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USING BIBLICAL HISTORY TO JUSTIFY RELIGIOUS ABSURDITY (PART II)

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“When Description Becomes Prescription” By Akin Ojumu In Part I, we examined the extraordinary prophetic assignments God gave Ezekiel and Isaiah. Ezekiel was instructed to lie on his side for hundreds of days, prepare food using dung as fuel, shave his head with a sword, and eat a scroll. Isaiah was commanded to walk naked and barefoot for three years as a prophetic sign of judgment. These were not ordinary religious practices. They were specific divine instructions that served particular purposes within God’s dealings with His people. Yet, if we applied the interpretive method used by today’s self-appointed apostles and prophets and their followers, these extraordinary assignments would become potential models for contemporary Christian spirituality. After all, they are recorded in the Bible! But the absurdity does not end with Ezekiel and Isaiah. Consider Jeremiah and Hosea. PROPHET JEREMIAH: THE YOKE AND THE RUINED UNDERWEAR 1. God Instructed Jeremiah to Wear a Wooden Yoke Around Hi...
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THE GREAT COMMISSION IS NOT A POLITICAL PROJECT

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“The Kingdom of God Is Not Established Through Political Power Conquest” By Akin Ojumu The documentary exposé circulating about the late Senator Lindsey Graham, which contains allegations concerning his private sexual conduct, is another reminder of why Christians must never hitch their spiritual wagons to the fortunes of a political ideology, political party, political movement, or political personality. A 30-minute documentary released by The Young Turks features three male sex workers who allege that they were paid to have sex with the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The allegations, which remain unverified, have renewed scrutiny of the apparent contradiction between Graham’s alleged private sexual conduct and his longstanding public opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, despite years of speculation about his sexual orientation. The allegations, which must be distinguished from established facts, are not the foundation of my argument. The point is much bigger than L...
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USING BIBLICAL HISTORY TO JUSTIFY RELIGIOUS ABSURDITY (PART I)

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“When Supernatural Spectacle Becomes Biblical Authority” By Akin Ojumu There is a familiar pattern among the defenders, admirers, and enthusiastic disciples of today’s self-appointed apostles, prophets, and General Overseers. Whenever anyone questions the spectacular supernatural claims of their spiritual daddies and mummies, they immediately run to the Bible in search of something equally spectacular. Challenge a supposed man of God who claims to have sat down to drink tea with God, and they will remind you that Moses spoke with God. Question the fellow who boasts of levitating, engaging in astral travel, or transporting himself supernaturally from Ibadan, Nigeria to Swansea, Wales, and they will remind you that Elijah was taken up into heaven in a whirlwind. Ask for evidence from the religious celebrity who claims to have visited heaven to attend high-powered meetings with God, and they will point you to Paul’s experience of being caught up to the third heaven. Express skepticism abo...
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JOSHUA SELMAN AND THE SPIRIT ENTITIES POWERING HIS ANOINTING (PART III)

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“The Holy Spirit Is Not a Commodity: Christ Needs No Spiritual Sponsor” By Akin Ojumu In the first two parts of this commentary, we examined Joshua Selman’s extraordinary assertion that every throne, every position of influence, and every remarkable human accomplishment must be supported, powered, or manipulated by a spirit entity. We also examined his insistence that there exists a mysterious threshold of dominion beyond which ordinary human beings cannot advance without supernatural assistance. As we have demonstrated from Scripture, the Bible teaches no such universal principle. There is no biblical law establishing that billionaires must have supernatural sponsors. There is no divine revelation declaring that political rulers require invisible spiritual entities to power their thrones. And there is no teaching from Christ or His Apostles establishing that extraordinary human achievements prove the involvement of demonic or divine spirits. These ideas belong to the speculative mysti...
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JOSHUA SELMAN AND THE SPIRIT ENTITIES POWERING HIS ANOINTING (PART II)

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“The Myth of Supernatural Sponsorship and the Threshold of Dominion” By Akin Ojumu In Part I of this commentary, we examined Joshua Selman’s extraordinary assertion that every throne, every position of influence, and every significant human accomplishment is supported, powered, or manipulated by a spirit entity. According to Selman, there exists a mysterious threshold of dominion beyond which ordinary human beings cannot advance without assistance from the spirit realm. He applies this supposed principle to financial prosperity, political authority, and extraordinary human influence. It doesn’t matter whether the individual is conscious of the alleged supernatural connection. It doesn’t matter whether the person acknowledges the existence of the spiritual sponsor. Selman insists that once someone attains a sufficiently impressive level of success, that achievement itself proves the involvement of a spirit entity, either divine or demonic. And he presents this extraordinary assertion as...
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