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Rethinking How We Build Our Lives
This was my reading today: Isaiah 28 14-15 Now listen to God’s Message, you scoffers, you who rule this people in Jerusalem.You say, “We’ve taken out good life insurance. We’ve hedged all our bets, covered all our bases.No disaster can touch us. We’ve thought of everything. We’re advised by the experts. We’re set.” 16-17 But the Master, God, has something to say…
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Finding your Leadership Identity
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. The story about my dad shaped not only me but all of us in the Sy family. We were taught that when we…
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It Can’t Be a Nameless Cause
I read a book by Ed Stetzer called the Subversive Kingdom, which I highly recommend every disciple of Christ reads to help us navigate the changing times and how we can become agents of transformation in our culture. He talked about the church being the rebellion against the rebellion, distinguishing how we respond to the world’s…
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Welcome to Messy Church
The past few weeks we have been studying the marks of the church by looking at the New testament church – a church that has impacted millions of people until today. One of the things that struck me was the series on community. I have been pastoring for the past twelve years (2007-2019) at Victory…
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A Pastoral Letter to our San Juan City Officials
Election is over, dust has settled. It’s been an interesting campaign for the past few months in our city. Turnover of the city leadership would happen in a few weeks time. As the readers of this blog know, this is my pastoral blog. This is meant to journal the things I’ve been going through as…