Author: Deji Okegbile

Abiding nature of Christ’s joy: Charles Wesley’s example.

Abiding nature of Christ’s joy: Charles Wesley’s example.

Posted by | Dec 18, 2020 | , , |

As we get ready to move into 2021, the joyful news to the world is that the abiding presence of God is moving with us preparing us for a New Year in reaching lost souls with abiding joy in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Today’s celebration of Charles Wesley’s 313th birthday inspires us to learn from Wesley’s abiding nature of Christ’s joy even in the face of opposition, violent and lawless culture. Indeed the lives and testimonies of the early Methodists invites us to learn missional opportunities and how to find abiding nature of Christ’s joy in the midst...

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METHODIST SOCIAL HOLINESS: REORIENTATION OF NIGERIANS ON THE VALUES FOR LIVES AND HUMANITY. Presentation at the Methodist Pre Conference Prayer Retreat/CCED, Lagos.

METHODIST SOCIAL HOLINESS: REORIENTATION OF NIGERIANS ON THE VALUES FOR LIVES AND HUMANITY. Presentation at the Methodist Pre Conference Prayer Retreat/CCED, Lagos.

Posted by | Dec 2, 2020 | , , |

I give thanks to God for this opportunity to be a part of this Prayer Retreat. I thank our father, His Eminence Dr Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche especially for his inspiring opening prayer this morning. I must thank our Bishop of Evangelism, Rt Rev Prof Samuel Sunday Obeka for the fellowship extended to me and the opportunity to share with this body the importance of Methodist social holiness for the reorientation of Nigerians on the values for lives and humanity. The first Patriarch, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Pre Eminence, Professor Bolaji Idowu in his famous publication, Olodumare – God...

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JUSTICE AKINSANYA: HEROINE OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY, THE ‘JUNE 12’ ICONIC JURIST.

JUSTICE AKINSANYA: HEROINE OF NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY, THE ‘JUNE 12’ ICONIC JURIST.

Posted by | Nov 27, 2020 | , |

President Babangida has no legitimate power to sign a decree after August 26, 1993, after his exit, so the decree is void and of no effect – Hon Justice Dolapo Funlola Akinsanya Nigeria and Lagos State has lost a justice of historic stature. Hon. Justice Dolapo Funlola Akinsanya will always be remember as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice. A former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu aptly described Hon Justice Dolapo Akinsanya as “one of the heroines of the present democracy in Nigeria for the courageous judgement she delivered against the legality...

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2020 Thanksgiving, ‘America is back:’ Overcoming ‘Original sin’ into a New Era of Multilateralism and Healing.

2020 Thanksgiving, ‘America is back:’ Overcoming ‘Original sin’ into a New Era of Multilateralism and Healing.

Posted by | Nov 26, 2020 | |

World politics is guided by different elements namely: unilateralism, bilateralism, and multilateralism. Multilateralism as a multiple cooperation and system to govern global trade became a key element of world politics since the end of World War II. Bilateralism in this context ‘is the conduct of political, economic, or cultural relations between two sovereign states.’ The issue is that just as multilateralism and bilateralism could be in conflict with each other, America’s diversity gives a history of tension and conflict. Racism is a terrible sickness and America’s racial divide over policing and the criminal justice system calls for urgent racial healing,...

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AVOID DAMNATION: REMAIN FAITHFUL AND READY FOR THE LORD’S RETURN.

AVOID DAMNATION: REMAIN FAITHFUL AND READY FOR THE LORD’S RETURN.

Posted by | Nov 16, 2020 | , |

 So mere harmlessness, on which many build their hope of salvation, was the cause of his damnation! There shall be the weeping – Of the careless thoughtless sinner; and the gnashing of teeth – Of the proud and stubborn. – John Wesley JESUS IS COMING BACK. The Bible insists that Christians in all time periods must remain alert and ready for the Lord’s return (Rom 13:11, 1 Cor 7:29, 10:11; 15:51-52; Php 4:5). The hope that our Saviour Jesus Christ will soon return to “ever be with the Lord” is the blessed hope of all who have yielded their lives...

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