Ibru Ecumenical Centre
26 Jul 2015
THE servants, the employees in various places of employment and under different kinds of masters or employers were to allow Christ to shine forth through them. The masters or employers in New Testament times were mostly unbelievers.
26 Jul 2015
Eph 1:3 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”
26 Jul 2015
God’s dealing with His people in terms of those to represent Him is irrespective of their gender. You have men and women as prophets and prophetess, who conveyed God’s mind to His people or represented Him even in battles.
26 Jul 2015
UNITED Bible University has developed a unique professional programme for faculty members and other research scholars leading to professorial award in various Christian educational disciplines.
26 Jul 2015
The issue of whether or not governments at all levels should use taxpayers’ money to sponsor few individuals wanting to observe yearly pilgrimage to Mecca or Jerusalem has been a thorny one. Sometimes ago, there was also a debate on whether or not to scrap the Pilgrims Board because governments at all levels spend huge amount of money sponsoring people to these countries whether they are qualified or not. But now that there is a new government, what should be the position of Federal and state governments on religious pilgrimage? Should other states toe the path of Kaduna and Nasarawa governments, which have stopped further sponsorship of people going to Mecca and Jerusalem? What should government do instead to assist genuine adherents desirous of travelling to these countries for prayers? What should government do with the money usually budgeted for pilgrimage every year? CHRIS IREKAMBA took the matter to some clerics.
26 Jul 2015
Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie is the Emeritus Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos. He was the founder of the soon to commence Augustine University, Ilara, Epe, Lagos State. In this interview with KENECHUKWU EZEONYEJIAKU during an inspection of the school to ascertain its level or preparedness for commencement of academic…
12 Jul 2015
‘Amos answered Amaziah, I was neither a prophet nor a prophet’s son, but I was a shepherd and I also took care of sycamore fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to these people, Israel …therefore, this is what the Lord says,’ Amos 7:14, 15,…
12 Jul 2015
Pastor Goke Aniyeloye is the Assistant Pastor in-charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Testimony Area, Ajuwon Zone, Lagos Province 40. In this interview with ISAAC TAIWO, he gives insight into what led the church to organise a “One Night Special Vigil” programme with the theme: “It’s Time For My Manifestation” and what…
12 Jul 2015
IN the Old Testament era, God placed a high premium on blood and regarded it as sacred because it was the only one instrument with which man could be cleansed of his iniquities. At the time, individuals were sprinkled with the blood of animals for the removal of their sin. This arises from the context…
12 Jul 2015
WHEN God created the world, He also designed and ordered time for each creation. So, every event in this world has a time of happening. The world and its natural components did not appear at same time but in sequences. Heaven and earth were first created, then came the light, the separation of darkness from…
12 Jul 2015
CHRIST is Jesus, the Messiah, the Saviour, the Lamb of God, the Good Shepherd, the Redeemer, the Prince of Peace, the Nazarene, and the Galilean. Christ, the official title given to Jesus in the New Testament, describes Jesus’ job — to be the anointed Saviour. The word comes from the Greek Christos, a translation of…
11 Jul 2015
James 5:15,16 “And the prayer of faith shall SAVE THE SICK and the LORD shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, THEY SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM. Confess your faults one to another, that ye may be healed. THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH”. ALL through Biblical History, we…