Religion

Angered by the growing violent crimes across the nation, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, declared ‘holy war’, when he led the congregation, at the May […]

For most ecclesiastical leaders and theologians, the so-called revealed truths contained in religious scriptures allegedly written under the inspiration of God are unassailable. Indeed, in their reckoning, such “divinely revealed truths” are superior to verifiable […]

Because of this, some humanists consider it necessary to label their own version as ‘secular humanism’ or ‘scientific humanism’ in contrast to ‘Christian humanism’ or ‘religious humanism.’ For our purpose in this discourse, we shall […]

Since the second instalment of the series I completed in this column last Sunday entitled “An unbeliever’s interpretation of Easter” was published, I have been bombarded with stupid, completely irrational, irresponsible and even threatening text […]

Churches are experiencing the impact of the economic crisis and the attendant cash crunch with considerable drop in tithes and offerings by members, Saturday PUNCH investigation has revealed. Beyond the drop in churches’ cash inflow, […]

Pope Francis on Friday opted for no change in the Catholic approach to homosexuality but signalled a more open stance on cohabiting and divorced believers under new Church guidelines on family life. In his 260-page […]

Over 99.9 percent of Christians are  unaware of the numerous books left out of the New Testament, including the Gospels of Mary Magdalene, of Philip, and of Barnabas. In its embryonic stages, Christianity was a […]

Some of the worst people we are ever going to meet are Christians. Paul marveled at the Corinthian church: “You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you […]

Pope Francis says Catholics should use their conscience – not strict rules – when deciding on their attitude to sex and marriage. But in new Church guidelines on family life, the Pontiff’s approach to homosexuality […]

The law is settled that freedom of association includes the freedom not to belong to an association.  In the celebrated case of Agbai v. Okagbue (1991)7 NWLR (Pt. 204) 391, one of the issues for […]

Now, before sketching a very brief and plausible phenomenology of the character of Jesus I would like to make some remarks about the evolution of the Holy Bible, drawing heavily from the highly informative essay, […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, recently expressed regret about the fact that Muslim extremists make Islam look bad and have turned it into “a bashing boy…because people hold it responsible for the […]

•2016 Hajj fee is N1.2million The Lagos State Government is to get a N50 million refund from the Federal Government on last year’s Hajj operation. Some 3,047 pilgrims from the state will benefit from the […]

Most Christians are unaware that Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Easter is not a Christian holiday. The word Easter is not even scriptural; it does not exist in true translations of […]

The Gospels disagree on basic issues, such as the identities of those who accompanied Judas when he purportedly betrayed Jesus, the manner in which Jesus was arrested, the bearer of the cross and the inscription […]

Master is the season of renewal and regeneration; of rebirth and resurrection. It is spring once again and hope springs eternally in the human breast. Often in human history, the gathering of the forces of […]

Like Christ, it is time for all Christians to rise from the death of sins It is Easter again, the day and season set aside by Christians to mark the arrest, trial, crucifixion and resurrection […]