Author: Deji Okegbile

Living Advent: Beyond the 21st Century Transactional Christianity

Living Advent: Beyond the 21st Century Transactional Christianity

Posted by | Dec 16, 2019 | |

The God I find in the pages of the Bible cannot be redefined or forced into a box. The God I read about in the 66 books and 1,189 chapters of the Bible cannot be pinned down by human logic. Living Advent is about missional Christianity, a witnessing life of surrender to God. This is in contrast to a transactional Christianity with the expectation that God must conform to our popular culture and ‘notions of how He should behave, who He should bless and how, and what He should do to reward us for honouring our end of the deal.’...

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Sir Ogala Osoka @70, a Methodist Knight, an Insurance Icon: A Boardroom Professor (BP).

Sir Ogala Osoka @70, a Methodist Knight, an Insurance Icon: A Boardroom Professor (BP).

Posted by | Dec 3, 2019 | |

I met Sir Ogala Osoka two weeks ago during the second anniversary of the Nigerian Fellowship, Upper Tooting Methodist Church, London, after over 20 years, in 1999 at the Methodist Ministers’ Housing Committee meeting in Wesley House, Marina, Lagos. Sir Ogala in his humble characteristic came to me after the processional hymn and said, “Deji, I am proud of you. That was a powerful sermon. I will surely let the prelate know.” Still looking younger as I used to know him, I hugged him and we later had the unbeatable Nigerian jolof rice and fish together. No apology to...

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CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (CCN) @90: Towards a Single Theological-Voice.

CHRISTIAN COUNCIL OF NIGERIA (CCN) @90: Towards a Single Theological-Voice.

Posted by | Nov 29, 2019 | , , , |

In her keynote address to 2018 Conference on World Mission and Evangelism organised by the World Council of Churches in Arusha, Tanzania, Rev. Dr Mutale Mulenga-Kaunda spoke about the unique African ecumenical perspective especially before the European invasion.  According to her, “Africans are indeed ecumenical by nature, as we float in our indigenous/traditional, Islamic and Christian worldviews easily in order to find meaning in life and in death.” She continued, “The church, especially within the African context, has to serve as a missional resource for all people that live on the margins of their society, who are seeking to...

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“OLODUMARE: God in Yoruba Belief,” Bible of African Religion and a master-piece for scholars: Patriarch Bolaji Idowu, 26 years after, we remember him.

“OLODUMARE: God in Yoruba Belief,” Bible of African Religion and a master-piece for scholars: Patriarch Bolaji Idowu, 26 years after, we remember him.

Posted by | Nov 27, 2019 | , , |

His Pre-Eminence Professor Bolaji Idowu, not merely a scholar but also a moral leader who had great impact on his own society was the third native-born leader of the Methodist Church Nigeria, serving from 1972 to 1984. He is also well known for his ethnographic and theological studies of the Yoruba people. Born on September 28, 1913 in Ikorodu, Nigeria, attended Baptist Boys’ High School, Abeokuta; Wesley College, Ibadan; Wesley House, Cambridge; and Wesley College, Headingly, Leeds. He worked and taught as the first Nigerian Head of Religious Department, University of Ibadan for twenty. He rose to become Professor...

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“REMAINERS” IN CHRIST: Beyond the Temporariness of Human Institutions.

“REMAINERS” IN CHRIST: Beyond the Temporariness of Human Institutions.

Posted by | Nov 21, 2019 | , , |

When we realise the brevity of our life and the temporariness of this world, reading Luke 21: 5-19 suggests more than ‘a springboard for proclaiming God’s judgement on society.’ The passage warns us about becoming too fixated on temporary human and political institutions. History goes in cycles. Today, millions are struggling to make sense of a changing world and declining churches especially when globalisation continue to suck patriotism and spirituality from the top. The sad news is that unconcerned leaders fed nationalism and spirituality to the bottom hence, as the first signs of the end times, people are easily...

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