JEGEDE SOKOYA BEHIND THE PULPIT
By Akin Ojumu Let’s talk about professional pulpiteers, duly represented by Jegede Sokoya, a character from the New Masquerade, a Nigerian sitcom that aired on the Nigerian Television Authority network during the mid-1970s until the mid-1990s. Full of arrogance and incessantly in pursuit of physical health, material wealth, and earthly success, Jegede Sokoya is the epitome of modern-day preachers. In Jegede Sokoya is all the ugliness and hideousness of charlatanry dwell bodily. Endowed with an unusual gift of garb, he is a smooth-talking wily fellow who uses charm, persuasive speech, insincere flattery, and spiritual hokey-pokey to deceive and manipulate his victims for personal gain and enrichment. 2 Peter 2:3 “And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” Romans 16:18 “For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive...