Leke Alder: Intelligent Faith

Leke Alder is a faculty I respect so much. His ideology about God in relativity to creation and the Christian person baffles me.

Below is a blog he wrote on his Facebook page earlier today and I couldn't help but copy it verbatim for you to read and be blessed.

I believe sermons should be subjected to Berean rigour, questions asked, and intelligent answers provided. I believe that people should be taught theology, not just situational gospel.

 
I believe we can access the incredible mind of God for strategic, business, and professional challenges. God is God on Sunday, but he's also God on Monday. He's God in church. He's God outside church. God is limitless.

 
I believe Christians should be versatile in knowledge and be widely read - philosophy, sociology, government, IT, economics, literature, comparative religious studies, and science. Paul showed us intellect is a tool of faith.

 
I believe excellence should be a byword of faith. I believe Daniel & Co. are profiled in the Bible to serve as typologies and role models and to inspire youths. Daniel had a spirit of excellence.

 
I believe science is not anti-faith, that indeed God created science. Genesis can be resolved scientifically and that the prevailing Gap Theory in Christian theology has too many gaps. A new model is required.

 
I believe the gifts of the spirit are not limited in scope to the church; that in particular, the intelligence group of those gifts - word of wisdom, word of knowledge, and prophecy have secular capacities.

 
In the pursuit of intelligent faith, I came to the conclusion the "seed principle" as preached in the church is a retail prosperity principle. At optimum efficiency, it can only deliver 25% congregational productivity.

 

Jesus said so. It can not answer to the question of mass poverty like we have in Nigeria. The right tool is policy. Christians must get involved in politics and governance, if only for the sake of the people. Not to participate in the political process is a faith malpractice bordering on recklessness.