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“The Cross That Refuses to Cooperate” By Akin Ojumu There is a peculiar irony in certain modern attempts to defend the goodness of God. Every so often, this defense begins with a philosophical equation: “God is good. Suffering and death are bad. Therefore, God cannot possibly ordain anything involving suffering or death.” It sounds wonderfully reverent. It feels piously devout. There is only one problem.  The Apostles apparently never received the memo. None of the men whom the Lord Jesus Christ personally handpicked, tutored, and commissioned to spread His Gospel saw it fit to rigorously provide a character witness to God as One who is incapable of ordaining suffering and death.  Nowhere does this become more obvious than at Calvary. If God cannot ordain suffering without becoming morally culpable for evil, then the Cross creates an enormous theological problem.  Because the New Testament refuses to describe Christ’s crucifixion as merely something Satan engineered, wick...

“When the Bible Puts Papa On Trial” By Akin Ojumu Having established the sacred commandments of Daddy Christianity, we may now proceed to its devotional literature. Every personality cult requires beatitudes, a creed, and—unfortunately for Daddy—a confrontation with the Bible. The Beatitudes of Daddy in the Lord Christianity Blessed are those who never ask questions, for theirs is the front row. Blessed are the unquestioningly loyal, for they shall inherit protocol positions. Blessed are those who defend Papa on social media, for they shall be called spiritual sons. Blessed are those who sow before midnight, for their screenshots shall be remembered. Blessed are those who shout “Amen!” before understanding the sermon, for they demonstrate uncommon faith. Blessed are those who never fact-check testimonies, for they shall see miracles everywhere. Blessed are those who reinterpret failed prophecies, for they shall preserve the reputation of the prophet. And blessed are you when men critic...

“The Ten Commandments of the Personality Cult” By Akin Ojumu Welcome, beloved, to the Church of the Most Highly Anointed Daddy in the Lord. Here, the Bible is the Word of God. But Daddy explains what God actually meant.  Scripture is our final authority.  Except, of course, when Scripture appears to contradict Papa.  In such unfortunate circumstances, the problem is never Daddy.  The problem is your interpretation.  Your theology. Your carnality. Your unbelief. Your lack of revelation. Your inability to understand “spiritual things.” Or, perhaps, the dangerous habit you have recently acquired of reading Bible verses in context. Whatever the explanation, one doctrine must remain permanently settled:  Papa cannot be wrong. Welcome to the Gospel According to Daddy in the Lord. 1. The First Commandment Thou shalt have no other spiritual father before Papa. Jesus may be Lord. God may be Father. The Holy Spirit may be Comforter. But every properly initiated spiri...