About Text and Publishing

Text and Publishing is the newest creation of the dynamic personality and prolific writer, Deji Yesufu, whose commentaries on religious, political, and social matters have entranced readers on social media for a long time. Deji Yesufu He is joined by...

/ April 16, 2020

When Religion Fails the State

When Religion Fails the State By: Deji Yesufu The political crisis in Nigeria during her first republic was based fundamentally on differences in ideological makeup between the leading political figures in Nigeria. The greater divide existed between Ahmadu Bello, the...

/ October 4, 2024

David Oyedepo at 70: What is Nonsensical About This?

David Oyedepo at 70: What is Nonsensical About This? By: Deji Yesufu I could make a living from trolling David Oyedepo, the overall Bishop of Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria. I choose not to because Christian ministry is not always about criticising...

/ September 29, 2024

Steve Lawson: Why More Reformed Pastors Will Fall

Steve Lawson: Why More Reformed Pastors Will Fall By: Deji Yesufu Carl Desmonds reminds me that during the heat of the debate between Continuationists and Cessationists, I remarked that sexual scandals were more common among Continuationists and that one of...

/ September 20, 2024

Jesus Divides the Jews: John Chapter Seven

Jesus Divides the Jews: John Chapter Seven By: Deji Yesufu The ministry that our Lord Jesus Christ led appeared to have been doomed from the start. You get the impression from some quarters that if God is with a man...

/ September 13, 2024

Obafemi Awolowo’s Twenty Pounds to Biafra

Obafemi Awolowo’s Twenty Pounds to Biafra By: Deji Yesufu A few weeks ago, a Canadian-Nigerian woman, by the name of Amaka Sonnberger, a 46-year-old lady, was seen on social media inciting people of Igbo extraction against Yoruba and Benin people....

/ September 9, 2024

Nigeria: God Feeds the Sparrow

Nigeria: God Feeds the Sparrow By: Deji Yesufu If you are not aware of how difficult things have become in Nigeria, it is probably because you live under a rock – or something like that. Those of us in the...

/ September 6, 2024

Why Kamala Harris Cannot Be President (A Nigerian Perspective)

Why Kamala Harris Cannot Be President (A Nigerian Perspective) By: Deji Yesufu On 13th July 2024, former President Donald Trump was at Butler, Pennsylvania to campaign towards his re-election bid come November, when he was nearly assassinated. Even without any...

/ August 27, 2024

The Abel Damina Question

The Abel Damina Question By: Deji Yesufu The million-dollar question on Abel Damina’s neck is this: is he a false teacher, a heretic, or a God-sent reformer of our day? When the Protestant Reformation began in earnest in the 16th...

/ August 22, 2024

Biblical Cannibalism – John Chapter Six

Biblical Cannibalism – John Chapter Six By: Deji Yesufu I am writing this commentary on John chapter six at a time when Abel Damina, a Charismatic/Pentecostal preacher in Nigeria, is in the middle of a theological storm. Damina had hit...

/ August 16, 2024

SEGUN, MY PLUMBER, DIED

SEGUN, MY PLUMBER, DIED By: Deji Yesufu I had some plumbing work to do in the house, so I tried to reach him. Segun has a terrible habit of forever changing his phone numbers. I have tried to explain to...

/ August 13, 2024