Showing posts with label Christianity in Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity in Nigeria. Show all posts

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Of Prophet Odumeje, Pastors, and Sundry MOs

(By Obinna Aligwekwe) – Beyond Odumeje Comics and Theatrics.
First off, let me say I will never be more a fan of Odumeje than I would Adeboye, Oyedepo or Oyakhilome. 
Perhaps I might even be tempted to place him amongst men like Chris Okafor, TB Joshua and Apostle Suleiman who in my personal opinion rank lower in credibility than the first three above.
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I do not subscribe to the opinion that casts out Odumeje and places him on a pedestal of falsehood from the others.
Odumeje is not more false than Oyedepo who once publicly slapped a lady in church during deliverance session.
Why was Oyedepo banned from entering the United Kingdom?
Odumeje is not more false than TB Joshua, who has delivered numerous false prophecies, and once claimed the Holy Spirit misled him.
Odumeje is not more false than Adeboye, who declared that corona virus had nothing to do with members of his church. 
Many still doubt that story of driving a car without fuel, but you who believe, wants to question another’s belief in Odumeje?
Odumeje is no more false than Chris Okafor who was involved in a recent scandal where a woman with a fractured arm was passed from church to church in healing scams.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

The Problem With Nigerian Christianity Today

(By Joy Isi Bewaji)--What really upsets me most about Christianity is its cowardice. This spineless manipulative religion!
A 14 year old girl has been forced into marriage (forced, because she is a minor and cannot make decisions of her own. She is a child!)… where is Christianity when you need it!
What did Christianity do when it heard the news? It made a "friendly" call to the paedophile and his community and before the wink of an eye, Christianity had its tail between its legs, surrendered to arguments on consent… and has left everything to God.
A languid and lifeless faith.
It’s shameful.
How can you live in a time like this without a fight in you?
Christianity is so selfish, it’s sickening.
The only time its voice appears valiant is when it needs to extort money from you- tithe and offering and building projects and pastor’s appreciation shenanigan.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

That Ain't Right: Teachable Moment for the Nigerian Christian


I am getting old. I don't know how I could have forgotten this story, given its relevance to the Nigerian tragedy (a tragedy which shall prevail until we make some progress in rewiring the atrocious psychology of the Nigerian).
My brother from another mother, Bayo Aregbesola, a Director in Canada’s Federal civil service, reminds me of something that happened during our days at the University of British Columbia in the 1990s. Those were our wild oats graduate student days. We crawled the nightclubs of Vancouver to get our beering right between intra and interracial dating.