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STICK TO THE TEXT

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By Akin Ojumu Given by the inspiration of God Himself and directly from the Throne of Grace, the Holy Scripture is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  The written Word of God, as contained within the pages of the Bible, is all we need for life and godliness, and not the imagination of the heart of mere men that they allegedly heard directly from God. “Every Word of God is pure.” (Proverbs 30:5). God’s Words have been tried by fire and they are judged to be flawless. Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, they are perfect and without blemish.  The Bible is the inerrant (i.e., free from error) and infallible (i.e., incapable of being wrong) Word of God. It contains all that the LORD Jesus taught His disciples, i.e., the true Apostles, and everything they in turn taught the Apostolic Fathers and those who succeeded them. “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to h
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FIFTEEN SEVENTEEN ANNO DOMINI

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By Akin Ojumu Fifteen Seventeen in the year of the Lord!!! Gosh!!!  What a year that was. That year was, perhaps, one of the most pivotal years in the course of human history. Few other years have been as monumental as 1517 AD. In that consequential year, the trajectory of nations was altered, and the bearing of peoples was reordered. 1517 AD was the catalyst for the radical transformation of our world. It was the year that revolutionized human interactions socially, politically, economically, philosophically, scientifically, legally, and theologically. To this day, the impact of 1517 continues to reverberate across the globe. Everything that we, today, take for granted can be traced back to the events that started back in 1517 AD. Were it not for 1517 AD, the world we now live in would have been a much different, darker, and depraved place. I just thank God for the faithful men whom God used to effect His purpose on earth in 1517 AD. We all owe them a depth of gratitude. Some may be w
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BUY THE TRUTH AND SELL IT NOT

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By Akin Ojumu Christianity is not mysticism. True Gospel is not esoteric. The knowledge of God comes from studying the Scripture. An understanding of God’s precepts is bestowed upon those who diligently apply themselves to the Word of Truth. There are no mysteries about God that are only revealed to a select specially “anointed” few. Those who claim to have esoteric knowledge they purportedly received directly from God outside of Scripture are Gnostics and new age mystics camouflaging as Christians. All we need to know about God is contained with the pages of the Bible. “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence.” (2 Peter 1:3). It’s not the preoccupation of God to hide secrets, especially not from His children. The Bible contains all of God’s secrets that we need to know to live victorious Christian lives. All we need to know has been revealed and given to us in Scripture
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KIRK FRANKLIN WROTE SONGS BUTT NAKED

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By Akin Ojumu I hate to say this, but I’m going to say it, nonetheless. You see, when I survey the landscape of contemporary Christianity, and I see the profound intellectual incuriosity, the frightening lack of incredulity, and the mind-boggling dearth of critical reasoning, the only conclusion I come to is that there are many in the Church who are sleepwalking their way to eternity in hell. Notwithstanding their intellectual prowess in secular endeavors, the vast majority of church folks are easy to fool. Some of the most thoughtful and cerebral people in the things of this world tend to shut down their analytical fecundity when it comes to discerning truth from error in spiritual matters. This caging of quizzical contemplation is manifested in the unquestioning embrace of anyone and everyone who calls himself a man of God. Without so much as an attempt at applying the Berean principle, otherwise rational people believe anything and everything presented to them stamped with the Chris
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WHAT GOD CANNOT DO

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By Akin Ojumu Without question, YAHWEH is omnipotent, i.e., all-powerful. He is most definitely omniscient i.e., all-knowing. God is omnipresent, meaning present everywhere at all times.  We can all agree that the LORD’s power and wisdom are beyond our comprehension. Human mind is incapable of grasping the limitlessness of God’s ability. It’s for this reason that God asked Abraham and Sarah the rhetorical question, when they doubted His promise of a child to them in their old age: “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” (Genesis 18:14). And this why Jeremiah had to reassure himself with these words at a time when the all-powerful army of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah: “Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.” (Jeremiah 32:17). Our God is indeed a mighty God.
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GOING BEYOND WHAT’S WRITTEN (PART II)

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“Chaos in the Church at Corinth” By Akin Ojumu Piety without morality is mere religiosity. Repentance that’s not manifested in progressive sanctification is futility upon futility. When the profession of faith fails to translate into transformation of life such a faith is dead and it’ll ultimately lead to eternal damnation. Such was the sad case of the Corinthian Christians. When it came to the Word of God, the Christian assembly in the ancient pagan City of Corinth was second to none. Much of Paul’s ministry was heavily invested in these failure-to-thrive believers. He brought them the Gospel, established them in the faith, taught them sound doctrine, and impacted spiritual knowledge upon them richly. “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift…” (1 Corin
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YOUR WAISTLINE IS A LIFELINE

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By Akin Ojumu Everybody fears something. For some, it’s the fear of height (i.e., acrophobia). Others are petrified of flying (i.e., aerophobia). There are those who would crouch under the bed whenever they hear lightning and thunder (i.e., astraphobia). I have seen people faint at the mere sight of blood (i.e., hemophobia). Some of my friends, I won’t mention their names, shiver and sweat when they see roaches squirreling into hiding (i.e., katsaridaphobia). And there are also some people who can ’ t stand being left alone (i.e., monophobia). Potbelly. Beer belly. Spare tire. Love handles. Muffin top. Call it what you want, but excessive fat around the waistline is one of the things that send cold shivers down my spine. Yours truly has a phobia for protruded tummies. An inch of gain in my abdominal girth sends me into an apoplectic fit. I’m terrified whenever I see my tummy bulging from underneath my shirt. For me, it’s an ugly sight that I cannot tolerate. In response, I beat myself
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I’LL CHOOSE GOD OVER MEN, EVERY TIME

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By Akin Ojumu Throughout human history, the story of those who elevate the word of men above the Word of God always has a tragic ending. It’s a calamitous chronicle of life riddled with sordid iniquities.  By choosing to glorify man, they derogate God. Those who denigrate God make Him irate. Since the protective covering of God’s mercy is not upon anyone who violates His sovereignty, such a person invites the flames of God’s all-consuming wrath. This was the case with Adam and Eve: “And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.” (Genesis 3:17). Similar fate befell Saul, son of Kish, king of Israel: “I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.” (1 Samuel 15:24). O what a joy to choose the Word of God
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THERE’S A COMING TAX DAY FOR US ALL

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By Akin Ojumu Today is Tax Day in America. April 15th is the day of the year when everyone who earned an income in the previous year is required to file their tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  Severe repercussions await anyone who fails to file their taxes on this day or does not report their taxes accurately. The almighty IRS has the power to garnish the wages of tax defaulters. Just like the April 15th Tax Day, there’s an even more important Tax Day coming for all mankind. A day is approaching when our taxes will come due. On that fateful day, everyone of us will be required to file his/her own tax returns without fail. What’s different about this particular Tax Day, however, is that the due date is different for everyone. Unlike America's April 15th Tax Day, which is the same day for everyone, for this other Tax Day, each person has their own tax due date. And the Tax Day I’m referring to here is our appointment with death. As Benjamin Franklin famously said:
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SCRIPTURE IS ALL ABOUT JESUS, THE ANOINTED ONE!

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“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” (Luke 24:27). “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’” (Hebrews 10:7).
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