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Greg Tafri
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Greg Tafri
@GregTafri
Sunday School Teacher | Chess player | Husband | Ever learning and growing in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.
Nigeria Katılım Ekim 2023
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THOMAS SOWELL: “if you’re going to have reparations for slavery, it’s going to be the greatest transfer of wealth back and forth, because the number of Whites who were enslaved in North Africa by the Barbary Pirates exceeded the number of Africans enslaved in the United States.”
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Have you ever wondered why Jesus chose a donkey instead of a chariot?!
Pastors are not expected to be broke and suffering but the scripture clearly warn against such extravagance and display of wealth.
Big MEKA💜🦅@MekaWrights
I wonder why una dey always expect pastors to be broke and suffering sha Should serving God be a poor thing? My God is not a poor God biko
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Throwback to when we made these beautiful pamphlets for Dialogus last year. And this year, Dialogus is coming again on Easter Monday! Always excited for Dialogus because it’s the primary way @itstjm__ interfaces with skeptics and seekers. So, please help us spread the word!
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@Mohsule_ We are praying for such in Delta State. I had this conversation with a brother today. Please let it also be an online for those of us outside UI
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I just discovered my philosophical DNA. My strongest tendency: Straussian. Take the diagnostic: diagnostic.millermanschool.com
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The Bible is the book of life. The syllabus is complete and sound. If only you'll take time to study it by yourself, and for yourself.
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Take responsibility for your faith. Nobody forced a church on you. There are hundreds of thousands of good churches, where sound doctrine is taught. Why didn't you unglue yourself and look for a church with a sound pastor? Stood blaming others. Take responsibility.
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@EmeritusTolu I am curious to know who this Kunle Kenny is and why he’s labeled a male panderer?
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Bringing a panderer like Kunle Kenny to a "men's conference" means both the organizers and the attenders are a big bunch of clowns.
What on earth are men supposed to be learning from Kunle Kenny? 😅
Una actually no serious for real, Olohun gbo.
Esua@esuamusic
Happening on Monday! Over 200 have registered already, don’t be left out! Click the link below to register forms.gle/KpHqwLp836dwUE…
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Yeah, it’s a “dumpster fire of fallacies”because we can’t just treats scripture like a science textbook or mechanical history book.
Biblical stories, miracles, heaven descriptions etc. are symbolic, imaginative, and full of anthropomorphism. You can’t squeeze hard empirical “proof”out of them. The data is always open to multiple interpretations. Stop doing bad apologetics; learn literary criticism first.
abiodun@____abiodun____
Dumpster fire of fallacies. These guys should have sound mind for lit crit. before even attempting to do apologetics or whatever it is they call it these days.
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The power of Christianity power has always lived in the unknown. We can never prove the reality of heaven with science or logic, this will cheapen the awe and ends up sounding like the young man’s attempt in the clip. He was sincere but ultimately circular or evasive. The secret things belongs to the LORD our GOD (Deuteronomy 29:29).
However, the "Bible says so" is not an argument to outsiders, it's a faith claim. It's beautiful and sufficient inside the household of belief. But to outsiders? It's as convincing as a Muslim saying "The Quran says so" or a Hindu saying "The Vedas say so."
The best apologetics (think Paul at the Areopagus in Acts 17, or C.S. Lewis, or even modern philosophers like Alvin Plantinga) never claimed to prove heaven like a math equation. They did something smarter; they showed why the Christian story is reasonable to believe, using the historical case for the resurrection, the fine-tuning of the universe pointing to a Mind, the explanatory power of a personal God for objective morality and consciousness.
Rationalizing mystery isn't the sin. Pretending mystery and reason are enemies is. Faith seeking understanding (fides quaerens intellectum) has been the Christian intellectual tradition for 2,000 years. When apologetics over-reaches and acts like it can put heaven in a test tube, it deserves the critique. When it humbly clears away objections so people can see the mystery more clearly, it’s doing exactly what it should.
Heaven isn't ultimately provable by argument alone. It’s encountered by revelation, received by faith, and defended by reason where reason applies.
That balance is where real power lies, not in choosing mystery or apologetics, but in letting both do their proper work.
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Heaven is real because the Bible says so.
Arguments cannot prove that.
One of the undoings of modern apologetics would be the attempt to rationalize mystery. Christianity has a lot of appeal to the unknown and that is where its power is sometimes.
Young man, be silent where the Bible is silent. Else, you would end up saying a lot of things without saying anything.
𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐲𝐆𝐑𝐍@AsakyGRN
A must watch! Apostle Femi Lazarus flipped the script and played d3v1l’s advocate, challenged the audience to prove heaven is real and one bold person stepped forward with an answer that changed the atmosphere instantly.
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@chiiizurum No vex broda mi. I responded for the benefit of others. I know you heart ❤️
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@GregTafri my LORD and God, ahahn. . . but it’s all good. i’m not going to backtrack anymore because you guys are critically bent on misinterpreting my ideation, and i know that it’s a fair human thing, so i’ll let it be.
thank you for your comment.
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Lekan, my argument is not whether a Christian should listen to Asake or not. 😂 why are you drawing on a different cloth?
my argument is whether Asake’s talent is from God or not (hence, common grace). come on, i’m not telling you or any believer to listen to him.
when we say something is a part of common grace, we are saying that the inner knowledge or working, is from the God. its abuse is rather the evidence of the Fall fueling the depravity of man. but the talent/gift in itself, is God’s and shouldn’t be seen otherwise.
Lekan Olayinka@lekan_olayinka1
Here’s my point on this Asake thing: As much as I’m theological, I’m also very practical. My aim is to simplify things for God’s people. If we say we can listen to Asake’s “neutral” songs because the talent is from God but shun away from his sexually-depraved ones: Can that approach be applied to other very talented artists too? Can we listen to Olamide’s Letter to Milli but shun his Story for the Gods song? Can we listen to Burna boy’s No sign of Weakness song but shun his Smoke Some Weed song? Can we listen to Wizkid’s Ojuelegba but shun his Joro song? Can we listen to Nicki Minaj’s Moment for Life while shunning her High School song? Can we listen to Beyoncé’s Listen while shunning her Drunk in Love song? Can we listen to Cardi B’s I Like It Like That while shinning her Wet Ass P***y song which was utter depravity? I want us to make this practical. I can list all these because I listened to all when I still listened to secular songs. Apart from the Cardi B part and the Nigerian artists’. And anyone who has weaned themselves from listening to worldly songs will tell you they are all the same. Is the fact that God is the source of all artistic beauty mean the efficient cause of the engagement of such gifting safe or efficient for our consumption? That means is something being artistically excellent a condition for God’s people to consume it? Are there other factors to consider? I’m asking this because the artistry argument can be applied across board and you’d basically be saying we can listen to mainstream secular artists.
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The Reformation caused a move from institutional authority toward individual engagement with scripture. The focus shifted to personal faith and the priesthood of all believers. This encouraged a questioning. Visual theology changed. The printed Word replaced statutes and icons.
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Exactly! The same rule applies everywhere. We don’t say, “This novel is well-written by a non-Christian so it’s fine.” Discernment isn’t cherry-picking it’s saying “no” to anything that slowly pulls your heart from the LORD.
T'Oluwalope@EmeritusTolu
Can we listen to Nicki Minaj’s Moment for Life while shunning her High School song? YES. Can we listen to Beyoncé’s Listen while shunning her Drunk in Love song? YES. The standard for the "source" of songs can't hold up to any serious scrutiny when applied to other arts.
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@ElvisOkhifo The knowledge of GOD without the SPIRIT of GOD is a dangerous territory.
Pray more MOG!
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As a pastor,
Sharing theological insights may earn you a reputation amongst scholars.
But people have real needs oo.
Theology alone will inform (which isn’t bad).
But it is theology PLUS spirit power that transforms and meets needs.
Prayer gives life to words!
Pray more MoG
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For an overseer,…He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” (Titus 1:9 ESV)
The scripture evaluates pastoral/bishop “greatness” by ,sound doctrine, and the ability to teach truth + refute error not by organizational scale, budgeting skill, project management, or producing high-achieving graduates.
Corporate CEO excellence is valuable in its place, but Titus gives no credit for worldly metrics of success. The test is faithfulness to the trustworthy word as God’s steward.
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I think a lot of people miss out on how great Bishop @DavidOyedepoFdn is .
A lot is sadly lost in the noise of largest auditorium and “prosperity gospel “ .
I have been listening to some of his messages over the holidays .
This man is a colossus in organization structure , Leadership development, personal development, budgeting , project management and scenario planning !
I am not surprised covenant university graduates are the way they are .
I have worked with a few in the finance world . I know a few in ministry .
Bishop is duplicating himself in them .
He is pragmatic and very practical !
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@Jeff1Early The real miracle is how his transcendental argument makes every fact scream ‘Christ is Lord’ once it clicks. Defense of the Faith (Oliphint edition) is the one that humbled me most. Guilty as charged 😂
Solid post, brother.
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God is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in affliction so we can comfort others with the same comfort we receive (1:3–7). Paul shares his deep suffering in Asia (so severe he despaired of life) to show reliance on God who raises the dead (1:8–11). In chapter 2, he explains his painful letter was out of love, not to grieve but to prove their obedience and his affection (2:3–4). The one disciplined has been forgiven; now reaffirm love to avoid overwhelming sorrow (2:5–11).
Lesson: Suffering produces deeper dependence on God and equips us to comfort others. Discipline and forgiveness in the church must flow from love, restore gently, reaffirm acceptance, and guard against Satan's schemes through unforgiveness (2:10–11).
2 Corinthians 1:3–4 – "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."
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