Apologia Quorum

11/08/2026

To make a parody of Him, they wrote an inscription on the crucifix: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”

So that every ear should hear and everyone should know, they wrote it in the three dominant languages spoken by the people at the time: Hebrew (Aramaic), Greek, and Latin.

Unknowingly to them, the parody confirms the prophecy which had been spoken long before:

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”

— Micah 5:2

Crux: Our Faith has been such an one that glories in seemingly shameful things. The only Faith that says, with confidence, that God died— herein lies the paradox of the Christian Faith.

G. K. Chesterton was right when he said:

“Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave.”

08/08/2026

I hear say we don dey identify as Christ.

I mean, like when a man says, “I identify as a woman.” The aberration we see without.

So, some amidst us are now saying they identify as Christ, not in potentiality but in actuality, not derivatively but in the same nature.

All is not well! 😭

I just saw this:

“I identify as Christ!

Christ cannot lose any battle,
so I cannot lose any battle. Gloryyy!”

Like, you are Christ and not Christ’s? 😭

Your losses will be many sha! 😂

04/08/2026

A little gulp from the cup of Church history will teach anyone that, during the Reformation, more Christians were killed by fellow Christians over baptism than were killed by the Roman Empire for their faith in Christ.

That is how seriously the Church Fathers regarded orthodoxy and truth.

Interestingly, the contention was not over whether baptism was necessary. No one in the early Church debated that. The debate was about how baptism should be understood.

While the Church Fathers did not get everything right in their approach to heresies and heretics, one overarching truth cannot be denied: their unwavering commitment to orthodoxy and their faithful stewardship of the fundamentals of our faith and of the things that are most surely believed among us.

Today, however, someone can simply pick up a microphone and rant that Christ is no more than we are. Ironically, some of the issues over which our fathers contended so vehemently were not even matters essential to the faith. Yet today, people boldly emerge with their self-conceived "rhema" to tamper with the essentials of the Christian faith—even the very divinity of Christ.

This level of high-sounding nonsense is infuriating.

Tueh!

03/08/2026

The argument that David danced before the Lord, and that God did not see it as wrong, as a rebuttal to the lewd and ludicrous dancing that some ladies engage in during church services these days, simply does not hold.

First, David did not dance in a state of undress; he was appropriately clothed, being girded in his attire. If there was any issue, it was Michal, his wife, who despised him—not because David's dance was dishonourable, but because, in her opinion, a king should not dance publicly among his subjects.

Second, Scripture says that David danced before the Lord with all his might. Even then, there is a proper way for a lady to dance, if she should dance at all. To appeal to David's wholehearted dancing before God as justification for the obviously unnecessary and suggestive body movements displayed by some women in church is a flawed argument.

Moreover, David was a man, whereas the concern being raised is about women. Therefore, the analogy with David does not fit. Show us, from Scripture, where women danced before the Lord in an inordinate or immodest manner. We can begin the discussion from there.

Aunty, God is the one who is the Iron breaker not your butts. Abeg na!

31/07/2026

Happy Birthday, Pops! Gideon Odoma

Some days leave language inadequate, and today is one of them. I find myself searching for words that cannot fully express the gratitude in my heart.

Thank you for saying "yes" to Christ and for living a life that continually points others to Him. Because of your example, my own vision has been illumined.

Thank you for faithfully opening the Scriptures and imparting the words of eternal life.

Thank you for your fatherly oversight, your wise counsel, and for demonstrating what it means to walk God's path with conviction and grace.

In you, I behold a life completely anchored in, and wholly satisfied by, the delight of the Person of Christ.

Thank you for the rich and beautiful tapestry your teaching has woven—one through which Christ is revealed with remarkable clarity and without distortion.

My words can only scratch the surface of what your life has meant to me.

May your days continue to abound in His grace and pleasure.

Thank you, thank you!

29/07/2026

In a world filled with competing ideas, probing questions, and conflicting philosophical opinions, how much ground have our teenagers truly gained on the side of truth?

There is a clear call to equip them with accurate knowledge of the existence of the one true God; exploring the Christian faith in conversation with science, and thoughtfully addressing atheism, secularism, and Gnosticism.

Our young people need to be trained to stand confidently for Christ in school, online, and in everyday conversations. Scripture commands us to love the Lord with all our minds, and this meeting serves as an introduction to that vital dimension of the faith.

In and around the city of Lokoja, this is more than a Bible class. It is an opportunity to raise a generation of confident, informed, and unashamed followers of Jesus.

If you're in Lokoja, register your teens and preteens today!

21/07/2026

This wonder never ceases to amaze me:

It is how the troubles of life and the noises of our world fizzle out in the heart when we turn to the Lord in prayer.

It is how the murmurs of self-will are redirected when we open the pages of the Book before the Lord.

It is how the sting of whatever impairs the heart loses its potency in the quiet contemplation of the Scriptures and the solitude of prayer.

It is how a battered heart and a troubled soul receive comfort and reassurance in the thoughts of the Holy One.

Then I could not agree more with the ancient songwriter:

Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

What a tremendous privilege it is to carry everything to the Lord in prayer!

18/07/2026

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You know how we gather information about all kinds of things, and most of it just stays in our heads. The facts, ideas, stuff we learn from books, from meetings and conferences. Useful, but it often does not go any deeper.

But there is another kind of knowledge. The kind that does not stay stuck in your mind. It touches the heart and actually changes how we live. This is what the Bible calls epignosis, the right knowledge, a full and intimate understanding.

The Apostle Paul talked about this a lot. He often prayed that believers would receive “the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the epignosis of Him.”

What is really this Epignosis about?

How is it that we have so much knowledge in our hands and we do not see true repentance and Holy living?

Epignosis is the kind of knowledge that helps you recognize what is true, turn away from what is wrong, and walk in real freedom. It brings clarity when everything feels confusing, and it transforms how we think, speak, and treat one another.

This meeting promises to open us to this kind of knowledge, let us open our hearts and ask God to give us this kind of understanding.

The kind of knowledge that strengthens our faith, heals us, and lights up the paths we walk on.

Let us make this a time when we do not just learn about God, but we truly know Him more.

Amen.

~ Theophilus Ijaja , Programs Director.

16/07/2026

Whichever way, we will all bump into the Judge at the door. Either we open the door ourselves on this side of eternity and allow Him in, or He will fling it open from the other side and come in. But then, time shall be no more, and He will not come to dine, but to judge.

What we cannot escape is the One who stands at the door. Every eye shall surely see Him.

The choice is yours!

Rev 3: 20

BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Jam 5: 9

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: BEHOLD, THE JUDGE STANDETH BEFORE THE DOOR

13/07/2026

We are becoming a weak creature and grooming a weak generation. Everything now moves us. No spine for the vicissitude of life.

We have crafted good names for our lewdness and weaknesses.

A nursing mother will say she has a bad day because the suckling breastfed for long, A day is tag a horrible day because there was a scarcity of ride. You have to be novel in asking someone for his or her age, else you will be accused of age-shaming, more novelty is required in offering a compliment else you might be accused of body-shaming. We now have names for our self-deflating virtues.

Our days must go as planned else it is tagged a depressing day. The most loudest yet most depressed, we are shallow in heart and deep in the head.

We throw and cast our failed character on temperament and gender.

Not surprising that we now have young people waking up to say they don't feel like what they are as a gender. Because we have become a generation that think with feeling. Hence, gender is no longer what we are but what we feel.

To us, God is now our subject, for He must ensure our plans go the way we planned.

In the midst of this cacophony, the ancient Word still enchoes:

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Toughen your spine!