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Philippine Law Maker wants Religion out of the Office
This is a classic using freedom of religion to take religion out. I think there are far greater issues to tackle like poverty than passing bills trying to eliminate religious expression. Manila, Philippines – A party-list lawmaker is seeking to ban religious symbols and the holding ofreligious ceremonies in government offices, citing the provisions on freedom of religion in the Constitution. Kabataan…
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Why God wants to Break Us
God breaks us not so that we will be ineffective. Don’t be afraid of brokenness. Brokenness is the prerequisite to our transformation. God has to break us first before He molds us. Just like a potter molding a clay. When God breaks us – it is for our joy knowing that we will never find…
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Brokeness is Non-Negotiable
2 Corinthians 4:7-10 New International Version (NIV) 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clayto show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed,but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around…
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Satisfaction and How it Reveals What’s Inside Us
We will always prefer lesser satisfaction to the satisfaction of Christ, because the lesser ones appeal to the god of self – a ravenous, insatiable, fickle idol indeed – while satisfaction in Christ requires that we assassinate that god. We won’t know what it really means for the joy of the Lord to be our…
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What we can Learn From OKC and Miami
Two great teams. Different philosophies in building a championship team. Miami is built on superstars that assembled to be a championship team. Get the best out there and let them play together. OKC is built on home grown talents. Let us build slowly and develop our talents till they mature and gel together – then…