Author: Deji Okegbile

Gospel beyond Ireland: ST PATRICK, APOSTLE OF INDIGENISATION.

Gospel beyond Ireland: ST PATRICK, APOSTLE OF INDIGENISATION.

Posted by | Mar 17, 2022 | , , |

It’s another St Patrick Day in Lent and it is a call to church and leadership renewal. Donald Anderson McGavran in one of his contribution ‘Have we lost our Way in Mission’ explained that the churches are loosing the fight to wind the world for Christ … because churches and church members no longer have an urgent, compelling sense of mission.’ According to him, ‘one’s convictions regarding the nature of the Christian mission determine the zeal one brings to the task.’ In the footstep of Apostle Paul, the pioneer apostle of indigenisation, St Patrick knew why he was sent...

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CRY OF MOURNING OVER UNFAITHFULNESS: JESUS, SHELTER FROM FOX AND THE COMING STORM.

CRY OF MOURNING OVER UNFAITHFULNESS: JESUS, SHELTER FROM FOX AND THE COMING STORM.

Posted by | Mar 16, 2022 | , |

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! (Lk 13. 34–35). The repetition of “Jerusalem, Jerusalem” signifies cry of mourning, painful lament, grief and great frustration. Jesus calls Jerusalem “that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her!” The principle of...

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WOMEN STILL ‘LABELS’ JESUS: MARTHA EXAMPLE

WOMEN STILL ‘LABELS’ JESUS: MARTHA EXAMPLE

Posted by | Mar 8, 2022 | , |

Lent for Everyone (7) Journey with Jesus: Christ She said to Jesus, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world” (Jn 11:27). The miraculous virgin birth of Jesus without a human sexual union is affirmed in His family history. The Bible says, “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ” (Matt 1:16). Prophet Isaiah promised a virgin-born child who would be called “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us” (Is 7:14). Isaiah’s prediction was made 700 years before the birth of Christ....

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ABUSE OF SCRIPTURE: Overcoming Satan’s Ploys for Evil Devices, Pride, Temptation and Sin.

ABUSE OF SCRIPTURE: Overcoming Satan’s Ploys for Evil Devices, Pride, Temptation and Sin.

Posted by | Mar 8, 2022 | |

Jesus’ temptation by the devil in the wilderness is a familiar story in the Scripture. The Gospel reading for the first Sunday in Lent ‘reminds us that our capacity to repent and to resist temptation comes from our relationship with God and the grace of his deliverance rather than from our own strength and initiative (Lk 4:1-13).’ Many today takes on pride or debate rather than to repent thinking that it is based on their own strength, wisdom or initiative. Genuine repentance from our sinful nature, attitude and habits are based on humble surrender to God’s grace at Christ...

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Evil of a Society and Church in Distress: 10 Years After, Tribute to my brother, Elder Michael Bamidele Obadimeji

Evil of a Society and Church in Distress: 10 Years After, Tribute to my brother, Elder Michael Bamidele Obadimeji

Posted by | Mar 2, 2022 | , |

I am writing this tribute today in the memory of my brother, Dele Obadimeji. The remembrance of my brother on this Ash Wednesday 2022, 10 years after his devastating transition is to acknowledge and share both our joy in God’s gift that his life was to us, the pain that his passing brings and the hope of eternal life in Christ. Our elder brother, Dele Obadimeji born in 1956, the eldest child in the families of Obadimeji and Okegbile was gruesomely murdered on his way to a night vigil organised by his church, Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Agbara Nla, Power...

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