Author: Deji Okegbile

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

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.

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.

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

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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Prince-archbishop’s Jubilee Mission: Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu’s 50 Years of Methodist Ministry.

A prince, a member of a monarch’s or former monarch’s family is a male ruler ranked below a king. Prince Sanda Ayoade Ladigbolu from Agunloye ruling house in Oyo is a direct grandson of Oba Siyanbola Onikepe Ladigbolu 1. It is on record that ‘in 1938 Oba Siyanbola Onikepe, the eldest son of Oba Lawaru Amubieya, had reigned for twenty eight years (1911- 1938) when his son and one of the apples in the Oba’s eyes, Prince (Alhaji) Akee Obayanrintan Apewo Ladigbolu and Aya Omoba Aderonke got their baby boy, the grandson for the Oba, Prince Sanda Ayoade Ladigbolu.’...

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