Author: Deji Okegbile

‘BABA SUPER’ – MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE @ 90: Appreciation

‘BABA SUPER’ – MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE @ 90: Appreciation

Posted by | Mar 28, 2018 | |

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations – Psalm 100 To God be the glory. We give thanks to God with...

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‘BABA SUPER’ – LEGACY OF MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE AT 90

‘BABA SUPER’ – LEGACY OF MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE AT 90

Posted by | Mar 27, 2018 | , |

If you have met my father, you will not only believe in the biblical heroes of faith, you will believe in my father ‘Baba Super,’ MOSES OLALEMI OKEGBILE as a hero. My father was the Supervisory Councillor for Health and Social Development, Atakumosa Local Government between 1991 to 1993. ‘Baba Super’ beyond a political figurative alias was the community description of my dad because of his fatherly hospitality, love, selfless and philanthropist services to the community and all the churches and mosques in Osu. Evangelist Julius Oluwanisola, the former Director of Administration of the Atakumosa Local Govt described my...

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JERUSALEM OF YOUR HEART: Ready for Jesus’ entry? (1)

JERUSALEM OF YOUR HEART: Ready for Jesus’ entry? (1)

Posted by | Mar 25, 2018 | |

The Passion narratives can be frustrating and tempting with the possibilities of jumping to Easter without experiencing all of the Palm Sunday and Holy Week. The liturgy today holds before us the reality of our world and our lives in relations to the tension of victory and defeat, joy and sorrow, life and death. Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem 2000 years ago resonates with our troubled world of today, a world of division, famine, wall building, struggle, conflict, abduction, wars and confrontation. The home, church, and world of today in relation to the ancient Jerusalem and the passion narrative are...

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LEAH, NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN GIRL: BETWEEN BOKO HARAN AND FULANI HERDSMEN GIANTS

LEAH, NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN GIRL: BETWEEN BOKO HARAN AND FULANI HERDSMEN GIANTS

Posted by | Mar 23, 2018 | |

“The girls that returned said Leah said she will not deny Christ or turn to be a Muslim” – Nathan Sharibu, Leah’s father. The world is on that same path, the doomsday cycle that has caught every nation and will until the Lord comes and establishes the glory of His own Kingdom. In a divided world of dying nations and dying people and declining churches, it is not the best of time with the state of things in Nigeria. From the economic tension and high level of insecurity, the centre is not at ease in Nigeria. Nigeria navigates from...

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TWO YEARS AFTER, I REMEMBER HIM: REV DR TIM YATES, A Mission Enabler.

TWO YEARS AFTER, I REMEMBER HIM: REV DR TIM YATES, A Mission Enabler.

Posted by | Mar 23, 2018 | |

The Igbo in Nigeria say that every piece of iron is destined for the smithy. I will continue to remember Rev Dr Tim Yates, my benefactor, a vessel of honour beyond just a piece of earthly iron destined for the earthly smithy. Tim, destined for the Ultimate Smithy, God Almighty, through his works continue to evangelise and impact the world for God’s mission.  Tim, a member of staff of the Anglican theological college that forms part of St John’s College, Durham, from 1963 to 1979 and Warden of Cranmer Hall from 1971 until 1979 died on Saturday 16th  January...

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