Author: Deji Okegbile

Charles Wesley’s Conversion – Beyond Bad Press.

Charles Wesley’s Conversion – Beyond Bad Press.

Posted by | May 21, 2023 | |

Hymn singing was essential to the Methodist evangelical revival in the eighteenth century; hymns were both a means of expressing joy and teaching scriptural truth. The famous Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley was the eighteenth of Samuel and Susannah Wesley’s nineteen children (only ten lived to maturity). He was born prematurely in December 1707 and appeared dead. He lay silent, wrapped in wool, for weeks. In May 1738, Charles began reading Martin Luther’s volume on Galatians while ill. He wrote in his diary, “I laboured, waited, and prayed to feel ‘who loved me, and gave himself for me.'” He...

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Remembering the manner of Prelate Mbang’s Living and Dying.

Remembering the manner of Prelate Mbang’s Living and Dying.

Posted by | May 19, 2023 | , |

When death comes to find you, may it find you alive – African Proverb. With emotion, I celebrate the life of a highly respected, noble, kind father and leader, a Patriarch and a Prelate emeritus, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Dr. Sunday Coffie Mbang (1936-2023). I feel in my heart such gratitude, gratitude to God for having gifted Prelate Mbang to the church and the world. From the vantage point of the glorious world, Prelate Mbang, a renowned theologian, triumphantly and joyously “…have arrived.” Death found Prelate Mbang alive on Tuesday, 16th May 2023, at the Specialist Hospital, Uyo, Akwa...

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VERY REVEREND ADEMOROTI: A Trustee of the “Apostolic Faith.”

VERY REVEREND ADEMOROTI: A Trustee of the “Apostolic Faith.”

Posted by | May 19, 2023 | , |

All of God’s people are responsible for ensuring the church’s apostolicity. Very Reverend Gabriel Obasanmi Ademoroti faithfully exposited the Word of God to his congregations throughout his earthly ministry and teaching career. Apostolicity as one of the defining elements of the church according to the Apostles’ Creed ‘means being in continuity with the Holy faith and practice of the Apostles’ (Jude 3). The challenge today is that a church that is not built on the foundation of the teaching of the Apostles and prophets—the divine revelation of the Scriptures—will not endure in faithfulness to Jesus Christ. Baba Ademoroti’s ministry...

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“If you love Me, keep My commandments”: Call to Complete Obedience.

“If you love Me, keep My commandments”: Call to Complete Obedience.

Posted by | May 18, 2023 | |

Jesus says: “If you love Me, keep My commandments … He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me … If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him” – John 14:15-24 Jesus’s last word at the Last Supper points to His last will to His followers, “If you love me, keep my commandments” – (Jn 14:15). True love for God cannot be separated from complete obedience. Jesus Christ died to bring complete obedience and wholesome...

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My Mentor, Sir Prof. Amund, Nigerian Foremost Petroleum Microbiologist, and a Knight of John Wesley @ 70: A Life of ‘Surprise Package.’

My Mentor, Sir Prof. Amund, Nigerian Foremost Petroleum Microbiologist, and a Knight of John Wesley @ 70: A Life of ‘Surprise Package.’

Posted by | May 5, 2023 | |

A Methodist hymn, ‘SOMETIMES a light surprise, the Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises, with healing in his wings’ aptly described the life testimonies of Sir Professor Kayode Amund. Indeed, ‘sometimes a light surprise,’ Sir Prof Amund, between 2004 and 2007, had been the erstwhile founding Vice-Chancellor and Member of Council, Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo, now Wesley University, Ondo. In 2019, during the Silver Jubilee celebration of Methodist Church Nigeria Knighthood and awards, Distinguished Professor Amund, a local Methodist preacher, a former Senior Local Steward, Hoarse’s Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Yaba, Lagos, and...

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