Tell yourself daily that you can convince anybody and make them do what is right. It starts with your inner selftalk. And note it when it happened so sometimes so reinforcing that self belief till it happens more of the time.

That's courage! Worthy of praise.

I don't know much about Dodan Barracks only that it was the seat of the Federal Military Government. And I know it will surely have a Muslim praying ground in it just like having a Christian chapel.

But can the land of a barrack be given to the external community with certificate of occupancy? Doesn't it sound like religious nepotism? Why don't they take the military to court to reclaim the land if it really belongs to them.

I see this likely setting a wrong precedent..

If Christians in this country have not been facing this existential threat from Islamic fronts of boko haram and iswap, CAN may not need say anything on who not to vote.

If APC is not the party in government under whose the carnage against the church is taking place but just a fringe party, then CAN may be silent.

If MURIC has not been very loud on religion of the leadership of our country, CAN may muffle its own voice.


By the way, no party's name was mentioned in what CAN has been saying, only that they are strong enough to be considered at least for a VP after 8 years of pain under a government led by a Muslim.

For what?

exCHRISTIAN:


I WAS ONCE A CHRISTIAN

BUT NO LONGER, I REALISED JESUS WAS OVERHYPED


Every Good Friday, Christian pastors stand in their pulpits and tell the biggest lie of the Christian faith.

In their zeal to overstate the suffering of Jesus – as if being tortured and nailed to a cross for six hours isn’t bad enough – they will attempt to convince people in the pews that Jesus also experienced a spiritual separation from the Father and that, for the first time in all Eternity, the bond between Father and Son was severed.

This is never taught anywhere in the Bible.

Not once.

Next, they will add one last insult by confidently asserting that the Father turned His face away from Jesus in that same moment because of all of that awful sin – your sins and mine – that were laid upon him.

But…there isn’t one single verse – not one hint, anywhere – that the Father turned away from Jesus at any time.

It’s just not there.

And yet, somehow, in hundreds of thousands of Christian Churches across the globe, where pastors routinely claim to teach/preach ONLY what the Bible says and not what they wish it said, or any man-made doctrines, they will quite ironically do exactly that.

Where is the verse that claims the Father and the Son were ever separated from one another?

Where is the scripture that affirms that the Father turned His face away from the Son?

There aren’t any verses that say these things.

Yet no one ever challenges these outright lies or questions this fabricated narrative.

Every Good Friday, and every Easter, preachers, teachers and pastors repeat this absolute fairy tale theology over and over again until no one questions it and everyone believes it’s the Gospel truth.

But, it’s not. It’s a big, fat, huge lie.

The closest thing to a proof text for these two huge lies is found only in one place, and even then it says nothing even close to what pastors try to make it say.

Here’s the verse: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”


“…They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” [v.18]

Wow. That’s pretty amazing. Jesus quotes the first line of a well-known Hebrew worship song while on the cross which predicts his own crucifixion.

But, let’s keep reading that same chapter in Psalms to see if there are any other clues about why Jesus might have referenced it. If we do we’ll read this startling statement:

“For God has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.” [v.24]

Anyone who halfway tries to study the reference Jesus makes to Psalm 22 cannot help but notice that the Scriptures deny the idea that God would turn his face away from Jesus as they pierce his hands and his feet, and as they divide his clothing and cast lots for his garment. No! It emphatically and decisively proclaims that God HAS NOT HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM HIM!

What more proof do we need?

How about what Jesus himself says?

“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” [John 16:32]

So, if your pastor or Sunday School teacher tries to convince you that Jesus experienced separation from God on the cross, or that the Father turned his face away from Jesus as he was being crucified, feel free to challenge their poor scholarship.

Better yet, urge them to preach the truth rather than spread lies. Encourage them to preach what the scriptures actually teach:

“That God was in Christ not counting our sins against us but reconciled the World to Himself” [2 Cor. 5:19]

“God is love and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” [1 John 4:16]

Good thoughts there bro.

But not everything will be expressly stated in the Bible for it to be true.

And not every bit of theory you don't have a total support for makes you throw away your faith.

In all, I like your exegesis (or what do they call it?)

Mr Tunde Ajinaja of Hallmark College, Ibadan comes to my mind when I saw the post. He was a great business manager I worked under and he was my reference point for what a manager should be for a long time. Open, down to earth, supportive, appreciative and ever considerate. He was not afraid of taking decisions.
I was opportuned to be under him for just a year plus and still cherish it 15years after. I pray God keep strengthening him.

He came to ask for more protection of Ecomog to hold on more strongly to power in Guinea Bissau after his fake coup. It is most likely to be all a charade as BBC analysed yesterday.
A game of power indeed.

A lot of sense needed to move on with peace of mind on this planet.

Six years after, same story of blamocracy with nothing on the report card.

Must they congratulate him for becoming a professor? With the recent issue about the man and not under their domain.

Why stretching themselves backwards to satisfy and empower their sworn enemy.

I don't see this as example of christian charity but sheer "see me here" syndrome at display.

Sycophancy of highest order.

Men guard your mind with everything your have, they succeeded in brain washing my generation with television but then they used programs... now the internet era they are using programming. And once your mind is corrupted it take Grace to free you from it, you can't unlearn what you have learnt it's better you avoid opening the door.[/quote]


Very true

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde

Health 4

Security 3
His PMS is his albatross

Infrastructure 6

Human capital development 8

Education 9

Agriculture 7

Sports 7

Entertainment 5

Social services etc 6

My average rating of his government is 7/10

I see this as an indictment not a victory dance issue. What about the last six years of being the president and minister for petroleum resources?

How much is that paltry sum of #200b made by a behemoth of oil industry.

Declaring a fraction and pocketing the larger part should be celebrated by us all. Abi.

The trust is broken with his shady connection. Imagine the IGP being friend with the hogheth criminals. Lives of good cops may be endangered.