Category: Theology
Celebrating Pastor Oladele as the Newly Appointed President of CAC
Celebrating Pastor Oladele as the Newly Appointed President of CAC By: Deji Yesufu In the year 2008 the local church I used to attend here in the city of Ibadan invited this pastor to preach at its annual conference. When...
COVID-19 in the Bible
COVID-19 in the Bible By: Deji Yesufu January 2020 introduced a new normal to the world we live in. It was in this month, a year ago, when reports of the ravaging effect of a new disease, with roots in...
Making of a Truly Merry Christmas
Making of a Truly Merry Christmas By: Deji Yesufu Every Christmas the debate resumes regarding the biblical veracity of the holidays. Those who point to Christmas being a pagan celebrations have a solid argument. I however think that those who...
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God III
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God III By: Deji Yesufu Effective Praying I come now to the matter of the outcome of true praying. In his book “Perspective on Pentecost”, Richard B. Gaffin Jr. wrote: “The ‘secret’ of effective prayer...
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God II
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God II By: Deji Yesufu A Brief Introduction to the Subject of Prayer First, we must understand that we cannot pray beyond the theology we know. The more we know God, the more our prayers...
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God I
Prayers: Casting our Burdens on God I By: Deji Yesufu Introduction I entered the year 2000 with a great burden: I needed to graduate from the University with a good grade. I was oscillating between third class and second class...
Why Do Christians Support Donald Trump?
Why Do Christians Support Donald Trump? By: Deji Yesufu I was in a discussion with an American friend of mine once. This gentleman is also pastor. He said this in passing: "... while we do not preach politics in the...
Reflections on Peter Uka’s Cessationism
Reflections on Peter Uka’s Cessationism By: Deji Yesufu Peter Uka and Oje Giwa-Amu entered into a debate on Cessationism on the 20th of August, 2020. By the close of the debate, it was clear that Peter’s opponent still had not...
Ending SARS Pastors in Nigerian Churches
Ending SARS Pastors in Nigerian Churches By: Deji Yesufu I have had a few people request my opinion on the EndSARS protests that has enveloped most of Nigerian cities and even spilt over to Nigerians in diaspora; with youths calling...
Oyedepo’s Statement, Daddy Freeze’s Errors and Ibiyeomie’s Threat
Oyedepo’s Statement, Daddy Freeze’s Errors and Ibiyeomie’s Threat By: Deji Yesufu David Ibiyeomie, a Pentecostal pastor in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, is the man in the eye of the storm. Ibiyeomie, in a two minute video, publicized by Sahara TV,...