Category: Deji Yesufu’s Thoughts
Deji Yesufu writes on various theological themes here. His focus is in bringing people to understand the Christian gospel.
The Father and the Slap(s)
by: Deji Yesufu My colleague at the office shared a story with us that continues to teach me the blessing of having fathers in the home. My friend had just concluded Secondary School. His results were poor. His parents were...
Abba Kyari’s Death: What He Did Wrong
Reflections on Abba Kyari’s Death By: Deji Yesufu In the early hours of Saturday, 18th April, 2020, it was reported that the Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, Mallam Abba Kyari, was dead. Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari’s...
The Gospel 6: Justification by Faith
The Gospel 6: Justification by Faith By: Deji Yesufu Justification by faith was the doctrine that revolutionized my understanding of the gospel. In fact, I believe that it was while studying this doctrine in the book of Romans that I...
The Gospel 5: Redemption
The Gospel 5: Redemption By: Deji Yesufu The lockdown and isolation measure that countries have embarked upon to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus that is ravaging the world at the moment has precipitated all kinds of reactions from...
My Conversion: Responding to Reactions
When Lucky James and I decided to co-launch the blog, www.textandpublishing.com, I was still not sure how I would begin. There were hundreds of things I could write about on a blog-site but as I prayed about it, I became...
The Gospel 4: Sin
The Gospel 4: Sin By: Deji Yesufu In 2014, Peter Uka was appointed by a local church in Lagos to come to Ibadan once every month to share the gospel message with a group of about five of us. He...
The Gospel 3: Historical Perspective Concluded
The Gospel 3: Historical Perspective Concluded By: Deji Yesufu I offer this historical perspective to my readers so that we might appreciate the whole 2,000 years of the history of the Christian Church. We must realize that just as there...
The Gospel 2: A Historical Review
The Gospel 2: A Historical Review By: Deji Yesufu I often find myself having to remind many Christians, particularly those of Pentecostal background that Christianity did not start in 1900 with Charles Parham or the Azusa Street Revival. While it...
The Gospel 1: My Conversion
The Gospel 1: My Conversion By: Deji Yesufu Ever since I became a Christian in the year 1998, I have been a member of four church denominations. From 1998 till my graduation in 2002 from the University, I was a...
COVID-19: Fighting a Germ War
by: Deji Yesufu Yesterday I had two interesting but revealing chats with friends. The first person told me he read my suicide notes – where I had readily volunteered myself to work with UCH medical team in the coming days...