming back for His sheep. Beloved, be not deceived; Jesus is coming with all the sun’s brilliance, accompanied by the millions of angels. Moreover, He will sit on His throne, for this Son of man is the King of kings and not just a figurehead king. Jesus, the Lord of all, is coming back, and all nations will be gathered before Him. The dead in Christ will be raised first, and the living at the time of His coming will not be left behind. The Shepherd King will separate all the people...

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BISHOP OHU @ 60, A Guardian of Orthodoxy – “Drive Away Strange Doctrine.”

BISHOP OHU @ 60, A Guardian of Orthodoxy – “Drive Away Strange Doctrine.”

Posted by | Nov 29, 2023 | , |

The life, marriage, and ministry of Bishop Osuolale Gboyega Ohu is a testimony of effective ministry not determined by position but by kingdom spirituality and effectivity. Born 60 years ago at Onileapo Compound, Fiditi, Oyo State, Nigeria, his parents, Pa Oyelayo Ohu and Mama Mariam Ohu, remain a source of humble foundation and inspiration to him. Bishop Ohu’s kindness, humility and impish sense of humour distinguish him as a fearless pioneer and divine disrupter. He attended Wesley Primary School, Fiditi, and went to Fiditi Grammar School, Fiditi. I first met Bishop Ohu through the Methodist Evangelical Movement camp meetings, and...

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REMEMBERING PATRIARCH BOLAJI IDOWU: EPISCOPACY BEYOND ‘ECCLESIASTICAL COSMETICS.’

REMEMBERING PATRIARCH BOLAJI IDOWU: EPISCOPACY BEYOND ‘ECCLESIASTICAL COSMETICS.’

Posted by | Nov 27, 2023 | , |

Episcopacy is not an end in itself. It is a means to the one supreme aim: Spreading the scriptural holiness throughout the land – Bishop T. T. Solaru. Loving memories never die. Patriarch Professor Emmanuel Bolaji Idowu was born on September 28, 1913, changed mortality for immortality on November 27, 1993, and was buried on December 17, 1993, at Ikorodu. Patriarch Idowu, the third and last President of Methodist Church Nigeria, was the first Nigerian Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Ibadan. According to Professor Omosade Awolalu, Patriarch Idowu’ brought remarkable changes to the academic...

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