Ema Yörƙ

Project Manager | TEDx | Platform Builder

[Ema Yörƙ @SavvyEma]

@323DavidOamen @viralgospelhq Pray tell, how exactly is the "core message " of Christ changed here? What exactly is that message?

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@paulpogba So good to see you back, in style.

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@wearegst @Ele_Aku

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@Row_Haastrup @katch4u @Naturenwa Lmaooooo

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@drealbigvirg @AEthyrsol @Walsmartpro What is not what, please ? No angry me o

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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@Obumnemetg Oh dear... they've sent out emails? wow

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@SpiricocoNg God is NOT a Nigerian. I think we all need to understand this.

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@asemota @iamWilfredatubu Lmaooo 😂

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@Seyi_Funmiiiii Can we have an email, I still can't send a DM

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@germanlandingDe What level is for absolute beginners?

[George from 🕹prodmgmt.world @nurijanian]

junior pm: i have to run my first global alignment meeting and i'm freaking out

senior pm: what's your plan?

junior pm: schedule the call, walk everyone through the proposal, get buy-in

senior pm: how many people?

junior pm: like 8 stakeholders across 4 time zones

senior pm: and you're meeting them for the first time... in the alignment meeting?

junior pm: well yeah. that's the point of the meeting

senior pm: there's your problem

junior pm: what do you mean?

senior pm: alignment meetings don't create alignment

junior pm: then what's the point?

senior pm: they confirm alignment you already have

junior pm: i don't follow

senior pm: have you talked to any of these 8 people yet?

junior pm: i sent them the pre-read

senior pm: that's not talking

junior pm: so i should... call them first?

senior pm: every single one. 1:1. before the big meeting

junior pm: that's 8 separate calls just to prep for 1 meeting

senior pm: now you're getting it

junior pm: seems like a lot

senior pm: it's the whole job

junior pm: what would i even say in these calls?

senior pm: you're not saying. you're listening

junior pm: listening to what?

senior pm: their fears. their motivations. their hidden objections

junior pm: why wouldn't they just say that in the meeting?

senior pm: politics. pride. audience

junior pm: so they'll tell me privately what they won't say publicly?

senior pm: if you ask right

junior pm: how do i ask right?

senior pm: frame it as soliciting their expertise

junior pm: "i'm new to this and want your input"?

senior pm: exactly. people love feeling like the wise advisor

junior pm: and then i just... shut up?

senior pm: shut up and write everything down

junior pm: what am i looking for?

senior pm: conflicting goals between stakeholders. who wants what and why

junior pm: ok say i do all this. what changes?

senior pm: two things

junior pm: go on

senior pm: first, you adjust your proposal based on what you learned

junior pm: makes sense

senior pm: second, you sprinkle their exact phrases into your presentation

junior pm: why?

senior pm: people support what they helped create

junior pm: even if they didn't technically create it

senior pm: especially then

junior pm: what about the difficult ones? the ones who'll disagree no matter what?

senior pm: you pre-negotiate

junior pm: how?

senior pm: in your 1:1, you say "i know you have concerns about X. i can't fully address them. can you disagree and commit in the meeting?"

junior pm: you can just ask that?

senior pm: you'd be surprised how often the answer is yes

junior pm: because you asked privately

senior pm: because you respected them enough to ask

junior pm: so the alignment meeting itself is basically...

senior pm: a ceremony

junior pm: confirming decisions already made

senior pm: in hallways. in 1:1s. in coffee chats

junior pm: the meeting before the meeting

senior pm: now you're ready to run alignment

[Ema Yörƙ @SavvyEma]

@Seyi_Funmiiiii I sha can't send a message

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Cat-o-sexual Lipstick Man's lawyers @TemplarsLaw have said he will sue me over this tweet if I don't pay him N140,000,000 lol.

My response is in the 4th slide.

Fun fact: Lipstick Man's attempted legal redemption arc is called "Project Ellipsis" 😄

Money truly doesn't un-lame the fundamentally lame

[Ema Yörƙ @SavvyEma]

@Ihunanya_chi Amen

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Three years ago, I was the smartest Christian in the room.

Or so I thought.

I'd discovered this teacher, won't name him, but if you're in the "hidden Bible knowledge" corners of X, you know the type. He had charts. Timelines. Greek word studies that made seminary professors look like Sunday school dropouts.

And he had a hook:

"What the modern church won't tell you about [insert doctrine]."

I was hooked.

It started innocently. A YouTube video. Then a book. Then a private Discord where the "serious students" gathered.

Within six months, I couldn't listen to my own pastor anymore.

His sermons felt... basic. Shallow. Like he was feeding us milk while I was feasting on meat.

I'd sit in the pew mentally correcting him. "If he only understood the original Greek here..."

I wasn't being sanctified.

I was being isolated.

And I didn't see it because I felt smarter than I'd ever felt in my Christian life.

My wife asked me a simple question:

"Has all this studying made you love Jesus more, or just made you love being right?"

I got defensive. Angry, even.

Because deep down, I knew the answer.

I could chart the seventy weeks of Daniel. I could debate the Nephilim.

But I hadn't prayed—really prayed—in months.

I'd become a theological collector instead of a disciple.

THE FIVE SYMPTOMS I MISSED (That You're Missing Too)

Looking back, the red flags were neon. If you're in the early stages of what I went through, here's what you're experiencing right now:

1. You're Chasing the "Secret"
The content you consume always promises "What they won't tell you." Hidden knowledge. Lost books.

The trap: God doesn't hide truth from the humble. He hides it from the proud. (Matthew 11:25)

2. You Need Extra Books to Prop It Up
My teacher loved the Book of Enoch. Not as historical context—as required reading.

The trap: "To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." (Isaiah 8:20, KJV)

3. You Feel Superior to "Average Christians"
This was the most intoxicating part. I'd scroll through Christian X and think, "These people have no idea."

The trap: "Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." (1 Corinthians 8:1, KJV)

4. You're Poisoned Against Plain Preaching
I couldn't sit under normal teaching anymore. Expository sermons felt boring.

The trap: The gospel that saves is simple enough for a child. If you need a PhD to understand your teacher's "real" message, you're learning gnosticism.

5. It Produces Charts, Not Holiness
Here's the test I failed: I could draw you a timeline of the end times. But I couldn't tell you the last time I'd wept over my sin.

The trap: "By their fruits ye shall know them." (Matthew 7:20, KJV)

THE WAY OUT

I didn't leave because I got smarter.

I left because I got desperate.

One night, after another argument with my wife about my "studies," I broke.

I prayed the most honest prayer of my life:

"God, if I'm wrong, show me. Even if it humiliates me. I don't want to be right. I want to be Yours."

Within a week, the scales fell.

I deleted the Discord. Unsubscribed from the channels. Threw out the books.

And I went back to my church and wept through an entire sermon on the prodigal son.

If you're reading this and feeling defensive, you're where I was.

Run this test: Fail two of the symptoms above, and walk away before you lose three years like I did.

I'm not writing this from a high horse. I'm writing this from the ditch.

Here's what I came back to:

Jesus. Crucified. Risen. Coming again.

Repent. Believe. Be baptized. Make disciples.

Love God. Love neighbor. Die to self.

That's it.

No secret knowledge required. No hidden books. No elite club.

Just a bloody cross and an empty tomb.

And if that feels too simple, you're already in the trap

[Ema Yörƙ @SavvyEma]

@nurse_ugbede Hi Ugbede 👋

[Ema Yörƙ @SavvyEma]

@mr__topson @midewtf That's so you EXACTLY, TOTALLY, COMPLETELY, EXHAUSTIVELY, LOUDLY supporting their thievery, not shenanigans!

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