Open Letter to Christians in Nigeria and All Over the World on SCOAN

BY:THE CHRISTIAN WALK

“You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed….” ---Deuteronomy 18: 21-22.
“Should you say to yourselves, “How can we recognize that a word is one the LORD has not spoken? If a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD but the word does not come true, it is a word the LORD did not speak. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not fear him…”---Deuteronomy 18: 21-22(New American Bible Version).
This is my last and final missive to Christendom on Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua and his demonic congregation. After this article, I will not comment on either this man or his activities until 2017 as I have stated in previous articles on him and his satanic activities. If you have a friend, colleague, neighbor, an acquaintance, son, daughter, uncle, brother, mother father, buddy, or any relative that attends any branch of SCOAN anywhere in the world, inform him/her or them of what you have read in this column. My duty as a redeemed child of the Living God and His anointed genuinely called into His ministry is to warn the unwary, the ignorant and the deceived. I do not need to repeat it for the umpteenth time; Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua is NOT a genuine man of God but a high Satanist indwelled by demonic spirits with the ability to perform miracles and wonders. His so-called SCOAN is not a Holy Spirit-anointed church and all of you that are worshipping there are being deceived and led astray.
As the Sovereign Lord God Almighty instructed us His genuine messengers in Ezekiel 3: 17-19: “"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. When I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.…”Furthermore, the Lord God Almighty, the King of kings and Lord of lords stated in Ezekiel 33: 8: “When I say to the wicked, 'You wicked person, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” I have discharged my obligation and duty as a man of God to all worshippers at Temitope Joshua’s demonic enclave. As I pointed out last week in this column in my open letter to Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua that between now 2014 and 2017, there won't be any ministry called and known as the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) any more, I am repeating same for the last and final time. If this so-called satanic ministry you currently worship survives beyond 2017, then the Lord God Almighty hasn't called me as a man of God. This is how those of you who will ignore this warning will know that I-Moshood Ademola Fayemiwo-am a genuine man of God truly called by my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; between now and 2017, what has never occurred in Nigeria will take place for the first time in Nigeria's history; a devastating earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter Scale will swallow the whole of that enclave where you congregate among yourselves and with Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua as your demonic leader and where he deceives spiritually-ignorant people at Ejigbo in Lagos, Nigeria. Nothing will be salvaged and it will be widely reported in the local newspapers and all over the world. This is the distinctive sign for you reading this letter as a follower of TB Joshua to know that there is a Greater One in me-the Holy Spirit-than Satan and his demons that are in Mr. TB Joshua. Here is what the Holy Spirit says I should tell you as a follower of Mr. TB Joshua at the Synagogue of Satan: "At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven." (Revelation 11: 13). Now about you who are reading this open letter and dismiss it because you're already sucked in by Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua's enchantment, I have discharged my spiritual responsibility to you; by warning you of the day of terror and anguish coming on the Synagogue of Satan at Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria. You ignore this prophetic warning at your eternal peril. Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua is spiritually finished and his house of cards and demon are coming to naught.
FROM MY MAIL BAG THIS WEEK
Dear Dr Moshood Fayemiwo, I thank you so much for enlightening us about what is happening at the Synagogue Church of All Nations- SCOAN. I have been there once but to be precise, I don't understand the church that's why I stopped and am not convinced by the preaching going on in that church. I admire your great command of the scripture. May the Lord God Almighty continue to multiply you both physically and spiritually in Jesus name Amen--- Nnamdi Bernard Leonard. Omnia Academy Favara Agrigento Italy
Dear Mr. Leonard thanks for your letter. It’s good that you allowed the Holy Spirit to minister into you so you will understand the spirit that is at work at that demonic enclave known as the Synagogue. Majority of the people going to TB Joshua’s hose of demons aren’t interested in God’s salvation but looking for quick answers to their problems. TB Joshua knows and that is why he has bewitched these gullible souls with his enchantments and deceptive miracles. As our Lord Jesus Christ Himself warned us in Mark 13: 22-23: “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.” Your duty and mine is to warn these people and pray for them so that they can leave this demonic enclave and give their lives genuinely to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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In mid-2013 I was drawn to your column having previously brushed it off. I have read all non-political articles in your column several times over. There is power in your write-ups and they are Holy Spirit filled. You are an excellent teacher. You will never know how many lives you have touched and improved. Taste and see that the Lord is good.....We (readers) have to pass on your column to others for their salvation and spiritual growth. God Bless you brother in Christ – May the Lord God continue to bless you in the mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen---Mr. M. A. North East London, UK
Thanks Mr. M.A. Good to hear that lives are being saved and many more are spiritually enlightened by what the Holy Spirit is doing in this column. This is what He has called me to do and I am eternally grateful to be used for His utmost Highest.
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Dear Sir, I want to say thanks for your expose of Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua and hos SCOAN. The thing is as a body of Christ, and someone with the zeal and passion for God we should be praying for God to root out the weeds. I will join in this prayer but also, that when the Judgment of God falls let there be no casualties. One more thing; when God calls people he may have a witness. This is not to say that God called TB Joshua. No! When God called me, he called me alone. God calls people alone. The reason my wife knew before we got married was because God showed her even before I knew we were going to get married. Albeit, good point, not only TB Joshua but all other fake churches in and around the world. Thanks and God bless!
Mr. Toate Ganago (location undisclosed).
Dear Mr. Ganago, I never wrote that when a human being is called by the Lord God Almighty, He calls people in twos, what I wrote is that when the Lord of lords and King of kings calls any person into ministry, He demonstrates your calling by showing you and other people witnesses as proofs of your calling. Please go back to that article and re-read again paying special attention to the 7 requirements that any genuine man or human of God called by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ must fulfill. Satan and his demons too also call people to demonic ministry like Mr. TB Joshua. Your wife was your witness to God’s calling on your life. The Sovereign Lord of the heavens and the universe including all that are in them does not do things concerning the issues of salvation and eternity in secret. The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ was not done in secret and His Resurrection was not done in secret either as Acts 1: 2-3 told us: “…until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.” Thanks for your feedback.
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Dear Sir, It is my joy to write you and congratulate you on your recent article titled: “Babylon the Great Is Fallen Is Fallen and Has Become a Dwelling Place of Demons":-Open Letter To Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua Of Synagogue Of Satan, Ejigbo, Lagos, Nigeria of Saturday November 1, 2014. I am a Christian and born and brought up in the true Bible way. I have been saying the same thing about this man called Temitope Joshua of SCOAN and his satanic ministry anywhere I have the opportunity to speak and discuss with people. Most time it has been war because, most people blindly believe and follow this man and any opposition to this kind of people will always be concluded by his spiritually-ignorant followers and defenders saying; “Touch not my anointed and speak not of a man of God badly.” I have read as well a couple of your articles but, this last one is a master stroke that has destroyed this satanic man and his church of devil. It really motivated me especially at this time of my personal problems and it goes to tell me that, there are still genuine men of God in this our world. I will personally like to speak with you on phone for spiritual advice and prayers. My telephone numbers are: ------------- (undisclosed for privacy protection).
I will be pleased sir if, you can leave your telephone contact for me in your reply so that I can call you and the day and time that I can call. You can as well find me on Facebook: “removed for privacy). I live in Lisbon, Portugal. Thanks---Mr. A..S.A, Lison, Portugal.
My direct telephone number in Chicago, Illinois is 773-660-8917. Please feel free to call me anytime. Remain blessed in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Dear Sir, I commend you for the great job you are doing. May the Good Lord watch and protect you and your entire household in Jesus Mighty Name-Amen. Pastor Martins Nnoko Jubilee Christian Church International, Atlanta Georgia.

Thank you very much Pastor Martins, I know iron sharpens iron and you are one of fellow workers in the Lord’s vineyard praying for me. As Apostle Paul admonish us in 1 Thessalonians 5: 11: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…” I appreciate the spiritual back-up and it shall be well with us and our households in Jesus Precious Name, Amen.
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Dear Sir. Thank you sir for all your spiritually uplifting articles and may the Lord God Almighty continue to strengthen you. Nigerian needs people like you to enlighten them. Because of their greed and wickedness, the only thing they now know is miracle forgetting what Jesus told His disciples in the bible in( Luke-10:20). However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven. No one seeks for eternity again both their followers and their so- called general overseers; all they want is the world and the things in the world: money. Tell the so- called pastors and general overseers what is in the book of (Jeremiah-23:22) and again what happened in the Acts of Apostles, Chapter-8:9-20) about Simon the sorcerer. All miracles are not from the Lord God Almighty. In the early days when Pentecostal churches started in Nigeria without all these fake miracles that is everywhere now and their preaching of prosperity, no one cared for them. Because they were telling the truth then, the real word of the Jehovah Lord God Almighty, but now the native doctors have gone into the world disguising with their bible to make money rituals for them. Everybody is now going to what they think is a Pentecostal church but are not. God, please save us from the love of money. You cannot serve God and money at the same time. Don’t deceive yourselves please. (Matthew-6:19-34)---Mr. Charles Uzoma (location undisclosed).
Thank you Mr. Uzoma for your enlightenment. We should continue to pray that the spiritual eyes of people will be opened and their darkened heats will be enlightened by the word of God. Ours is to warn and enter into intercessory prayers on behalf of the wicked souls but ultimately, it’s the Holy Spirit that can convict people of their sins and liberate them from the demonic chokehold of Satan. Thanks for your letter.
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Thank you Dr. Fayemiwo for telling the truth to those human beings that have ears but cannot and do not want to hear. I strongly believe that the end is near for SCOAN and its likes. God will continue to guide and protect you and your ministry to the fulfillment of your prophecy. It must surely come to pass in Jesus name.... Amen. Regards ---Mr. Donald Nwachukwu. (India).
Thank you my brother-in-the-Lord. I pray with you that those that have ears will hear and listen to the Lord’s Word in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.
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Calvary greeting to you Dr. Moshood Fayemiwo in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Savior. I am a Nigerian, leading a ministry in Yaoundé, Cameroon. I have been following your column lately; I must say no one can do what you are doing without God being in him. I pray for more grace upon your life. Sir, I will like to request for all articles about TB Joshua and SCOAN to be forwarded to my email, I really need to sit down and read them and read them again and all over again. Thank---Pastor Olatunde Abolarin, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Dear Pastor Abolarin, all the articles that I have written about Mr. Temitope Balogun Joshua can be assessed in my column dating back to January 2014 when I released by 2014 Predictions and Prophecies for 2014. Thanks and may God continue to open door of opportunities and avenue for His work in the beautiful nation of Cameroon.
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Dear Dr Fayemiwo, I have been an avid reader of your column articles and recently the report about synagogue church in Nigeria. It was good news to us because we knew all along that T.B Joshua was not called by God because by their fruit you shall know them. Many believers have abandoned the true gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and set out on a journey of perdition. Many Christians today are not interested in studying the Bible and therefore are easily deceived and manipulated. Here was an interview granted by another pastor in Nigeria by one of the Nigerian national dailies. The Sun newspaper, Sunday, November 9, 2014.and titled -When I started this ministry I had only N20 in my pocket -Reverend Chukwuma Peters). This particular so-called man of God made a similar statement like T.B Joshua. --- He was asked this question by the reporter: How did you receive your calling? Here was his answer as recorded by the reporter:
“I think God gave me a calling into the ministry right from the womb. So, His calling upon my life is in-born. I was born towards the end of the Civil War. As soon as I was born, I was taken to the missionaries in the forest where they baptized me and named me Peter. The name was against my parents' choice because they wanted to name me Joseph. But the missionaries said no, insisting that my name must be Peter, "for he will head God's people." That was prophetic. Even, in the village in those days, people used to call me "apostle." So, I kept on growing and growing until Jesus came into my life, despite the fact that I was not ready to serve Him. But I yielded when I had an eye accident and became blind. It was on hospital bed in Onitsha, Anambra State, that the Lord appeared to me in a dream, opened my eyes and asked me to serve Him. Ever since then, I joined the process of serving Him which began with giving my life to Him, growing in the process and maturing in the process until my ministry grew into what it is today.”
Almost every person who runs a building in the name of a church is called by God in Nigeria. Thank you for your direction in telling our people the truth from the throne of Grace and may the Lord God almighty continue to protect you as his oracle.
Sincerely yours--- Mr. Davidson Smith Germany (email and telephone contacts for privacy reason).
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*Dr. Fayemiwo is quondam professor of Biblical Exegesis at Kingdom Bible College and Seminary, Tucson, AZ and CEO, Alternative Lifestyle Communication, DBA Chicago. He is the co-author of the book: “The Kingdom of Satan Exposed” and also member, board of directors/ director of administration, The Millennium Stem Academy Charter School of Chicago, Illinois. Visit his company’s website at www.allternativecommunication.net. Please all private email for urgent attention should be sent to this email address: allternativelifestyle@gmail.com

Child Sexual Abuse: Recreating Tomorrow By Taking Definitive Action Today

BY:Nnaemeka Oruh

Statistics detailing the extent of perpetration of child sexual abuse is hugely alarming. Projections show that this statistics will increase if something is not urgently done. Therefore, the urgency of the situation demands that I do not waste time on preambles. So I will just get on with it.
Cases of child sexual abuse are not receiving adequate attention. In fact, while the cases skyrocket, less and less people clearly and completely understand what it means to sexually abuse a child. So this work is an urgent attempt to educate(and perhaps re-educate some others).Urgent because it is very important that we start this discussion now in order to teach as many people as possible while our children can still be saved.
Child sexual abuse simply refers to the engagement in sexual acts with a person under eighteen. Note that the word "consent" is absent in my definition. The absence was not fortuitous. This is because, a person under eighteen cannot really give consent. So even if the person accepted your sexual overtures, it is still deemed sexual abuse as persons under eighteen cannot legally give consent(in some states in the US, it is 16). I believe that a lot of people do not know this. Thus if we try to explore cases of child sexual abuse using this particular criterion, we will find out that so many people would be found guilty of having sexually abused a child one way or the other. That is why it is important that this piece of information is shared.
There is also the tendency for people to believe that sexual abuse especially as it concerns children has to do with only penetration. This is not true. Child sexual abuse is not only conformed to actual penetration( either with the penis, finger or otherwise).Sexually abusing a child also involves the following:
i) Exposing the child to the view of the sexual organs of others. This may be in the form of allowing them see pornographic materials; see the nakedness of others such as their parents, relatives, etc.
ii) Engaging in sexual activities in the full view of the child. Note that sometimes when for economic reasons the parents or guardians of children are forced to engage in sexual activities in the same room where the children are, most times, the children are aware of these actions and consequently view them and are affected. Such action is thus a clear case of sexually abusing the child.
iii) Inappropriately touching the child's private parts.
iv) Allowing the child to watch movies or programmes rated 18.Programmes rated 18 mostly contain sexual scenes and these scenes would impact the child and make him or her vulnerable.
The above listed underline something very important; that child sex abuse is not only limited to penetration, or touching of the body (in other words, it is not only physical),but also could come in the form of psychological abuses. It is thus very important that we re-educate ourselves and others so that we can guide against all forms of child sex abuse.
Earlier, I clarified that a person under eighteen cannot legally give consent(apart from some places where the legal age of consent is 16). Thus, it is now important that I explain that if for any reason,as an adult you have engaged in any form of sexual activity with somebody under eighteen(or 16), then you have sexually abused him/her. It is important that this is made known because a lot of people do not know that "dating" somebody under the legal age of consent is tantamount to child sexual abuse. It does not matter if he or she made the move or if you believe the child accepted to date you. No matter the excuse, the fact that you engaged in sexual acts with such a person simply means that you have sexually abused him or her.
Having pointed out the various forms of child sex abuse, it is now important that we evaluate some of the core ways in which one can know a sexually abused child. The points raised below are definitively not exhaustive but they frame the various ways in which one would know a sexually abused child:i) Pain in the private parts (vagina, anus, penis)

ii) Discharges (especially foul smelling ones)

iii) Bruises in the private parts. This can be true for both the girl child and the boy child.
iv) Psychological disturbances that could lead to abnormal behaviours such as bed wetting and defecating on himself or herself especially when this was not the case before.
v) Strange behaviour by the child (such as trying to seduce somebody or showing signs of sexual knowledge; becoming withdrawn; performing badly in school; acting anxious; acting abnormally before a particular person.)
The above stated are some of the ways in which one may know an abused child. Once we notice any of the above, it is right to find out the truth and in the case that there has been a physical abuse, it is strongly advised that the child is immediately taken to a hospital for attention.
The importance of taking the child to the hospital immediately is so that tests can be run to determine if any sexually transmitted disease has been passed on to the child so that treatment can commence immediately. Also, in case the child has started menstruating, so that conception would be checked. This is why it is very important that such cases are reported within 72hours of their occurrence.
Statistically, the rate of child sex abuse in this part of the world is alarming. I believe that having gone through the various forms of abuses we discussed above, it is quite obvious that a large number of Nigerian children have been subjected to some form of sexual abuse or the other. The unfortunate thing is that child sexual abuse is perpetrated mostly by people who are around the children; fathers, mothers, uncles, aunties, cousins, maids, drivers, security men, neighbours, grand parents, teachers,etc.
I know that listing certain class of people above would raise eyebrows(like parents and grandparents),but this is the ugly truth as so many stories have confirmed. The child is mostly comfortable with people who are close to him or her and thus such people are the best positioned to take advantage of the child. It is thus strongly advised that in raising the child, extreme care is taken to ensure that exposure to people who may wish to sexually abuse him or her is reduced to the minimum. Also,the child should be taught to understand that his or her private parts are private and thus nobody(not even his or her parents) has the right to touch them inappropriately.
The Child Rights Act demands that we protect our children from any form of abuse. This legally empowers us to do all we can even for the children of other people. Thus we should all form a community police and ensure that our children are well protected from child sex abuse. When we notice a case of abuse, it is pertinent that we immediately swing into action by contacting any child right organization available and making sure that appropriate action is taken.
Also, it is important that the points shared here are conveyed to as many people as possible in order to engender a much needed public re-education. A lot of people in our society do not adequately grasp what it means to abuse a child sexually hence the need for this re-education.
The world as it is, is already mired in so many problems. While we struggle to find solutions to the many problems confronting our world today, it is pertinent that attention is also reserved for our future. By correcting and re-educating as many people as possible today, we can at least begin to create a better future. And the future as it is, is all about our children.

THE BLOOD OF THE CHILDREN. THE SHAME OF A NATION

 BY: Femi Fani-Kayode

Forty nine innocent little boys were butchered by Boko Haram in their schools on 10th November 2014 as they resumed class in Yobe state. The question must be asked: is there any limit to the depravity of these monsters and those that secretly support and encourage them?

I may not know much but one thing that I know is this: the spilling of innocent blood has terrible consequences for both the land on which it is spilt and for those that spill it. I am talking about long-term generational consequences.

This is the more so when that blood is the blood of children. Our girls are kidnapped from their schools, abducted, raped, married off and sold into slavery and we call ourselves blessed.

Our little boys are bombed to smithereens in their schools, their young lives are snuffed out, there is no sense of outrage and no-one is brought to book yet we call ourselves blessed.

Our level of sensitivity has been seared to a point that we don't care anymore and we are no longer moved when we hear about the horrors being inflicted on our people yet we call ourselves blessed.

When will we appreciate the fact that there is something fundamentally wrong with us? I had every reason to feel so sad on the day that the news from Yobe came but my initial sadness was quickly overwhelmed by a deep and burning rage.

I was (and still am) enraged by this latest act of pure evil and I condemn it in the strongest terms. When I told Nigerians three years ago that Boko Haram and their secret sponsors and friends had to be crushed like vermin even if it meant wiping out whole communities that secretly supported them virtually everyone said that I was wrong.

Many within and outside government counseled that we ought to adopt a ''softly softly'' approach towards them and disregarded my counsel. They even subjected me to insults and ridicule for taking such a strong stand and such a hard line at the time.

Yet unlike them I saw the evil behind Boko Haram long before it fully manifested and I recognized it for what it was right from the start. Few others did.

The saddest aspect of it all is that even now most Nigerians still can't see or feel that evil despite the daily bombings, killings, abductions and kidnappings.

The truth is that until Boko Haram takes over the entire north and knocks on the gates of the south Nigerians will continue to act as if the whole thing is no big deal and that whatever atrocities that Boko Haram commit really doesn't matter. That is how short-sighted, insensitive, depraved and ignorant we have become.

We are a people that have no conscience and we no longer care when our citizens are treated like filth or slaughtered like flies. There is no other country and no other people in the world that suffers from our particular type of affliction. We are suffering from a strange disease.

Nigeria is not blessed, she is cursed and she is in dire need of deliverance. If we were not cursed how can we act as if all is well and how can we be normal after 49 of our school children were bombed to death in one fell swoop.

This single outrageous and horrendous act is enough to traumatize most nations and most people for the next ten years, but not us. Most of us are indifferent: we shut it out and act as if it never happened.

We are a strange land of strange men and women. We are a land where the nepthalim hold sway. We are a land that enjoy to watch others suffer injustice, persecution and wickedness and where the youth would rather rant on facebook and twitter than risk their lives by marching on the streets and demanding change.

We are a land that despise the learned and that celebrate ignorance. We are a land that hates the truth and that worships mammon. We are a land where courageous and righteous men suffer hardship, humiliation, injustice and persecution whilst evil men are reverred and exalted.

We are a land that claims to love God but that does everything that is contrary to His counsel and His will. We are land where brother eats sister and where sister eats brother. We are a land where parents trade off the future, the destiny and the glory of their own children for a pittance and where men sell their souls to the devil for fame, power and wealth.

We are a land where children are killed and maimed, where women are dehumanised and turned into desperate harlots by virtue of the circumstances in which they are forced to live and where evil is nurtured, encouraged and glorified.

We are a land that continues to dance, to make merry and to rejoice even as it's weakest and most vulnerable citizens are butchered and even when it's very own children are slaughtered like christmas turkeys and sallah rams. I see all this and I say shame on us all: from the highest to the lowest we have all failed. From the pauper to the prince and from the servant to the king we are all guilty.

Our hope and salvation lies in one thing and one thing alone: the love of the Lord God of Hosts, the mercy of the Ancient of Days and the grace of the Living God. I have little doubt and abundant evidence to prove that He still loves us despite the evil that is inherent in us.

If we repent and call on His name He shall deliver us from our fanciful and destructive delusions, our manifest and inexplicable greed, our insatiable love of money, our obsessive lust for power, our glorification of all that is ungodly and evil and our shameless self-hate and He shall make us whole again. His love for us is never ending: it remains faithful and true and it is as constant as the northern star.

As a matter of fact it is by the power of that love alone that we have not fallen over the brink and totally destroyed ourselves by now. It is by His grace and mercy that we have not suffered or experienced a Rwanda-type genocide in our shores or walked on the road to Kigali by now.

A couple of weeks back a courageous Canadian soldier was killed by an insane terrorist who stormed the Canadian Parliament and who held their political leaders hostage until he himself was killed. The whole world rose up and condemned this callous act and rightly came to a standstill.

Most importantly the Canadian government and people honored the dead and paid him tribute after tribute. It was very moving and highly appropriate. That soldier deserved no less. Everyone in Canada, and indeed throughout the civilized world, was talking about it and people were very sad.

That is how normal people and normal countries are meant to react to such things and that is how sane and civilized people are expected to behave. Yet in Nigeria it is not so. In this country hundreds of our people are slaughtered in 100 different ways and abducted every week and there is no sense of panic or alarm.

There are no tears, there is no urgency, there is no passion, there is no anger, there are no demonstrations or demands for those that commit this evil to be brought to justice, there is no support for our security agents and military, there is no sense of national outrage and most important of all there is no genuine empathy or sympathy for the victims and casualties of terror even though most of them are women and children. It is just business as usual and our nation is flying on auto pilot. Let us hope and pray that we don't eventually go into free-fall and crash.

May the souls of the 49 young boys that were murdered in cold blood by a Boko Haram suicide bomber in their school on 10th November 2014 rest in perfect peace. May God forgive us for our sheer insensitivity, wickedness, selfishness and callousness and may His love never depart from the shores of our nation.