Salute To The Nigerian
Sixty-three years of ‘nationhood’? And what is there to celebrate? The Nigerian! I am not celebrating 63 years of anything, but I choose to celebrate the Nigerian. This offspring of a marriage of convenience, conceived
The Lie Of ‘Wasted Votes’
Perhaps you have heard this: If you vote for a candidate who is not likely to win, you have wasted your vote. This is either a very silly statement, or it is a mischievous one!
Jesus Did Not Speak ‘King James’
No, the Lord Jesus did not speak ‘King James’ English, and that language spoken in 17th Century England did not wear some ‘holy’ form that must be perpetuated at all cost. ‘Thou’ and ‘thee’ are
It Is Possible!
I walked into a UBA branch two days ago and requested for a new debit card. The process took no more than 8 minutes: biometric scan, form filling, whatever else – and I had a
Paying For Our ‘Too-Much’ Sins?
So the killings happening to our people are a consequence of the sins of the Church in Nigeria? So our people in the villages (many of whom aren’t even Christians!) deserve to be butchered because
A Prophet Of The Lord Was There
Oded was a prophet in Samaria, the capital of the Northern portion of the divided Jewish nation, at a time when the Southern Kingdom of Judah was receiving due retribution for its idolatrous ways under
Raised For A Time Like This, Perhaps?
Queen Esther said to Mordecai her uncle, at a time when her people were scheduled by royal decree for extermination, “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do
Minding Our Business?
They say ‘men of God’ should mind only religious matters, and not meddle in politics; and we foolishly agree with them! No one has told doctors or lawyers or accountants or engineers or teachers or
We Have Work To Do!
So you’ve been saved, not by any works of righteousness you did or that you need to do! Jesus paid the full price for ALL your sins and you are totally free from guilt. Great!
Sons, No Bastards!
He must be an irresponsible son who goes about rejoicing only in the fact that his son-ship does not depend on what he does or does not do. Fellow believer, go and commit to Good
If You Can Pay Those, You Should Pay These!
Dear Pastors & Bishops, if you can afford to host and pay a popular music artist when he charges you N1,000,000 or more for a single event but you do not have any member of
By Their Charges You Should Know Them
If you invite him to minister in music at your church event and his ‘manager’ says you must send N1,000,000 or more into his account and confirm his hotel booking details before he shows up,
DANGEROUS MORSELS: Worship Is The Ultimate Thing!
Well, what’s wrong with the statement? Nothing perhaps, except that we need to define what we mean by the words ‘ultimate’ and ‘worship’. Ultimate here implies something of utmost significance, value and desirability; something to
DANGEROUS MORSELS: Don’t Bother About What Others Think of You!
This is closely related to my previous post [“Just Be Yourself”]. Haven’t you heard it often? Perhaps you have even counseled others so? If you have become so liberated in your Christian journeying to the
DANGEROUS MORSELS: Just Be Yourself!
So they tell you to ‘Just be yourself’, and you assume they mean well? Think about it, fellow voyager, and you will soon realize that this admonition could possibly have seeped out from the same
Corruption And The Nigerian
To start with, I do not trust our leaders. Like you, perhaps, I do not have much confidence in their sincerity of purpose or in their ability to fulfill promises. My reason is simple: I
On Legalizing Disorders
Kleptomania is a disorder, as most enlightened folks would agree. Lately I have wondered: How would one respond to a kleptomaniacs’ rights group of activists who demand that their natural inclination to theft be respected,
Stay Away From Them!
If they’re always quick to lash out with ‘Grace! Grace!’ whenever anyone condemns sin, STAY AWAY FROM THEM! The author of the grace we enjoy is the same one who said to the woman caught
Amnesty and Lunatics
So, some lunatics invade our neighborhood, unleashing pain and death, their grouse being that the rest of us are NOT like them! And our Chief’s efforts to capture or subdue them fail miserably because this
What Kind of Love?
I’m always amazed when certain Christians quickly turn a case for the need for self-defense and protection of lives and property into an opportunity for sermonizing glibly about loving our enemies and leaving vengeance to