“MY FATHER ONCE TOLD ME” RETURNING THE YOUTH TO PATRIARCHAL COUNSEL BY: CHARLES IZU OKAFOR (JP) B.A (HONS), M.SC BEING TEXT OF A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE REGIONAL CONVENTION OF THE FULLGOSPEL BUSINESS MEN’S FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL (FGBMFI), HELD IN AKURE, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA. ON AUGUST 13-15, 2015 BULLET TEXTS: Prov. 5:1-4; 9-14 Pro. 4:1-7,
EXPOSITORY BEGINNING: At the turn of the current millennial,humanity has,seemingly,buckled under unmitigated,frightening happenstances. A cursory evaluation of every strand of verifiable Rating indicators,globally,present sobering trajectories,of no mean proportion. On the Economic front,wealth and prosperity,across continents and jurisdictions,are increasingly constricting, so much so,that the dominant socio-political ideology,in Europe and america,has transmuted to “wealth for self”.Inotherwards, political