By Banji Ojewale
Except a man be born again…he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.-Jesus Christ.
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Dateline: Ijebu–Ode, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, Sunday, April, 5, 1964.
A preacher is delivering a message in a church. Among those he’s addressing is William Folorunso Kumuyi, 23. The lad is ‘’almost like a moralist’’, as he listens and watches the cleric. The preacher is unrelenting as he insists that it isn’t just our actions that make us unacceptable to God.
Book: Daily Manna 2023 (A daily devotional guide)
Author: William
Folorunso Kumuyi
Reviewer: Banji
Ojewale
Page Run: 379
Publishers: Life
Press Ltd, Lagos
The philosophy of the sages of old
was that the day’s destiny depended on what you made of the morning. If, as you
were roused back to consciousness from sleep, you plotted a trajectory of
triumph over possible trials or troubles the day usually had in store, you
would have won some good part of its 24 hours to your side. So, these ancient
men and women put forth this axiom: the morning shows the day, meaning, what
you do or permit in the morning is what the day hurls back at you every hour of
the period.
By Banji Ojewale
Dateline: August, 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In a hospital, the fate of a pair of conjoined twins lies in the experience, expertise and exertions of some 100 medics. Dug deep in a duel to divide the duo where they are congenitally cleaved –the brains- doctors put up "one of the most complex processes ever’’ adventured.’’ Finally, after 27 hours in the theatre, preceded by months of trialing initiatives, the 3-year-olds are broken loose.
For the first time in the world, surgeons across
several countries take part in the separation task, wearing headsets to
communicate. A "virtual reality room’’ is the ‘command centre’. Dr. Noor ul Owase Jeelani, who led the team
along with Dr. Gabriel Mufarrej, says: "In some ways, these operations are
considered the hardest of our time, and to do it in virtual reality was just
really man-on-Mars stuff.’’
Described as space-age feat, it delivered a miracle humanity is applauding as the elusive Eighth Wonder of all time brewed in the recesses of science.
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