About
Hi there, nice to meet you! I’m Jeremiah!
I was born on October 31, 1996, in Accra, Ghana, in West Africa. Growing up in a single-parent household with just my dad and sister gave me a unique perspective on life from an early age. I grew up believing that I had to have my life figured out and be in control of any circumstance that life threw my way.
This mindset made me very self-dependent, unable, and unwilling to trust anyone else. Then one day, I met Jesus, and everything changed.
Meeting Jesus
I didn’t have a particularly religious upbringing, but I was raised with what you’d call “Christian morals.” Basically, I knew how to be a “good” person. I learned that it was good to go to church and pray to God. If I didn’t do anything crazy, I would remain in His good graces.
At the age of 15, I began my high school education, which in Ghana meant that I would attend a boarding school and be away from home for nine months each year. It was during my first year in this school (which happened to be a Catholic school) that I met Jesus.
The Forbidden Gospel
My life turned completely after I met Jesus, but something was still wrong. After the initial zeal and excitement wore off, I realized that I was still living in bondage. There were habits I was struggling to break, and I didn’t understand why. I would ask myself, “How can I be a Christian and still be struggling in this way?” After I graduated from high school, things just got worse until, one day, I discovered GRACE, the forbidden gospel. The message that is hated by the religious. The grace and peace that Jesus died and resurrected to make available to us. I finally understood the gospel, and I was set free from bondage, guilt, condemnation, and addiction.
The forbidden gospel. The message that is hated by the religious.
The Correction
Here is the part of the story I could leave out, and won’t. For about five years, I taught the opposite of what I teach now.
I was sincere, and I was wrong. I preached a gospel that quietly handed the weight back to you: work harder, perform better, stay in God’s good graces by not doing anything crazy. I had inherited my theology instead of examining it, and I was confident about things I had never actually checked.
What changed was one decision. Instead of defending what I believed, I went back to the scriptures to find out whether it was true, and I started paying attention to what the words actually say in the original language.
Repentance means feeling sorry enough, and then trying harder.
Metanoia. A change of mind.
What I believed about eternal security was one of the things that did not survive that. It was not the only one.
Nobody warns you about the grief of tearing down something you have taught publicly. But questioning the version of the truth you were handed is not the same as walking away from the faith. For me it was the opposite. I came out of it holding on to Jesus more tightly, not less.
I call myself a former false teacher without hedging, because I would rather be corrected in public than be trusted for a position I can no longer defend. Everything I teach now, I read through the New Covenant and the finished work of Christ.
A Tough Decision
After high school, I moved to the States and attended the University of North Texas (UNT), where I got my bachelor’s degree in Biology. The original plan was to go to medical school and become a neurosurgeon, but as it turns out, God had other plans for me. I knew He was calling me to take this gospel of grace and peace to others as well. I knew it would transform their lives like it had changed mine, but I hesitated. Honestly, I didn’t want to give up my dreams. So instead of going to medical school, I worked for a year in an emergency room to buy some time, but eventually, I decided to answer the call, and my ministry began!
My Family
I have been blessed with a fantastic wife, Oge, who I met at UNT (something good came out of my medical pursuits, after all!) We’ve been married since July 31, 2021, and we’ve been blessed with a wonderful son, Judah.
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