Author: Deji Okegbile

ADEDIRAN, A PRINCELY PRINCE AND MANLINESS WITH GRACE

ADEDIRAN, A PRINCELY PRINCE AND MANLINESS WITH GRACE

Posted by | Oct 7, 2020 | |

There is no man that has power over the Spirit to retain the Spirit; neither has the power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war – Ecc 8:8. “A sparrow cannot fall without your father,” much less a prince. The tears of royalty cannot melt the power of the great enemy called death when permission is given him. The angels looked down from heaven one night. They searched for miles afar. And deep within the distance they could see a shining prince. The ascension of Prince Adediran Adeyokunnu at a time of life...

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Parable of Inclusion: A Call to Radical Exclusivity.

Parable of Inclusion: A Call to Radical Exclusivity.

Posted by | Oct 6, 2020 | , , |

In the book of Isaiah chapter 5, ‘Song of the Vineyard,’ we learnt about the house of Israel and the people of Judah, God’s pleasant planting to whom Isaiah spoke the prophecy and compared to a disappointing vineyard. Despite the love and care of the Owner, produces only wild grapes (Is 5:1-7). To bear good grapes as inclusive ‘branches of the vine,’ we have the options to accept the Lord’s rule, or to reject it, self – inclusive exclusion, and become a disappointing vineyard like the house of Israel and the people of Judah. To be a part of...

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CALL TO INTERCESSION

CALL TO INTERCESSION

Posted by | Oct 1, 2020 | , , , |

Since the world changed with the spread of Covid-19, the world is imprisoned physically and spiritually more than before. We are in desperate need for a mighty move of the Lord to set the captives free and release the prisoners from darkness and death. God is saying to the Church “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 6:12). In Acts 12, Peter was kept in prison, just as James but ‘the difference was...

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NIGERIA @60: Tyranny of Kleptocrats’ Exclusive Institutions and usage of Youth as Footnote.

NIGERIA @60: Tyranny of Kleptocrats’ Exclusive Institutions and usage of Youth as Footnote.

Posted by | Oct 1, 2020 | , |

Nigeria was the creation of European ambitions and rivalries because ‘its people had their own ancient history before the arrival of the Colonisers.’ According to a publication ‘The Struggle for One Nigeria’ published by the Federal Ministry of Information, Lagos, in 1967, Nigeria, ‘this newly created country contained, not just a multiplicity of … tribes, but a number of great kingdoms which had evolved complex systems of government, independent of contact with Europe.’ According to the publication, ‘The British tried to weld together these kingdoms and territories with such diversity of languages and cultures at such different stages of civilization.’...

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170 years of the Church in Nigeria — Beyond the present. (Published on Sunday, September 23, 2012 by DEJI OKEGBILE in the Nigerian Punch Newspapers).

170 years of the Church in Nigeria — Beyond the present. (Published on Sunday, September 23, 2012 by DEJI OKEGBILE in the Nigerian Punch Newspapers).

Posted by | Sep 25, 2020 | , , , |

The 170-year-old story of the Church in Nigeria has been told several times by different sources and from different perspectives. It is important to note the labour of the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who, in the 15th century, accompanied traders and officials to the West African coast, including Benin. The priests, with the support of Benin king’s palace, built several churches to serve the Portuguese community and a small number of African converts. The influence of the Catholic missionaries waned and disappeared when direct Portuguese contacts were withdrawn. However, the success story of the modern Christianity actually began in the...

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