Category: Theology
When Religion Encounter Politics
When Religion Encounter Politics By: Deji Yesufu I was at the Lagos Bible Conference this past weekend. It is an annual conference organized by the Sovereign Grace Bible Church (SGBC). SGBC is a leading Reformed Baptist Church in Lagos and...
Dear ‘Fisayo Soyombo: An Open Letter
Dear ‘Fisayo Soyombo: An Open Letter By: Deji Yesufu I write this letter as a reaction to your latest investigative series, where you have been publishing your findings around churches and mosques – revealing false prophets both in the Christian...
Still On Kumuyi and Head Covering
Still On Kumuyi and Head Covering By: Deji Yesufu After publishing my article on Kumuyi and head covering at the Deeper Life Church, I received two objections from various comments on the article. The first objection came via a phone...
W. F. Kumuyi and the Matter of Women Head Covering in Church
W. F. Kumuyi and the Matter of Women Head Covering in Church By: Deji Yesufu W. F. Kumuyi is the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life churches. Kumuyi is one of the longest serving pastor in the Nigerian Pentecostal community...
I am a Prisoner of Jesus Christ
I am a Prisoner of Jesus Christ By: Deji Yesufu In a number of scriptures in the New Testament, Paul the Apostle referred to himself as a prisoner of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 3:1; 4:1; Philemon 1:1,9,23; Hebrew 13:3). The natural...
Justification by Faith (II): Be Born Again
Justification by Faith (II): Be Born Again By: Deji Yesufu The Protestant revolution of the sixteen century in Europe revolved around the doctrine of Justification by Faith. Martin Luther argued that if we are to be made right with God...
Justification by Faith – Lest We Forget
Justification by Faith – Lest We Forget By: Deji Yesufu 18th century England was the period that inherited full blown Protestant theology and it was also the century that birth the most experimental evangelicalism that Protestantism can boast of in...
Christian Books Worldwide: Lending a Hand to Pastors
Christian Books Worldwide: Lending a Hand to Pastors By: Deji Yesufu In 2002 I was in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria, for my National Youth Service (NYSC). I attended a Deeper Life Church and had the opportunity of attending church in...
Why “God Told Me” will Fail You in Marriage
Why “God Told Me” will Fail You in Marriage By: Deji Yesufu My Lawyer friend, Olakunle Allison, published a story on Facebook where he recounts how a relationship he had failed to materialize in marriage because the mother of the...
The Joy of Doing Nothing
The Joy of Doing Nothing By: Deji Yesufu I heard the phrase “Reformed Theology” from Robert Tillman Kendall first. He is generally known as R. T. Kendall but I prefer to call him by his full name because his book...