There are certain dimensions of the Christian faith that will change your worldview and how you see Christianity. This post will challenge your thinking, force you to unthink suppositions, and re-reason certain assumptions about Christianity. First, we need to get out of religion. Religiosity obfuscates truth about Christianity. Religion is man’s attempt to make meaning Read more about The Dimensions Of God’s Vision[…]
#Illuminare will be editorial this morning. I am beaming a searchlight on the ushering protocol in churches, interrogating the convention. Ushering is an administrative protocol of a local church, not a ministerial calling. It is nonetheless an important duty. Ushering is a diaconate assignment. We can thus fit it under the broad spectrum of the Read more about Church Ushering[…]
If you ask the average Christian what a digital church is, he might respond by saying it’s an online church. A more elucidative response might of course be that a digital church is one that adopts and adapts digital technology for its purposes. And if we ask the average Christian who a digital pastor is, Read more about The Digital Church[…]
When God introduced himself as the “I am that I am” he contemporised himself for all generations. The Hebrew phrase for “I am that I am” is “Ehyer asher ehyer”. It literally translates, “I will be what I will be”. God is a generational God. It’s why he defined himself as the God of three Read more about What Relevance the Church?[…]
Good morning! Yesterday, we looked at the operational CONTEXT of the 21st century church. We saw that we cannot operate outside the purview of the dispensations of God and that there are economic dispensations apart from spiritual dispensations. A dispensation is an epochal calendar of God. It divides God’s program for the Earth into epochs Read more about The Larger Picture[…]
My homily this morning is going to be simple, even conversational. I want to discuss us with us. Jesus said, “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden; and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28). This is such a powerful statement. It speaks not just to the sinner, but also those Read more about Humanity Are Us[…]
I want to begin this lecture by playing you a video clip. The video gives context to our discussion this morning. —– I want to thank Pastor Ayo Adesola and I must say Papa Adeboye for inviting me to speak to this gathering of eagles, the sons of Issachar I call you. I refer to Read more about Radical Leadership: As it was in the beginning, so it never shall be…[…]
Permit me to begin in technological terms this morning. The traditional image of a gathering of prophets somehow evokes ancient dread; but since prophets deal in the future, I will begin my address in futuristic terms. It would seem that the mind of God has a virtual security system. No one can access it except Read more about The Prophet and The Nation[…]
Let me begin by craving your indulgence this morning to broach the subject of the abominable god of the Canaanites, Baal. I do realize I’m in the presence of men of God but I mean no offence. I need to draw an analogy from this toxic god for the subject of our discussion. Baal has Read more about The Mandate and The Media[…]
Recent events in the Church have generated social fervor about the lifestyles of men of the robe and the governance structure of the Church in Nigeria, in particular the Pentecostal hue. This is as expected because the funding profile of the Church is primarily derived from contributions from congregants. There is a lot of angst Read more about The Cross and the Crossroad[…]
Demonstrate your righteousness in our midst tonight O God. Confirm your covenant with your people. Guide the nations unto you, in the name of Jesus. I am going to have a heart to heart talk with you this evening because there are matters arising. Indeed the title of my lecture is, Matters Arising. I begin Read more about Matters Arising[…]
I have a friend and colleague called Mike. He’s the oldest member of our firm. He has a balding pate but his daughters insist on buying him very tight fitting stretch jeans. A good natured and young-hearted 50-something year old, Mike dutifully wears those jeans and very proudly too! Mike has been in Lagos for Read more about Gbogbo Circumstances[…]