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Doors, Sheep and Goats

April 14th, 201205:27 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Satan has power to mess up lives, inflict pain, sorrow and regret. Satan specialises in ruining lives while Jesus mends lives, cleans up our mess and straightens al the crookedness. Jesus saves us from disaster and puts the LIFE of God in us. Jesus repairs and makes our damaged lives whole. But all human beings are like goats – stubborn and rebe...
The Blessing of Growing Clouds

January 25th, 201206:37 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

A cloud is often associated with lack of visibility, impaired judgment, uncertainty, unseen dust and an approaching experience that has adverse implications. Aircraft would often seek to avoid them, as in the worst of weather, poor visibility has been responsible for disasters. Clouds can be so thick, low and dark causing a fog - all mo...
King Jehoiakim, Taxation and the Nigerian Church

December 22nd, 201102:14 PM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Governor Fashola (State Governor Lagos State Nigeria) has stated that churches and mosques who owned buildings used for business purposes were not exempted from paying taxes to the government because they earn income from such businesses. “... Churches own facilities. Churches who run businesses should give something back to the ...
A Different Army that is Coming

November 09th, 201107:15 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

John 15:5 says “I am the Vine ye are the branches, ye that abide in Me, the same bring much fruit, for without Me, you can do nothing”. Jesus Christ is the Vine and every Christian is a branch of that Vine. The secret of fruitfulness then is to simply to abide in Him. When we talk about abiding, if I’m going to abide in a house, the first thi...
Proliferation of Churches, Crime and Tares

October 22nd, 201108:16 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

The question is often asked " why is the proliferation of houses of worship not always having expected impact on reduced crime" and there is concern about ethics even amongst ministry workers. Even if we assume the statistics to be correct and ignore the possibility to inflate church misdemeanour or to exaggerate and misrepresent the tr...
Three Key Issues facing the Church Today

October 10th, 201107:05 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Listening to a tape of a recorded Q&A with Albert Mohler at a 2011 Bible Expositors conference hosted by Dr. Steve Lawson (Christ Fellowship Baptist Church - Alabama), the eminent theologian Mohler responds to several issues perceived to be front burner items for today’s Church. He also acknowledges an increase of gatherings – ve...
Feed my Sheep, Feed my Lamb and Feed Yourself

September 27th, 201108:37 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Much has been written about a recent trend of “successful” and perhaps more entrepreneurial pastors expanding their reach to bless a wider group through books, talking tours and nationwide conferences. Many say it may not be God asking them to separate for as long as they do from the assembly in the local church and, as seen in some scenarios, ...
Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Betty Ford’s funeral

July 12th, 201110:40 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

The News reports that current and past first ladies and two former presidents are attending a Tuesday July 12, 2011 memorial service in California for former first lady Betty Ford. Michelle Obama would also travel to Palm Desert, California, for the National Tribute Service. But also planning to be there are protesters from the Westboro Baptist Chu...
The Church Overcomes Threats in Post-Modern Environment

May 23rd, 201110:23 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Indeed many corporate organisations failed not because they did not have strong organisational strengths but simply because they misread the environment. The Church cannot fail...but many organisations in the body have been ship-wrecked ...missing the rocks in the rapids and gone down the waterfalls. I had the privilege to present and lead a ...
Can Science challenge God?

April 13th, 201103:37 PM ET

By Olabode Ososami

It has been a while since Galilieo, one of the Fathers of Modern Science was called before the Inquisition, in April 1633 to be tried for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, a belief deemed heretical then by the Catholic Church. The Church handed down an order convicting Galileo of heresy and so he spent the rest of his life ...

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