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...

/ November 3, 2024

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...

/ October 28, 2024

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...

/ October 22, 2024

Thoughts on Death and Dying

Thoughts on Death and Dying By: Deji Yesufu In February 2024, I did a video titled “A WhatsApp Group of Death”. I had lost a relative and I remember that she had told me before her death that she belonged...

/ October 17, 2024

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...

/ October 8, 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

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

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,...

/ August 12, 2024