Author: Deji Okegbile

True definition of Jesus: Between the Spirit-ruled and Sense-ruled definitions; for Growth or Decline.

Beyond the popular culture and its definition of Jesus and Christianity, a true definition of Jesus provides opportunity to be a true Christian, moving from knowing about Jesus to knowing, obeying, and following Him personally. How we answer Jesus’ question, the central question of life, “Who do you say that I am? defines our lives, churches, nations, now and forever. The Bible says, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the death, you will be saved” (Rom 10:9). There is a core principle that set Christianity apart...

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Evangelism in the Culture of ‘Simony.’

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. For I see...

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GOD IS WITH US: FORGIVENESS IS POSSIBLE

Speech delivered by Rev. Justice Elizabeth Osinuga FCArb, MICMC, FICArb (UK), during Women’s Fellowship Session; On Saturday, 1st August 2020 at the Nigerian Methodist Chaplaincy’s 6ThAGM/Conference Courtesies: Today, I am here NOT to preach but simply to speak on the issue of forgiveness and unforgiveness. I will be looking at unforgiveness particularly from the perspective of Cancer and how the two are alike. The title of my speech is:  “Forgiveness Is Possible” What is cancer? What is forgiveness? What is unforgiveness? A Medical author by name, William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR, gave the Medical Definition of Cancer...

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2020 Theme of Growth: “The Best of all is, God is with us,” a Model for the Second Methodist turnaround strategy.

Opening address by Carolyn Lawrence, Vice President, Methodist Church in Britain at the virtual Nigerian Methodists Chaplaincy’s 6th AGM/Conference  on Saturday, 1st August, 2020 Greetings! : I’ve visited several African nations but sadly never yet been to Nigeria.  Always feel at home on African soil.   Spent a few years worshipping in the Pentecostal church, where I was baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit and feel most comfortable with worship in an African context – often a bit stiff and starchy in the UK! Particular interest in Nigeria and hope that one day I can visit some of the...

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“The Best of all is, God is with us,” Are we with God?: Hope for a Declining Church in an age of Covid-19.

Charles John Huffam Dickens said, “Strange tales have been told in the wanderings of dying men.” According to him, ‘tales so full of guilt and crime, that those who stood by the sick person’s couch have fled in horror and affright, lest they should be scared to madness by what they heard and saw; and many a wretch has died alone, raving of deeds, the very name of which, has driven the boldest man away.’ What was a strange and dreadful tales told in the wandering of dying men was a spiritual testimony for John Wesley at the approach...

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