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𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐬

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  To describe God as a researcher may sound controversial, unconventional, perhaps even provocative. After all, research is commonly associated with human limitations. We research because we do not know. We investigate because we seek answers. We experiment because certainty escapes us. God, on the other hand, is omniscient. He knows all things. Why, then, would anyone suggest that God is a researcher? The answer lies not in implying that God searches for knowledge He lacks, but in recognizing that the God revealed in Scripture consistently demonstrates the principles that define good research: observation, investigation, evidence, process, evaluation, documentation, and purposeful action. Throughout the Bible, God models a methodical approach that should inspire humanity to embrace inquiry rather than ignorance. The first pages of Genesis introduce us to a God of order rather than chaos. Creation unfolds in carefully sequenced stages. Light precedes vegetation. The environment is ...

𝐇𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞

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 By Olaogun Michael  No matter the agony on earth, Jesus shall come. No matter the enjoyment on earth, Jesus shall come. No matter your affinity with your family, Jesus shall come. No matter your wealth, Jesus shall come. No matter the betrayal, Jesus shall come. Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?… Chorus: Are you washed in the blood, In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb? Are your garments spotless?  Are they white as snow? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Be a ready BRIDE. Jesus shall come again.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞

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 By Olaogun Michael  By my definition, time is life and life is time. Life is the greatest gift God has given to all creatures. God our creator understands the importance of time in the scheme of things according to the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. In the time of creation, God spent time putting things in place for the benefit of man who was the last creature.  Unfortunately, of all the creatures of the creator, man which has dominion over all other creatures happens to be the one who has failed the purpose of its creation. Why? Because man has failed to use time effectively and judiciously. Time has the following features: pleasure, death, sorrow, happiness, success, failure, and so on. Most, unfortunately, time in its features has no recovery or backup. The latest technologies have in them backups, we make photocopies, we save on memory cards, we save on our emails and in our bank accounts but technology has never developed any mechanism to save time because time is MYST...

Reflection: Power of the Right Foundation

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By Olaogun Michael  Bible Verse - Psalms 11:3 The rise or the fall of man or any nation is rooted in the attention given to its foundation. Foundation is the bedrock of every destiny.  For better understanding, let us make a breakdown of the topic into three words that make it up. Power: The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way. Right: morally good, justified, or acceptable. Foundation: An underlying basis or principle. With the understanding and combination of the three words above, the essence of life may be rightly defined. So the Right Foundation can simply be put as being deliberate at building a good platform for life's construction.  If there is a Right Foundation, it means there is also a Bad or Faulty Foundation. However, choice makes the two so different. Right Foundation should be applicable to all areas of life; education, marriage, health, governance, business etc. The essence of life is destroyed when the Right Founda...

Speaking: The "Weapon" of Change Makers By Olaogun Michael Sunkanmi

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Research the world from  inception, speakers and writers are people who gain command without contestation. The skills make people lord of words and make them a mirror through which others can see things, including the future.  Future? Yes! It was demonstrated in Jesus, Mohahameed, Luther, Castro, Mandela, Obama and lots more. Check records, you will realize that their words are prophetic in nature. It simply means writers are prophets or prophetesses in their respective capacities. However, you cannot be a good speaker or writer without first becoming an addicted_reader. Note: "reading is the only means of intercourse with superior mind".  Mathematically, Reading = Speaking + Writing. As you are aware, readers are leaders. Speaking and Writing are two skills am consciously developing daily. It is not inborn as some perceived it. We came to the world with almost  "empty" intellect. It is out of the content loaded in it that produces what we write and spea...

Christianity, Politics and CAMA Uproar: A Critical View By Olaogun Michael Sunkanmi

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In Nigeria, it is undeniable that most religious leaders have indoctrinated their followers to believe that political participation is abominable.  The above assertion is one of the reasons for our pitiable state as a nation,  yet, we daily complain about the unpalatable state of things in the county with the belief that fasting and prayers can substitute the place of active involvement in politics and governance environment. I have been to churches where it was outrightly condemned that politics is evil, and it is not what a true child of God should be involved. I began to wonder if the preachers actually understood what political participation means. Perhaps they have narrowed down their minds to contesting elective position(s). Even at that, is anything wrong with contesting elections as Christians?  Anything can be sinful if caution is not taken, inclusive of food consumption.  However, for the sake of education, political participation in Nigerian co...