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An Unpreached Gospel is No Gospel at All
I remember during my high school days being inspired by this African evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. One of the visions I received from the Lord was that he was going to use me to preach to thousands of people. I had images of standing in front of stadiums preaching the gospel to a generation who needs…
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Lead and Live with Embrace
I heard the line – Hate the sin, love the sinner. It’s a good slogan, but many don’t come to pass the line hate the sin. We hear people talking about their views and standing on something in whatever social issues we face. Many opposing camps use different Scriptures to back up their convictions among…
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In Love with the Mission or the Model?
“If there is a better way of doing discipleship, we will do it that way.” In my years as a Christian leader, I have heard this phrase, whether it was my senior pastor, during church training, or during a conversation with fellow pastors in our movement. For every mission God gives us, we have to…
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A Teaching More Dangerous than the Prosperity Gospel
We all have seen how many people twist the gospel to tell people to do things that are unbiblical. We have seen some ministers of the “gospel” ask millions of dollars to fund jets, lavish lifestyle and extravagant excesses in the name of Jesus. In the Philippines, we have seen the self-appointed Son of God…
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Some Unsettling Questions Church Leaders Should Ask
I am going through a required reading from my school on Andy Stanley’s Deep and Wide. In one of the chapters of his book, he listed some questions every church leader should answer. It did make me think of how I lead the church. So here are the questions: (are you ready?) Are we moving…