Author: Deji Okegbile

JESUS, THE ‘SHEEPGATE’: EXCLUSIVE CLAIM BEYOND PANDEMIC.

“I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved …” – Jesus The Bible calls us sheep with attendant needs – to be cared for, need to be healed and led, need for protection and provision, hence the need for a shepherd. In the Bible, “shepherd” was often used as a political title to stress a king’s obligation to provide for his subjects.’ A “shepherd” as a title ‘connoted concern for and dedication to others. The image of the shepherd … expressed great authority.’ To care, to led, and to protect means the shepherd must protect the...

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The Mountain of COVID 19 shall move.

By Rev Justice Elizabeth Osinuga Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it Zechariah 4:7 ESV The text of this brief message is Word declared by the Angel is the word from the Almighty God assuring Zerubbabel one of the two anointed that he does not need Might or strength but by the Spirit of God. A mountain is often used to speak of the obstacles that man faces in life Our Lord Jesus Christ also taught us in Mark 13:11 to speak to mountains...

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Church Lockdown in a Digital World: Beyond Eyes on Screens.

The world is in a visually noisy age and pandemic, hence it is becoming difficult to see eternal things clearly. Josef Pieper (4 May 1904 – 6 November 1997), a 20th-century German Catholic philosopher explained that ‘the visual noise in our world makes it hard for us to see. Ironically, the visual glut of the digital age—70-inch television screens, Instagram photos and endless megapixels—is blinding us.’ It is increasingly becoming had for the church to see clearly and spiritually, hence we are reducing God and His holiness to our limited, impaired thoughts and ways (Ps 55:8). No wonder, where...

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“LOOKING UNTO JESUS” A CALL TO 3 DAYS PRAYER AND FASTING – 1st – 3rd May, 2020 (NIGERIAN METHODIST CHAPLAINCY, UK)

In the race of life, we look unto different things and people for encouragement. In time of crisis, we look unto our politicians for good governance; we look unto church leaders for prayers, spiritual direction, and prophetic oversight; we look unto medical professionals for healing. It is also possible to look unto our idols, any creature, the works of our hands, our own righteousness and doings, our wounds, our tears, our fears and humiliations, our own hearts and frames. The truth is that, we are made powerless and weak by sin, hence our arms of flesh are failing (2...

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GOODNIGHT, ‘REFORMER TIMO’: A GREAT REFORMER WITH LEGENDARY GENEROSITY.

Reformer Timothy Olugbenga Olowookere was one of the pioneer members of an Osu community revolutionary youth thinkers, the Great Reformers Club that emerged and came together almost 40 years ago. The emergence of the Great Reformers Club was to mobilise for self-development/repositioning and use the power of their youth, education, and positions to engage and redirect the growth, unity and development of Osu, the headquarters, Atakumosa West Local Government of Osun State. Reformer Timo as usually called (an abbreviation for Timothy), was born 60 years ago at Elemeso quarters, Osu. His parents, Pa Joseph Okere Idaomi and Iya Oloye...

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