December 8, 2018 by Jide Ajayi • Bible, Christian Living, Issues, Thoughts, Word • Tags: bible, exegesis, issues, Thought •
To make this text mean something God did not intend is to abuse the text, not use it. To avoid making such mistakes one needs to learn to think exegetically, that is, to begin back then and there, and to do so with every text.
Gordon D. Fee and Douglas K. Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, 3rd ed. pg, 25.
November 14, 2018 by Jide Ajayi • Issues •
I have just started reading through the gospel according to John and so far I have read the first seven chapters four times now from John 1:1 to John 7:53.
It is such a loaded text that tracks the discourses between Jesus and the people and the disciples and the Pharisees. Of course there is the small detour into the land of the Samaritans and the power of the ministry of the word that happened there.
Reading through it the way I have done and trying to take it all in, I have am just amazed at it all, the love of Christ, his purpose, his disdain for error, his desire to please the Father that I found myself singing Jesus loves me this I know in the Yoruba language.
I know something about this text triggered it. I know I have not attempted to sing that song in Yoruba in years and then just a few days of reading this account history is triggered.
The word of God brings life and like Peter said in Chapter 6, we have believed and have come to know you that you are the Holy One of God.
October 30, 2018 by Jide Ajayi • Apple, iPad Pro, Life, Logos Bible Software, Mac Mini, MacBook Air, Preacher •
Apple announced the new devices in the Mac mini, MacBook Air and iPad Pro product groups and to a large extent, they appear to me as items that will set the marker for the next push in the advancement of these productivity equipment.
The new Mac mini solves a nagging performance issue for owners of the older Mac minis that are already struggling with the performance especially in the environment where equipment like the iMac Pro, Mac Pro and the MacBook Pros and fully spec-ed out iMacs play. The power loaded into this new equipment will definitely improve the time used on tasks performed on these machines.
The MacBook Airs are in a similar place with the Mac minis. They are slightly lighter, way faster but more expensive. For the ultra-light weight category, this is a new opportunity for the macOS in that environment.
The one that really excited me was the iPad Pro upgrade. It is an improvement of the older iPad Pros. The changes to the charging system shows that Apple maybe standardizing its ports and one would expect that in the future, the iPhones and other iPads will acquire the USB-C ports. The Pencil charging is an interesting one. At this point it looks like it will be difficult to use the old pencil with it in the area of direct charging. It may work with the pairing mechanism but time will prove that. The power displayed during Adobe presentation shows that the group of processors in the iOS devices released this year are very potent and definitely exceed the capacity of some desktop class processors, especially with Apple comparing the performance of this new iPad Pro with game consoles!
I believe heavy users and creative professionals will get some tangible value out of these new equipment.
For the apps that are rarely featured during this type of event, like Logos Bible Software, I believe they will gain tangible performance improvements as well and will even work to get more from the new hardware.
The opportunity to do more in less time is possible with these new devices and with the extra seconds and minutes gained from processes running faster and activities completing faster, the expository study, hermeneutics and the production of the study and documents, the man of God can have some extra time to interact with family, Church and students, of course someone has to foot the bill first as a gift of love.
Happy New Year 2019
January 1, 2019 by Jide Ajayi • Issues, New Year •
Happy New Year to all the readers of the website. It is a new year with new promises and expectations with the hope and plan to improve on the things that could not be achieved in the previous year.
For all the things that were achieved, it is a great opportunity to be thankful that those things came to pass. For the things that were left uncompleted, the new year gives the opportunity to make quick success and quick victories. These give the best opportunities to make a success of the year in its prime.
I pray that this will be a successful year in all the areas that we hope to achieve some tangible results.
Have a great and wonderful year in the love and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ!