Author: Deji Okegbile

Examine Me, O Lord: Prayer for Personal Renewal.

Examine Me, O Lord: Prayer for Personal Renewal.

Posted by | Jan 8, 2023 | |

God is the Ultimate Examiner. Psalm 139 takes an unexpected turn, concluding with a prayer for the Lord to examine David’s heart: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you and leads me along the path of everlasting life.” The beginning of the New Year offers us an opportunity to ask God to examine and search us for a fruitful year. The human part always rationalises and resists dealing with what is wrong in the heart, but the truth is that we need to...

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DEATH FOUND POPE BENEDICT ALIVE: Era of Unprecedented Papacy.

DEATH FOUND POPE BENEDICT ALIVE: Era of Unprecedented Papacy.

Posted by | Dec 31, 2022 | |

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the former German Cardinal Joseph Alois Ratzinger, was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s pre-eminent theologians with a long and illustrious career. Born April 16, 1927, in Marktl Am Inn, in Bavaria, Benedict, the son of a rural policeman, ‘will forever be known as the first pope in 600 years to resign.’ At age 14, against his will, he was enlisted in the Nazi youth movement but ‘deserted the German army in April 1945.’ As a result, he was imprisoned in 1945 in an American POW camp in Neu-Ulm. Benedict was ordained on June 26,...

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THE SHEPHERDS WITH ‘WARMED HEARTS,’ AND THE MANGER, A MISSIONAL METAPHOR

THE SHEPHERDS WITH ‘WARMED HEARTS,’ AND THE MANGER, A MISSIONAL METAPHOR

Posted by | Dec 26, 2022 | |

Luke is the only writer in the Bible to use the word manger in the New Testament. He tells us that when Jesus was born, Mary laid Him in something called a Manger, the Latin word munducare, which means “to eat” (Lk 2:7). Luke, in the most famous Christmas paragraphs in the Bible, points our attention to the Manger three times: “She gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn” (Lk 2:7); “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying...

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ADVENT AND THE CHURCH IN 2023

ADVENT AND THE CHURCH IN 2023

Posted by | Dec 21, 2022 | , |

Jesus said, “I have come as a light to shine in this dark world so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark” – Jn 12:46 Christianity is Christ-centred, guided, and guarded by a Spirit-inspired written Word -The Bible, history (His story), and teachings. In essence, the foundation of Christianity is firm, ‘bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity” (2 Tim 2:19). In one of my books, Stop the Funeral: Reverse Methodists Decline published in 2017, I...

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Advent Concern over the Christian Ministry.

Advent Concern over the Christian Ministry.

Posted by | Dec 19, 2022 | , |

Advent Gospel and Epistles are concerned with the Christian ministry and its great prototype. The ministry of John the Baptist is one of preparation for Jesus’ first coming. The Christian ministry today calls us to prepare the people for Jesus’ Second Coming. Jesus Christ at His first coming sent His messengers to prepare the way before Him. Today, Advent Gospel and Epistles summons us to pray that we minister, and stewards of God’s mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready Jesus’ way, by first turning our hearts to Jesus before turning the hearts of other disobedient to Jesus...

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