"Bote!" "Garapa!" "Dyaryo!" Shouted by a cart-pushing Chinaman going around our Manila neighborhood, these words woke me up most mornings when I was a kid—bagong-saltang probinsyana (fresh from the province, Sampaloc, Quezon) getting used to life in Manila. This was...
The scripture mentioned above is part of a prophecy made by Jeremiah and is used and claimed by many people just for that specific part. Now, I will not venture into any discussion about claiming verses out of the blue just because it is their memory or life verse....
The greatest treasure in King Solomon’s Temple was the ark of the covenant, where God’s presence resided. Priests would sprinkle blood on the ark’s mercy seat for the forgiveness of the people’s sin. We, too, have a covenant. Jesus made it, saying, “this cup is the...
Abraham Lincoln, the American president who faced tremendous personal struggles in his life, once said, "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." And it often takes just that—the overwhelming conviction...
As we begin a new year, it’s wonderful to know that God makes us new! We are fearfully and wonderfully made, says Psalm 139:14, and Genesis 1:27 tells us we are made in God’s image. Sadly, sin interferes with His perfect plan—but when you give your life to Jesus and...
Everybody loves babies, right? Commuters in crowded airports, shoppers on a street corner, even hard-nosed businessmen who seldom crack a smile, always manage to pause and notice a baby. Babies are unaffected, sincere, unassuming, and pure. They are the stuff that...
Over 365 names and inscriptions are found in the Bible referring to Jesus Christ, but none is more lovely than the one found in Isaiah where the prophet said, "His name shall be called WONDERFUL" (Isaiah 9:6, KJV). As a light that sparkles on a tree, the wonder of...
A friend was eulogizing a man who had suddenly passed away, saying, "He had such a good heart!" To really know the heart of a person means going beyond the veneer of respectability and getting to know a person from the inside out. Occasionally we talk of intimacy...
CBN was birthed in prayer, with men and women of God answering His call to take the airwaves back from the prince of the power of the air to proclaim the Gospel. And so on October 1, 1961, we began broadcasting with just one camera in a tiny studio. Then in 1968, we...
Have you ever faced a situation when you wanted to do something, and as you prayed about what you had in mind the feelings intensified? “Yes,” you thought, “this is what God wants me to do as well,” so you poured yourself into it. You planned and worked hard but it...
