LONG before Friday, June 10, 2011, when the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Sokoto diocese to replace retiring Bishop Kevin Aje, former Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Kaduna, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah had endeared himself to Nigerians, not necessarily because of his priesthood but for magnanimously pitching his tent behind the oppressed; giving them hope and inspiration in both the Lord’s Vineyard and the nation.
OUR Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Victoria Island, Lagos, recently held a Job and Career Fair in response to the high rate of unemployment in the country. In this interview with Laja Thomas, the parish priest, Rev. Fr. Henry Omonisaye, explains why the church organised the fair and urged government to urgently respond to what has now become a national emergency.
We will refer to Matthew 26:36-46. Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane suggests both his unique relationship of oneness with his Father and abandonment to the will of the Father in self-emptying love. Jesus endured his agony so that he could reveal his union with the Father and profound love for the world.
Then Jesus came form Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John hindered him, saying: “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” In answer, Jesus said to him “; let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires”. So John agrees.
APOSTLE Anselm Madubuko is the founder of Revival Assembly in Lagos. Worried about the spate of insecurity in the country, he recently assembled some news correspondents to his church office for a chat on the way forward for the nation. Our own SAM EYOBOKA was there.
IT was joy unspeakable on Sunday as the General Over-seer of the Redeemed Christian Church, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye with his wife, Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye in tow, made his way into the headquarters of Lagos Province 23 of the church, Gbagada for his first preaching engagement after the special Holy Ghost Service which coincided with his 70th birthday anniversary.
CHRISTIAN cleric has warned victims of Boko Haram bomb attacks to be wary of the gifts they accept in the name of compensations, arguing that many of such largesse often accompanying purported solidarity visits are aimed at wooing the Christian comm-unity to surreptitiously support the Boko Haram course.
And when you fast, do not put on a sad face as the hypocrites do. They neglect their appearance so that everyone will see that they are fasting. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. When you go without food, wash your face and comb your hair, so that others cannot know that you are fasting – only your Father, who is unseen, will know.
Reverend Chukwuma Chukwuemezie Peters is the General Overseer of Fire Pentecostal Ministries at Akowonjo, Lagos. He spoke to OLAYINKA LATONA on security situation in the country especially the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Excerpts:
FOR two memorable days, children aged between five and 20 years from across the country gathered at the sprawling Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for a time of refreshing away from pure academic endeavours.
The readiness to forgive demanded by the Lord’s prayer is a religious attitude rooted in the experience of a forgiving Father. Human forgiveness is both a consequence of and a condition for our being forgiven by God. Forgiveness is linked to a refusal to condemn because we are sinners and we cannot read hearts.
Moses said: Honour your father and your mother, and he who speaks ill, (curses) his father or mother, is to be put to death. But according to you someone could say to his father or mother: ‘I already declared Corban, which means “offered to God”, what you could have expected from me’. In this case, you no longer let him do anything for a father or mother. So you nullify the word of God through the tradition you have handed on. And you do many other things like that” – Mark 7:10-13.
This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: “God said, ‘I ‘will send my messenger ahead of you’ to prepare the way for you. Someone is shouting in the desert. Prepare the way of the Lord, make a straight path for him to travelf” Matthew 3:3.
REVEREND Uma Ukpai is a unique evangelist with a unique anointing to make profound declarations including one he made two years ago that a remote village known as Toru-Orua in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State would produce a governor, prophecy that came to past with the recent election of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson.
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