Author: Deji Okegbile

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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Disease in Preaching: Overcoming our ‘Juvenility’ of faith.

Disease in Preaching: Overcoming our ‘Juvenility’ of faith.

Posted by | Mar 19, 2018 | , , |

The church today like the ancient church of Corinth must realised that the Holy Bible is truly the inspired and infallible Word of God in other to relieve our preaching disease, disorder, and weakening of the Gospel. The ‘juvenility’ of our faith in relation to our inadequate conceptions of God that prevent many catching a glimpse of the true God points to the disease in our preaching about ‘a God who is really too small to command’ our adult loyalty and co-operation. Fred Craddock rightly provides us the disease behind our preaching in the church today. According to him,...

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20 YEARS AFTER, WE REMEMBER HIM: PAPA BENSON IDAHOSA, “Africa’s greatest ambassador of faith to the world,”

20 YEARS AFTER, WE REMEMBER HIM: PAPA BENSON IDAHOSA, “Africa’s greatest ambassador of faith to the world,”

Posted by | Mar 14, 2018 | , , |

While the world is still celebrating the change of address by Rev Dr Billy Graham, the world is set to celebrate the 20th year remembrance when Archbishop Benson Idahosa whom Osborn described as “Africa’s greatest ambassador of faith to the world,” also changed address. The history of the Church of God Mission International, the new generation churches episcopal seed bed is the personal story of its founder, Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa. Notable men of God that contributed to Idahosa’s personal spiritual development include Rev. S. G. Elton, his first modern Pentecostal spiritual father in Nigeria and Dr. Gordon Lindsay,...

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MOTHERING AND THE LOVE OF JESUS

MOTHERING AND THE LOVE OF JESUS

Posted by | Mar 11, 2018 | , , , , , |

Mother is God number two.” – Chewa, Malawi proverb Every Mother’s Day celebration re-echos the tenderness and love of God through Jesus to the world. God’s tenderness is bestowed on us (father and mother) as His image, created in His likeness. However, mother’s tenderness gets in first upon a child with her view of the world, and in most cases, this forms unique influence on us and our adult lives spiritually, economically and emotionally. The love of a mother resonates with how God through Jesus loves us without any discrimination or reservation, hence, today we honour and celebrate all...

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BILLY GRAHAM: DYING TO BE ‘BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE.’

BILLY GRAHAM: DYING TO BE ‘BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE.’

Posted by | Mar 2, 2018 | , , , |

“When Death comes to find you, may it find you alive” – African Proverb There are Christians from a certain tribe in Africa who never say of their dead “who die in the Lord” that “they have departed.”  Instead, speaking as it were from the vantage point of the glory world, they triumphantly and joyously say, “they have arrived.” Billy Graham rightly said, ‘My home is in heaven, I’m just travelling through this world.” Death found Graham alive on Wednesday 21st February, 2018 at 7:46 am  and he safely ‘arrived’ home. According to Mark DeMoss, a spokesman for the...

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