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Rejoicing in Suffering? By Babatunde Olugboji In Romans 5:3, Paul states, “We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance.” The English Standard Version (ESV) opts for the term rejoice in place of glory. The notion of rejoicing or glorying in suffering appears to be unattainable. How can believers achieve this? Paul contends that believers have been justified through faith. As a result, “we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope…

Be Bold and Approach God, For Change of Status – Bishop Chioma Dauji The presiding bishop of Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church, Palmgrove, Lagos, Bishop (Mrs) Chioma Dauji, has called on Nigerians not to allow ignorance to stop them from overcoming struggles and other situations around them, and the world, limiting their financial capacity. Bishop Dauji made this known when she declared open the church’s annual convention and anniversary, themed, “End to Financial Struggle and Limitation”. She said, to be released and saved from the bondage and limitation that held people down, leave everything that separated you from God, for…

St. Finbarr’s College Class of ’85 Marks 40 Years After School The St. Finbarr’s College Old Boys Association, Class of 1985 (SFCOBA ’85), has planned to reunite after 40 years of leaving the school to build a future for themselves. The reunion celebration scheduled to be held on Saturday, 13 December 2025, at the school premises, will mark forty years of friendship, growth, development, and service of yesterday’s school boys to today’s credible men. For the Class of ’85, the reunion is not only a milestone, but a reflection on the journey from the school classrooms of the mid-1980s…

NCPC Pioneer Executive Secretary, Opara Paid A Condolence Visits to NCPC Boss, Adegbite over Father’s Death The pioneer Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Prof John Kennedy Opara led a delegation on a condolence visit to the current Executive Secretary of the NCPC, Bishop Prof Stephen Adegbite and his family on the transition to glory of his father, late Chief Moses Adegbite, who died on 14th November 2025 at the age of 86 after a brief illness. During the visit, Bishop Adegbite expressed his appreciation to Prof. Opara for his heartfelt condolences, describing the pioneer Executive Secretary as “a living…

UNDERSTANDING OUR MINISTRY TO OTHERS – Dr. Segun ‘Tremendous’ Oshinaga “Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees.” Isaiah 35:3 One of the pleasures of our walk with God is the opportunity we get daily to help fellow kingdom travellers to learn the lessons that we have profited from. We are all at varying levels of growth and degrees of faith. There are always people ahead of us just as there are always people behind us. When the ones in front pull up the ones behind, we make the journey a lot more interesting, profitable and easier.…

No Government Fixes Life, You Fix Life With God’s Word – Archbishop John Osa-Oni The presiding archbishop of Vineyard Christian Ministries, Isolo, Lagos, Archbishop John Adebayo Osa-Oni, has called on Nigerians to learn to speak the right thing with the right word. He said, You are what you speak, and what you hear. What you are hearing will define your destination. Archbishop Osa-Oni spoke on Wednesday, 3/12/2025, on the first day of the ongoing church annual Word Conference, held at the church auditorium in Lagos. He said, “Better days are ahead, because God’s word and promises are attainable every…

Bodies as A Living Sacrifice? By Babatunde Olugboji In Romans 12:1, Apostle Paul states, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” (NKJV). Which begs the question, how can a believer present himself or herself as a sacrifice when a ‘regular sacrifice” is meant to be killed? Paul’s exhortation to the believers in Rome was to dedicate themselves to God, not as a sacrifice upon the altar, as the Mosaic Law mandated the offering of animals, but as a living…

The Church Must Lead the Spiritual Reawakening  – Oby Ezekwesili The outspoken former Nigerian minister of education, minister of mineral resources, former Vice President of the World Bank, Africa Region, and former co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has lent her voice on the backdrop of present happenings in Nigeria and what has brought the country to its present state of moral decadence, and reputational low. She bemoaned that Nigerians have outsourced their outrage to a few people, and our voices are divided when it matters most to defend the sanctity of lives. Our division over…

GENOCIDE: Nigeria Should Think Twice Before America’s Intervention – Dr Samuel Adeosun The Lagos State Chairman of the CPFN/PFN bloc of CAN, Pastor Dr Samuel Adeosun, has called on Nigerians in this part of the country to give thanks and appreciate God for the gift of life. Pastor Adeosun made the call when he was speaking on the issue of genocide in Nigeria. He stated that it is of more concern to us as Christian leaders. It is disheartening, and we are not happy about it. We have been praying for God’s intervention and for it to come to…

Lagos State CCN Elects, Sworn-in Rev Stephen Oyinlola As the Chairman  The Lagos State Chapter of Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), a bloc of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) comprises of the Methodist Church, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), and Nigerian Baptist Convention, the Salvation Army, the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, the African Church of Nigeria, others, has elected a leading Anglican cleric, Revd Dr. Stephen Olayinka Oyinlola as the new Lagos State Chairman, and Very Revd Ayo Oyadotun of Methodist Church, as the new Secretary during a seamless and successful rancour free election that took place in November…