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By  Femi Aribisala It is ridiculous to insist, as some Christians do, that Paul’s word is the word of God when Paul himself contradicts this.    No other person in the bible writes like Paul.  Far more than everybody else, Paul talks about himself.  He is always drawing attention to himself.  His epistles are littered with “I,” “me,” “my” and “mine.”    In Romans, Paul refers to himself 103 times.  In 1 Corinthians, he refers to himself 175 times.  In 2 Corinthians, he refers to himself 103 times.  In Galatians, which is one of his shorter books, he refers to himself 69 times!  Clearly, Paul is just as concerned about telling us about himself as he is about telling us about God.    Jesus says: “If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.” (John 5:31).  Virtually all of Paul’s credentials are his witness of himself.  This is a tell-tale sign that his word is not the word of God.  If God wants to talk about Paul, he would get others to do so.   All about Paul   With Paul, the go...

By Femi Aribisala How does reckless driving testify to the lordship of Jesus Christ? Jimmy Peters was on his way back to Lagos from a wedding in Benin City.  Suddenly, the road ahead was blocked.  Before he could say “Jack Robinson,” some armed men sprang out of the bushes.  Instinctively, Jimmy’s wife hid their baby on the floor of the backseat of the car; quickly throwing a cloth over him. The armed robbers were professional and clinical.  They rapidly stripped them of their money and valuables.  They hit the jackpot when they found thirty-five thousand naira in the boot of the car.  But just as they were about to leave, the thing Jimmy’s wife feared happened.  The baby cried out; not surprising, since he was practically smothered by the cloth thrown over him.  One of the armed robbers stopped in his tracks.  “There’s a baby, there’s a baby,” he exclaimed.  He removed the cloth for confirmation.  There indeed was the baby, cooing away, totally oblivious to the tension in the air. The...

By Femi Aribisala A true believer only does things because it is the love thing to do. In spite of several subtle nudging from the Lord about her deplorable condition, I refused to give Bolaji Ogundimu a housing loan.  My position was that several others applied before her.  So the Lord decided to set me up.  I needed to catch a plane out of New York.  By the time it was my turn, the counter was closed.  Then the Lord said to me: “So Femi, how do you expect to get on this plane?”  I finally saw the light and plea-bargained: “Only your love, Daddy; only your love can get me on this plane.” On many occasions, Jesus broke the rules out of love.  He could not help himself; he had to respond in love.  When his mother told him at the wedding in Cana that they had run out of wine, he observed that it was not yet the time for miracles.  Jesus was following God’s timing.  But suddenly man's needs preceded God's timing. The wedding hosts knew nothing about God’s timing.  Had they known, ...

By  Femi Aribisala Why is it that armed-robbers, pen-robbers, rapists, murderers and all sorts of evil men claim to be Christians? Have you ever wondered why Christians, supposedly followers of Jesus; the most righteous man that ever lived, are not known for righteousness?  On the contrary, Christians organised the Inquisition and burnt thousands of people at the stakes.  Christians went on crusades and slaughtered the innocent.  Christians killed over six million Jews in Germany.  Christians divorce our wives.  Priests rape young boys.  Pastors devour widows’ houses.  Why is it that armed-robbers, pen-robbers, rapists, murderers and all sorts of evil men claim to be Christians? Unrighteous church One man is principally responsible for this anomaly; and that man is Paul.  Paul’s message permits us to remain sinners as Christians.  He entices us with the fallacy that no one is righteous. (Romans 3:10).  He ensnares us with the falsehood that God justifies sinners. (Romans 4:5).  He says...

By Femi Aribisala Hold on to your wallets and purses boys and girls.  Pastor Paul and his minions are after your money. Have you noticed that the primary business of pastors is the collection of money?  Every manipulative trick in the book is used to do this.  The father of this disgraceful practice is Paul.  Without a doubt, Paul is a past-master at manipulating churches for money.  It is not for nothing he boasts to the Corinthians: “Crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!” (2 Corinthians 12:16). Mercenary Paul Paul says Christians are “indebted” to preachers: “If the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things.” (Romans 15:27).  This self-serving principle provides the blueprint for the “sowing and reaping” deception prevalent in the churches: “Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.  Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also ...