International Journal of Academic Pedagogical Research (IJAPR)
  Year: 2020 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 12-20
Exodus 8:16-19 and the Tragedy of Fake Miracles in Nigeria Christianity
Thompson Mayowa Stephen, Kolawole Oladotun Paul

Abstract:
There is no controversy about the fact that a significant and current issue in Christendom that has caught the interest of the general public and urgently calling for scholarly concentration in contemporary Nigeria is the debacle of fake miracles used by false ministers to attract, defraud and exploit people. This problem has wrecked havoc on the value system of Christianity in Nigeria; therefore, the task of this paper is to make a critical scrutiny of the societal ill (with specific attention to the vice of fake miracles) in Nigeria Christianity trying to excavate the reality of this challenge. This study x-rays the concept of miracle from its etymological meaning, the feasible roots for fake miracle invasion in Nigeria Christianity and the drive behind the issue at stake. Also, this study employs an exegetical and contextual methodology; with Exodus 8:16-19 (Third plague) as the theological framework. In view of the radical emergence of the debacle in question; the reality of genuine miracles is another bone to break; thus, this keeps the mind of a modern-man with perplexity and apparently fill its reasoning with several questions.