Author: Deji Okegbile

DIRE-GOKE ARIMORO @ 60: FIRST STUDENT TO BAG FIRST CLASS HONOUR IN HISTORY, ADEYEMI COLLEGE.

DIRE-GOKE ARIMORO @ 60: FIRST STUDENT TO BAG FIRST CLASS HONOUR IN HISTORY, ADEYEMI COLLEGE.

Posted by | Dec 26, 2018 | , |

The testimony of Mr Dire-Goke Arimoro, using the word of William Arthur Ward is about adversity that causes some men to break; others to break records.  Born at Osu sixty years ago to the family of Oba Moses Olanipekun Arimoro and Mrs Abigail Olomitutu Arimoro both of blessed memory, for Uncle Dire, hope in God is his central emotion and hard work is his mantra. For his elementary and secondary education, Uncle Dire attended Local Authority School, Opajingan, Methodist Primary School, Oke Omi and Atakunmosa High School, all in Osu, Osun State, Nigeria. Dire-Goke Arimoro had a year course...

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Christmas in a world of little Caesars.

Christmas in a world of little Caesars.

Posted by | Dec 26, 2018 | , , , , |

The world and the church biggest problem is sin, hence our biggest need is salvation. A renewing Advent therefore invites us to consider the intimate details of God’s love for the world. In our Gospel reading from Luke 2, the life and role of Caesar Augustus reveals to us the futility of living oneself rather than God. When we appropriate the Bible to our context, it becomes more revealing and redeeming. The Gospel according to Luke reveal more to us about Caesar August in each of us and especially in our leadership self centredness. The reflection is that ‘we...

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RECOVERY OF THEOLOGY

RECOVERY OF THEOLOGY

Posted by | Dec 24, 2018 | , , , |

 ‘True theology is practical….speculative theology belongs to the devil in hell,’ – Luther. There is the need to recover the New Testament vision of the Church and Christianity, hence a theology of the people, for the people and by the people in relationship with God. Theology is not just a clerical or academic discipline. Theology is our lifestyle in and with God. Theology is the basis of faith-filled action and life that helps to gain the truth of God, knowing God and relating rightly to the world rather than academic theology abstracted from life (John 7:17). In Hebrew, to ‘know’...

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ADVENT IN MARY’S SENSE: POINTER TO POST-CHRISTMAS REALITY.

ADVENT IN MARY’S SENSE: POINTER TO POST-CHRISTMAS REALITY.

Posted by | Dec 23, 2018 | , , , |

Mary, the mother of Jesus invites us to reclaim a more meaningful Advent and the reason for the Christmas season. The Gospel reading today from Luke 1 presents Mary as our model, our example, our witness, our sister, our mother who voices for us a pattern of Christmas expectancy and Christmas response. Mary embodies our Christmas feelings, our Christmas questions, and our Christmas pondering, not only in response to the time leading up to Christmas but also in our post-Christmas realities. In preparation for our post-Christmas reality, ‘the season of Advent invites us to move outside our liturgical constraints...

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Advent: A Call to Rethink the Bible

Advent: A Call to Rethink the Bible

Posted by | Dec 22, 2018 | , , , |

Advent is about the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, God promised the Advent or coming of His Son, Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament , we look expectantly for the Advent of God’s forever King just as Prophet Isaiah declared, “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Is 9::6). In the New Testament, the angel brought the good tidings of great joy by announcing the birth of the Saviour, who...

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