Introduction

 

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emitope Balogun Joshua (often called T.B. Joshua) has grown from an obscure Nigerian village into world famous pastor. Except for the modern-day information technology, very few people would have heard of Joshua. Never has religions (counterfeit or genuine) had more tools with which to disseminate information than now.  There are endless flow of religious impressions from video and audio cassettes, television and radio broadcast, internet, snail mail and personal encounter – on the campus, on the street corner, in front of library or post office in religious meetings hospitals, in workplace, neighbourhood, and just anywhere people congregate. No one is completely untouched by these influences and that is why T.B. Joshua has become world famous. It’s not your fault if Joshua has taken you in. The Bible says that in the last days perilous times shall come, and these are the days that we live in (2 Tim. 3:1).

 

Chapter 1

Joshua: Historical

Background

 

My first acquaintance with Joshua was on television way back in 1998.  Then I was a student at seminary.  He was a subject of debate among us theology students. We held him in disdain for some ridiculous things we saw him doing on the television. Recently he employed promoters that are helping him to build up his image. Even in this, the promoters sometimes unwittingly turn out to be his liabilities!

In a self-sponsored interview granted him by the Tell magazine1, June/July edition of 2004, he was described as having hailed from “one of the poorest families” in a village called Arigidi, an agrarian community in the town of Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. That area is known for her predominant acceptance of Islamic religion--A fact that rubs on Joshua, as we’ll see later.  There is a touch of Anglicanism on him. He seemed to have been baptized as an infant and was given a fanciful name Joshua, as Anglicans do.

The available record about his education reveals that he attended St. Stephen’s Anglican Primary School, Arigid (1971-1976). The Tell magazine, mentioned above, sought to create a mystery around Joshua’s educational career in these words:

 

“His secondary education was somewhat interesting as he attended nearly 10 schools in just one year. Some of the schools are Bishop Aggrey Secondary School, new State High School, Muslim College, Metropolitan College and Anwaru Islam College – all in Lagos”.

 

One cannot but wonder what problem drove him from one school to another at such an early age. Any schoolteacher will tell you assuredly that Joshua learned next to nothing in that year. There is no record that he successfully completed high school.

His lack of education is evident in the fact that he’s incapable of expressing himself in simple correct English.  He butchered the Queen’s English in a blatant disgraceful way and (until his recent transformation) was a crude preacher – without refinement whatsoever. One of his fiery critics, Rev. Christopher Okotie, said of Joshua, “I believe he does not have any business trying to teach the scriptures because he’s grossly ignorant of the Bible”2

 

 

Chapter 2

Miracles In The Synagogue:

Divine Or Devilish

– Which?

 

The one single thing that launched Joshua into worldwide fame is not preaching about Christ (or soul winning). It was miracles that put him in the limelight. His miracles were performed for the glare of video camera, which he uses as attractive lure for people. Joshua’s Website affords the opportunity to appreciate the enormity of human’s health problems. But does Joshua have the solutions? Are his miracles genuine? The answer can be put in three parts:

1.                 Clever Fabrication. Certain testimonies rendered in Joshua’s camp are made up stories. This fact is self- evident. For example a woman claimed was blind from childhood, but she was healed at the Synagogue .In breaking the news she was so formal, and no radiant joy to show that God wrought so great a miracle in her. What kind of healing is that?

2.                 Electronic Gimmicks. Take away video camera from Joshua, and you’ve cut his power by at least half. He doctors films (of course with the help of experts) to show miraculous healings. The fact is self-evident to any critical observer. Why didn’t he for once go to hospital and command the sick out of beds? Why didn’t he raise a dead, already putrefying? Why do some people desperate for healing return home unhealed from the Synagogue, and even died of their sicknesses (like the wife of my former boss)?

3.                 Pure Magic. Any reader of the Bible will remember the encounter between Moses and Pharaoh’s magicians (Ex.17: 11-12). The Bible acknowledges the ability of magicians. We also hear of a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city of Samaria and amazed the nation, saying that he himself was somebody great (Acts 9:8). ‘The feats which he performed sufficiently proved that he possessed a most powerful supernatural agency, and could do whatsoever he pleased’ (Adam Clarke’s Commentary). T.B.Joshua is treading the same path. Truly there is nothing new under the sun!

No doubt some of Joshua’s miracles are for real. The trouble lies where he got power to perform the miracles. No question disturbs him as when his source of power is queried. For example, in the article entitled, “My Worst Fears: I’m Afraid of Human Beings.”3  Oshunkeye posed this question to Joshua:

 

Years ago, when you just started, many people used to wonder where you got your power. Some said you were a magician that some of things they were seeing on TV were pure magic. That they were not real. Even today many are still asking questions about your source of power (p. 31).

Joshua gave an evasive vague answer, quoting that a prophet has no honour in his own country. The went on rambling, diverting from the answer, and Oshunkeye called him back to the point:

 

You still haven’t answered my question.

 

Still T.B. has no concrete answer. At best he said he was born with the gift.

But we wonder why Joshua is afraid when the Bible says: “The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall be afraid?” (Ps. 27:1b) “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7). The spirit of fear, which grips Joshua, is not the sprit of God. By this we can know the source of his power!

There is a humorous saying common among the Western part of Nigeria where Joshua was born. The saying goes thus: “There are no magicians on our streets anymore; they have taken their trade  into churches!”  Magicians were a common place on our streets, especially in the 1970s. I once met a man who was selling charms for self-protection. To demonstrate the efficacy of his charm he tied it round his upper arm. He handed over a knife and dared anyone to cut his arm. One man took the challenge. To the surprise of onlookers, the charm defied the law of physics!  The knife failed to effect a curt; it just seemed like attempting to cut the flesh with a wooden baton!  That is magic.

You see people in the West (Nigeria) are so familiar with magic that when Joshua came up with his miracles most of us were not awed. Unfortunately some non-Nigerians from Europe and America have flown into Nigeria to witness what they believed to be miracles. They think they have better discernment to profit from Joshua’s ministry, which we the natives failed to see or appreciate. But we laugh at them; they are deceived! Some have learnt this, but at a great personal cost that no amount of money can begin to recover. I pity them. I am passionate about saving my readers from this ordeal.

 

Chapter 3

Try The Spirits

 

Jesus answered and said to His disciples, as of prime importance, when they asked what will be the sign of His coming, and the end of the age:

 

‘Beware that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, “I am the Messiah!” and they will lead many astray’ – Matthew 24:4-5 RSV).

 

If you start down the wrong road and discover that someone has misled you with wrong information, it’s not a great disaster. All you need to do is apply the reverse gear and take the right road.

But it’s not so simple when you are misled spiritually. Man is never so greatly endangered as when he believes a lie regarding his eternal soul. No worldly gain can counter-balance the loss of it. The Bible urged upon one and all to discern truth from error with the realization that the difference is the essence of life and death, heaven or hell.

So beware that no one leads you to take the route to hell-fire. It means don’t divest yourself of prudence and judgment. Do not be deceived by the pretenses of any rogue. Don’t allow yourself to be imposed upon, because you will be the one to pay– if you are misled.

The misleaders are clearly identified. They are false prophets (Matt. 24:11). A false prophet, by definition, is any spiritual pretender who claims to foresee the future. As prophets, however, are commonly regarded as public instructors on the subject of religion, the word takes on the meaning of one who is a religious teacher. How then can we know who is not teaching religion correctly? Let go to the next chapter to find out.

 

 

Chapter 4

Any Infallible Test

By Which True

And False May Be Distinguished?

 

In our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, He first warned against the lure of false prophets and then stated how to identify them: “By their fruit you will recognize them” (Matt. 2:16a). Fruit enables us to identify what kind of tree it is. Many people may fail to recognise different species of a particular tree by shape of leaf, or the appearance of flowers. But all doubt is removed when the fruit begins to form the appearance of the fruit enables anyone to distinguish between the species.

What does fruit mean in application to false prophets?  Henry Moorehouse said: “If a text of scripture troubles me, I ask another text to explain it.” So, let us look at Matthew 12:22-37 where Jesus used the word “fruit”.  In verse 28 Jesus said, “I drive out demons by the Spirit of God.”  But the Pharisees said: “It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons” (verse 24). In reaction to the words spoken by the Pharisees Jesus said:

 

Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good?  For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks (Matt. 12:33-34).

 

Evidently, the “fruit of lips” is what Jesus meant in Matthew 7:16a. What is on your heart will inevitably gain expression on your lips. “No man can tame the tongue” (Jas 3:8a). A false prophet cannot tame his tongue not to speak evil: and it’s by that means that we can catch him.  Robert Leighton, the Scottish Archbishop, well said:

 

‘The cure of an evil tongue must be done at he heart. The weights and wheels are there, and the clock strikes according to heir motion. A guileful heart makes a guileful tongue and lips. It is the workhouse where is the forge of deceits and slanders; and the tongue is only the out shop where they are vended, and the door of it.  Such ware as is made within, such and no other can come out’4

 

And, as Justin, the Christian father and martyr, said:

 

‘’By examining the tongue, physicians, find out the diseases of the body; and philosophers, the diseases of the mind and heart’5.

 

Come, then, and with the men of Gilead, and pose guard at the ford of Jordan. For the Ephraimite fugitives cannot but pass this way. Ask any suspect to pronounce “Shibboleth,” he will flunk the test and say “Sibboleth”. He cannot hide his identity (Judg. 1:5-7).

Is there such a ford in Christianity where false teachers can be infallibly detected?  The answer based on God’s authority, is yes. There is test-question also. Let us proceed to the next chapter.

 

Chapter 5

What Is Your Concept

Of God – And

Who In Your Opinion

Is Jesus Christ?

 

The late Dr. Walter Martin, founder of the Christian Research Institute, said in one of his cassettes: ‘The central theology of the Christian Faith revolves around one word – Christology.  This is the person (nature), and work of Jesus Christ. Christology is the hub of the wheel from which all the spokes of doctrine radiates. And the rim that holds it together is the authority of Scriptures.’

By Christology is here meant that Jesus Christ is in fact and in truth, and the most exact and literal sense of the words, the second Person of biblical God (the Holy Trinity), who came down to this lower world from His heavenly throne without retiring from His father’s glory born by a new order and form of birth, “continuing to be eternally while beginning to be in time”, identified Himself with mankind in the Incarnation and offered Himself “once for all” a ransom for many, the eternal sacrifice, Who is able to save to the uttermost whoever will appropriate His cleansing power. If you want a condensed summary of the Bible, that’s it.

Jesus was putting this across to His disciples when He asked: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”  You know He received a variety of answers: “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets” (Mat. 16:4).  Throughout the history of the church the question has continued to receive a variety of answers. But apostle Peter gave this inspired answer: “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” Which means, the Christ is the living God’s equal: to see Him is to see God Himself. The Westminster Confession throws light on this:

 

The son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father, did, when the fullness of time was come, take upon Him man’s nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin; being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, of her substance. So that two whole, perfect and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion. Which person is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only Mediator between God and man.”

 

So if you are asking what’s the infallible test by which true and false prophets may be distinguished and therefore detected, that is the answer.  It’s as John wrote, “This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world” (1 John 4:2-3).  A false prophet is one who denies the Incarnation.

 

Chapter 6

How Does T.B. Joshua

Measure Up?

 

Being an illiterate man there is no known material written directly by him. But there is sufficient evidence to determine his confession on the doctrine of Christ’s incarnation. Remember some of the schools that Joshua attended include Muslim College, and Anwaru Islam College. His home in Arigidi, Ikare Akoko is one of the Islamic strongholds in Ondo State. These influences are evident today on Joshua – a self-confessed “anointed man of God.”  Whether that anointing is counterfeit or genuine is evident in The Synagogue.

On the wall of this sanctuary is the portrait of Jesus hanging on the cross. Along with it is the inscription: “THERE IS NO DEITY (GOD) Except Allah” (which is also written in Arabic complete with citation from the Qu’ran), the following photograph was taken with acknowledgment from Apologetics Coordination Team 6 and I have confirmed the photo is authentic. Any one can go there to confirm that. But you don’t have to swallow carbolic acid to know how it works! You believe me.

 

 

 

Chapter 7

What Agreement Has

Islam And Christianity?

 

T. B. Joshua truly performed lots of miracles! The most wonderful is that he succeeded in reconciling two religions that are diametrically opposed to each other.  That is not paradox; it’s a confusing contradiction.  For Islam and Christianity are divergent in at least four essential points at belief as is evident below:

 

1.   The Bible vs. Koran (Qu’ran)

As pointed out by Parrish: ‘For the Muslim, there are five “holy books” mentioned in the Qu’ran: The Scrolls of Abraham (which Muslims say is now lost); the Twrat (Torah) given to Moses; the Zabur (Psalms) given to David; the Injil (Gospel) given to Jesus; and The Qu’ran given to Mohammed. Muslims believe that only the Qu’ran has been correctly preserved; they teach that the four other books mentioned have been either ‘corrupted’ or lost, and are not to be accepted as now presented. Therefore, for the Muslim, the Qu’ran replaces the true Scriptures of the Bible’7

A book by a Muslim writer quotes the Koran: ‘The Koran is God’s complete and final guidance for all mankind.’  And again, ‘The Koran is complete and perfect’.  In this, obviously, they are in absolute conflict with the revealed word of God, the Bible. If the Bible is God’s Word then the Koran teaches false doctrine.8  Both cannot be correct, but T.B. Joshua says they are.

 

 

2.   God vs. Allah

The photograph on the Synagogue’s wall indicates that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Joshua’s reasoning is that Allah and Jehovah are just two different names for the same being. Is that reasoning correct? The answer must be no, and the reason is obvious.

Muslims accept Jesus just as a prophet but are opposed to the belief that he was the Son of God and divine. They affirm that “God has no son.”  That cancels out both the Son and the Father, as without a Son there is also no Father, and of course no Holy Spirit. They attack the Christian doctrine of the Trinity with a fierce opposition, accusing Christendom of worshipping three gods.

Yet T.B. Joshua happily married the two religions!  He doesn’t know that he is flying his own flag that reads: “Here I am, a false teacher!”  And there are Galatians today, who are foolish enough to look at this abomination abominable eyesore in The Synagogue, and still think Joshua is dripping with God’s anointing.

 

3.  Grace vs. Works

In Islam, there is no need for any sacrifice or atonement. Muslims believe that the good and bad deeds will be weighed in the balance on the day of judgment (Sura 2:80). As a result one must diligently strive to fulfill the requirements set forth in the five pillars. This is salvation by works. It runs counter to God’s grace.

Many years ago, two Bible believers, Edward Mate and William E. Bradberry collaborated to write a song that very explicitly spells out the very core of the Christian faith while emphatically condemning any attempt to multiply the requirements for salvation. This song was given the title “THE SOLID ROCK” and the first stanza reads thus:

 

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

But wholly lean on Jesus name:

On Christ the Solid Rock, I stand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

 

Can Joshua honestly sing this song and teach his church the same?  That’s food for thought.

 

4.   Evangelism

Islam evangelises by violence. It is said that, “Prophet Mohammad was more successful in winning converts to Islam in Medina with violence and the sword than he was in Mecca with peace and persuasion. Even today, in countries with a Muslim majority, the government persecutes Christians – often with the blessings of the Islamic clergy.”9 Yet T.B. Joshua puts Christianity and Islam on the same footing.

How can we rate the miracles of T. B. Joshua—is it authentic? The answer is obvious. On the day of Pentecost, Apostle Peter addressed the assembly in these words: "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know’ (Acts 2:2 RSV). Do you know the implication of that? Just this: if Joshua’s miracles are from God, it means He is endorsing all the above doctrinal errors that Joshua teaches.

       Smith states that: ‘Islam is nothing more than a revival of the ancient moon god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rights, the ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of the moon god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected.’10   God said emphatically:

        ‘If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder which he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, “Let us go after other gods,” which you have not known, “and let us serve them,” you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.’

      The New Testament says the same thing. In Matthew 7:22-23 we find not only professing Christians, but preachers of Christ, and wonder-workers, rejected, because they are evil-workers:

‘On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?” And then will I declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers” '(RSV).

Should a Christian go to an ungodly source to obtain healing? It seems there are people who are desperate enough to accept healing from whatever source—devilish or divine. Their unspoken philosophy is, ‘The end justifies the means.’ But that is not a Christian philosophy. Christians are not known for desperate escape from pain. Chapter 11 of Hebrews, commonly known as ‘Faith Chapter,’ describes the saints as those who refused to recant even in the face of death penalty (Heb. 11:35). Joseph Alleine, my father in the faith, wrote: ‘One of the martyrs, as he was praying at the stake, had his pardon set by him in a box, which indeed he rightly refused, because upon unworthy terms.’ We ought to imitate that.

 

Chapter 7

What View Shall We

Take Of T.B. Joshua?

 

The answer to the above question is evident from what we have read so far. The merging of Christianity and Islam in The Synagogue is sufficient demonstration that Joshua is not a minister of Christ. Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water? (Jas. 3:11).  The answer is NO. I am sure the adherents of Joshua’s teachings have experienced cognitive dissonance. I mean intense mental confusion. For Joshua is indeed Mr. Confusion!

T. B. Joshua is definitely not a man to trust. ‘Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son’ (1John 2:22, KJV). If a person denies the Incarnation, he is a liar, and you cannot trust him to make accurate statement about other areas of doctrine.

Furthermore, such is man to watch. You cannot trust his actions.  It’s as Charles Spurgeon said: ‘A man cannot have an erroneous belief without by and by having an erroneous life.’11 For what a person believes invariably determines his attitude and his conduct. It’s out of belief that practice springs, and from one’s confession of faith precedes the conduct of his or her life. What a man believes has definite consequences in his action. Tryon Edwards said: ‘Doctrine is the necessary foundation of duty; if the theory is not correct, the practice cannot be right. – Tell me what a man believes, and I will tell you what he will do.’12 Wrong belief precedes wrong actions.

         A.W.Tozer well said: ‘Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, “What comes into your mind when you think about God?,” we might predict with certainty the spiritual future of that man.’13 The idea of God, which T.B. Joshua holds, is error the most erroneous. It’s not mere mistake; it’s blasphemy the most blasphemous. Evidently, someone other than the Holy Spirit is acting upon Joshua. By this you can guess what actions to expect from him.

         Smith cited the following in respect of Muslims: ‘It has been said, ”When in the minority they are meek like lamb; when they are on an equal footing they are as cunning a fox and as wily as a serpent; but when they are in the majority they become as bold as lions.’14  That is an apt description of Joshua’s character. Remember that he is a Muslim!

         There is a radio documentary owned by Kola Oluwuyi. The documentary is name Iriri Aye, which means Life’s Experience. Mr. Olawuyi made a devastating expose of Joshua, bringing survivors of Joshua’s oppression to testify to their experiences on the radio. Unfortunately, it’s conducted in Yoruba language.  While Joshua gave glowing reports of his Synagogue, Mr. Olawuyi gave the opposite side of the show. It got to a point when Mr. Olawuyi gave up reporting on Joshua, because of threat to his life from Joshua’s men. Joshua is certainly not the man of God that some people hold him to be.

        When medical doctor diagnoses diseases in a patient, he gives prescription as to what medicine to use for cure of the disease. The same thing applies in spiritual diagnoses. False prophets by means of their unsound doctrine are destroyers of souls. Their error is contagious in its evil influence. Like the madness of a dog, it has the nature of communicating its own madness. When a disease is incurable the only prescription is avoidance. ‘Physical health is maintained by separation from disease germs. Spiritual health is maintained by separation from germs of false doctrine,’ wrote Franklin G. Huling.

This is the prescription that God gave against false prophets: ‘ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds’ (2 John 10-11.). We should not give encouragement to the false prophet. Joshua’s work is not a Christian work. It does not merit the pprayer, support or interest of Christian people. It would be as wicked to send money to Joshua as it would be to give money to Satan himself. Money sent to Joshua actually finances the devilish programme of warfare against God’s dear Son—Jesus.15  don’t give him money. Without your money he cannot operate. Don’t stand up to be counted as statistics for his church.

Let me close with this piece of advice from Jeanne Mills, former member of a cult, and subsequent victim of assassination:

‘When you meet friendliest people you have ever known, who introduced you to the most loving group of people you’ve ever encountered, and you find the leader to be the most inspired, caring, compassionate, and understanding person you’ve ever met, and then you learn that the cause of the group is something you never dared could be accomplished, and all of this sounds too good to be true—it probably is too good to be true! Don’t give your education, your hopes and ambition to follow a rainbow.’16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources

 

1.     Profile: The Man T.B. Joshua,’ TELL: Special Focus, June 20004, p.2.

2. Christopher Okotie, ‘My Encounter With Joshua,’ National Encomium, December 11,2001,p.30.

3. Oshhunkeye, ‘My Worst Fears: I’m Afraid of Human Beings.’ Source lost during research.

4. Tryon Edwards, Dictionary of Thoughts, and USA: Standard Book Company, 1963, p.677.

5. Ibid.

6. Sandy Simpson, ‘T.B. Joshua “To Deceive Even the Elect,” Apologetics Coordination Team (Web page.).

7. Frank R. Parrish, ‘Islam Compared With Christianity,’ Acts Vol. 31/No 2,p.26

8. Hugh Pyle, ‘The Middle East, the Muslims and the Mad Butcher of Baghdad!’ The Sword of the Lord, Aug. 2,2002, p.20.

9. G.R. ‘Militant Islam is Still Enemy No. One,’ The Sword of the Lord, June 21, 2003,p.8.

10. Shelton Smith, ‘Islam: A Raging Storm,’ The Sword of the Lord, March 1,2002

11. Source lost during research.

12. Edwards, op .cit., 152..

13. A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy, and England: STL Books, 1961,p.9.

14. Smith op.cit. Feb.15,2002,p.20.

15. Robert L Sumner, Herbert W. Armstrong: A False Prophet, Tennessee: Sword of the Lord Foundation, 1981, p.23.

16. Rachel Andres and James R. Lane, eds. Cults & Consequences, California: Commission on Cults & Missionaries, 1988, p.7-8.

 

 

 

P.T.O

 

About the Book

The Nigerian born T.B. Joshua has gained worldwide influence as a miracle worker. People with divers health problems came out looking for him. His clients include men and women fro Europe, America, South Africa, you name it. The assembled congregation of sufferers is a pitiful sight of horrendous sicknesses that human body can be subjected. But the question is: Does Joshua possess the gift of healing? If so why do church leaders in Nigeria refuse him the hands of fellowship? Is there something the Yoruba tribe (which Joshua belongs) have seen in Joshua that makes them watch with caution? Find out in this book: How Genuine Is T.B. Joshua As Christ’s Minister?

 

 

 

                           About the Author

Julius Afolalu was born in Ilawe, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He was educated at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, and taught Agricultural Science in secondary schools for fifteen years. Thereafter he retired, and went to Immanuel College of Theology where he obtained Diploma in Theology, and University of Ibadan where he obtained diploma in Religious Studies. He is married to Priscilla and both have a son.