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The Gospel and Judas
Judas, one of the 12 apostles chosen by Jesus, a very active and engaging disciple, smart and intelligent (made him on the treasury position), resourceful and ambitious… what went wrong? The love of self. Idolatry of money and the material things of this world lured him to do a very foolish decision. He was always…
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When we fail to plan, we plan to fail…. well not really
They say if we fail to plan, we plan to fail. Well almost a correct statement but missing a very important piece. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes: We are all expert planners, are we not? Those people [the builders of Babel’s Tower] were planners. They drew the specifications of the city. They had it all worked…
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Hungry
It’s 1:20am and I’ve been thinking about hunger. No, I am not hungry but the thought that every church planter, pastor, missionary, church worker, youth pastor must be hungry. It would be so sad to have demotivated and apathetic Christ followers. I’ve been reading up on some secular magazines like Fast Company, INC and Success…
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What are the challenges you are facing as a Pastor?
Had the rare chance to be in the same elevator with Pastor Peter Tan Chi, senior pastor of CCF ( Christ’s Commission Fellowship), one of the biggest church in the Philippines and a neighboring church of Victory Ortigas and the church where I pastor, Victory Greenhills. During our short conversation in the elevator, Pastor Peter…
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What it Takes to be a Minister
Your effectiveness in ministry depends directly on your dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit. The promise of the gospel is that when we bow our knee to Christ as Savior and Lord, we are united with him, brought near to him for eternity (Ephesians 2:13). That is objectively true for us. However, there…