The “cancel culture” is a major threat to the development of any society. As former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Magaret Thatcher, says here, freedom to discuss without the imposition by some of their correctness on others brings new ideas and facilitates growth. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pastor Poju Oyemade (@pastorpoju) This pattern…
Puritans and Politics. Different rules of engagement. Many Christians shy away from getting involved saying politics is a dirty game and they don’t want their garments soiled. I don’t mean to run roughshod on people’s convictions but to change things you must be an “insider” of some sort. We approach matters of politics and governance with a “Church mind” as…
Nigeria may be ripe for this type of movement. This is not about being for President Trump or against him. It is also not about what opinion you have about Tucker Carlson. It is about why & how President Trump surprisingly emerged and won 4years ago against all odds and this time with 73m votes, inspite of a pandemic shocked…
Recently I heard of the pledge you had to sign up to, in order to join the civil rights movement. The Birmingham campaign pledge was a commitment card that, according to Martin Luther King, all volunteers were “required” to sign in order to participate in the movement. The card consisted of ten commandments, including: Meditate daily on the teachings and…
In the ’60s, in the United States, a group of young men and women under 35years were fed up and wanted a dramatic change in the way things were being done in the polity. They stood up and it ended in the Government having to use force to rein them in. They were disappointed. A mentor of theirs told them…
Why did President Obama go into politics, seeking to be in office? He realised as a community organiser on the streets he was limited to what changes he could effect without political power. The “street” has its limit. To effect meaningful change peacefully, you have to organise for political power.