Author: Deji Okegbile

WESLEY’S ‘OLD NORMAL’ FOR THE ‘NEW NORMAL’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (1).

WESLEY’S ‘OLD NORMAL’ FOR THE ‘NEW NORMAL’: FORWARD TO THE PAST (1).

Posted by | Sep 8, 2020 | , , |

Maya Angelou said, “If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going.” Wesley’s ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal’: Forward to the Past encourages us to see our past in future. Beyond the ‘new normal’ adaptation to isolation and lockdown, and the physical and mental needs that are arising as a result of Covid-19, for us to know where we are going as followers of Jesus and most especially as Methodist Christians, God is calling us to look back again to see our past in future. The Prodigal’s return reminds us of the importance...

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Divine Solution: Prayer practice as ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal.’

Divine Solution: Prayer practice as ‘Old Normal’ for the ‘New Normal.’

Posted by | Sep 5, 2020 | |

In the midst of global pandemic, we need a divine solution (Jer 32:17). We need the ‘old normal’ prayer practice of the Early Church for today’s ‘new normal.’ The book of Acts recorded history and act of the vital role prayer played in the Early Church, especially how prayer precedes their major events and acts. In order to renew and improve our prayers in this age of Covid-19, the ‘old normal’ prayers that preceded the filling of Holy Spirit, multiple healing, bold preaching and comforts for persecuted believers suggests a model for our ‘new normal’ prayers. The ‘old normal’...

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REMEMBERING CHIEF ADEBUSUYI @95 and as Baba Ijo, Methodist Church, Oke Oja, Osu @35.

REMEMBERING CHIEF ADEBUSUYI @95 and as Baba Ijo, Methodist Church, Oke Oja, Osu @35.

Posted by | Aug 31, 2020 | , |

Good people die everyday. Yet not all of them affirm for us the goodness in humanity and leadership the way Chief Ezekiel Adetunji Adebusuyi did. Chief Adebusuyi whom my grandmother introduced to me as ‘Ola Iya,’ was an indisputable passionate Osu community leader. A man of many facets – Leader, Teacher, Mentor, a politician, and a committed Methodist Christian. A contemplative man by nature he took Osu community, family, and Church to the heart of his existence. His main pursuits connected Osu and well being of the sons and daughters of Osu. Chief Adebusuyi in his mentorship capacity, leadership was...

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“Get behind me, Satan”: Rebuke and Warning to Easy Way Christians and Churches.

“Get behind me, Satan”: Rebuke and Warning to Easy Way Christians and Churches.

Posted by | Aug 31, 2020 | , , |

Bible tells us John 10 that we have an enemy (Satan) and he “comes only to steal and kill and destroy” (v.10). Satan wants to steal our joy, kill the good thing God is doing in us, and ultimately destroy us. Satan’s means of action is to confuse our identity. Satan, the principal adversary of God is the author of confusion but people are the distributors of it even in the church. Satan was the one who had previously tried to get Jesus to take easy way, and today, Satan is roaring more in the church than any other...

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REMEMBERING SIR REMI OMOTOSO @75, First Posthumous Birthday: Model of Wesley’s Relational Leadership for the Corporate Leadership

REMEMBERING SIR REMI OMOTOSO @75, First Posthumous Birthday: Model of Wesley’s Relational Leadership for the Corporate Leadership

Posted by | Aug 28, 2020 | , |

Oswald Sanders’ best definition of leadership as “… influence” aptly describe the positive influence of Sir Remi Omotoso on his family, his community, his church and the corporate world. The crying need of the church and the world today is leadership hence, remembering Sir Remi Omotoso today among other things provide an opportunity to learn leadership. God as the Ultimate Leader calls us to leadership and Sir Remi Omotoso as a good leader was a follower of Jesus Christ. Focus and self discipline provided the foundation for Sir Remi Omotoso leadership practice. In the spirit of Wesley’s relational theology,...

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