Month: August 2012

  • Carlos Celdran, Religious Offenses and the Gospel

    Carlos Celdran, Religious Offenses and the Gospel

    This is an updated blog with the recent conviction of Carlos Celdran. A Manila court has found Manila tour guide and RH advocate Carlos Celdran guilty of “offending religious feelings” for disrupting an ecumenical service at the Manila Cathedral in September 2010 in protest of the Catholic Church’s opposition to the then Reproductive Health bill.…

  • Intolerance of the Tolerant Group and the Pride of the Intolerant Group

    With the recent RH Bill debacle and the numerous laws being studied, reviewed and debated, you start to see two factions of people. The so called “tolerant group” and the “intolerant group” Please don’t get me wrong, both sides have their points. If the RH bill is passed, many people will be given aid. I…

  • Just Jesus and Me when I Read the Scripture

    “The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.”…

  • How to Break Bad Habits

    How to Break Bad Habits

    This is why I love Tim Keller. Here is a quote that packs a lot of power in defeating enslaving habits If you are a Christian and you are dealing with enslaving habits, it’s not enough to say, ‘Bad Christian, stop it.’ And it is not enough to beat yourself up or merely try harder…

  • How to be Practically Humble

    How to be Practically Humble

    We must put humility on. This doesn’t mean we fake it, but that we begin to do it, even though it takes effort. Putting on humility isn’t easy. After all, it’s not easy to be humble when we’re as great as we are. But it can be done. Here are a few suggestions for how…