Category: Theology

C.O.N.T.E.X.T.U.A.L.I.Z.A.T.I.O.N
C.O.N.T.E.X.T.U.A.L.I.Z.A.T.I.O.N By: Deji Yesufu I am away to Portharcout to organize a workshop with the Reformed Theological Seminary Foundation (RTSF). My host is the Rev. Dr. Aniekan Ekpo – the man who ordained me to ministry. The RTSF was formerly...

The End of David Abioye and Church Government
The End of David Abioye and Church Government By: Deji Yesufu I met David Abioye once - through what you may call a very unlikely situation. The year would have been either 1990 or 1991. I was living in Zaria...

John Chapter Eight: Jesus Debates for Evangelism
John Chapter Eight: Jesus Debates for Evangelism By: Deji Yesufu Historical events may sometimes be traced through the writings of the contemporary writers of those days. It is therefore noteworthy to state that Providence Reformed Baptist Church Ibadan was undergoing...

Steve Lawson: What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches?
Steve Lawson: What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches? By: Deji Yesufu In 1999, a year after I had come to living faith in Jesus Christ, I went to a local bookstore in my city of Zaria, Kaduna State...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A GRACIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON ABEL DAMINA
A GRACIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON ABEL DAMINA Introduction My name is Deji Yesufu. I pastor Providence Reformed Baptist Church Ibadan. I was ordained to ministry last year by the Rev. Dr. Aniekan Ekpo, who pastors Christ’s Reformed Baptist Church, in Rumuodara,...