AUTHOR'S NOTE: After writing this article, I have come to realize that not everyone believes in the tithe anymore and would argue about it. Well, I respect YOU. I know you will respect my conviction too! I have a confession to make. I have not been blessing God by...
In my previous article, I discussed why we decided to live healthier and wealthier. One particular area mentioned was when we decided not to eat pork. Let me explain why: a. Fish is cheaper than pork. Agree or disagree? Ang sagot ko, “I disagree!” Depende ‘yan sa...
For 30 years a certain foreman worked for an employer who treated him honestly and fairly but never paid the man what he wanted. The foreman griped and complained, "He always wants my best work, and he's never satisfied." One day the owner of the company called in the...
"Make your verbs work!" My two cents worth for corporate types and writer wannabes attending my Effective Writing seminars. For example, instead of, "She is fond of surfing," write, "She loves to surf." Why not this: "The sun shone," in place of, "The sun was...
Suppose the pastor of a large church divided up his flock into two groups, and instead of the normal “whatever they do” routine practiced on Sunday morning, he announced, “Half of you represent blessings, and the other half curses. Now, I’m going to read a list of...
The world needs leaders. Good, godly, intelligent leaders. And so does the church. Corrupted leaders, especially when they are nationally or internationally known, have brought suffering and shame upon the church. Yet there would not be a church today without some...
I will never forget that afternoon in May 1981, when PNoy or Noynoy Aquino, the man who would be the 15th president of the Philippines, became our driver for a day-tour of Boston. In the car was his dad, former Senator and political prisoner Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino,...
Tension itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Remember, the violin attains beauty in tone because of the tension of the strings as the bow gently glides across them; but too much tension will only snap the string. Stress. There are basically three responses to the...
This is important to understand, considering we have both good leaders and the few rare ones who abuse and take advantage of their followers. There are believers who have been so wounded by leadership that they do not submit to any human leadership. They insist that...
Charles Spurgeon once wrote, "You may think that it is easy to define faith, and so it is, but it is easier still to confuse people with your definition." Martin Luther defined faith as "a lively, reckless confidence in God." The Quaker scholar J. Elton Trueblood...