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the James 1 challenge
¶ Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 Preached in Greenhills today after being out of the pulpit for 3 weeks. What a way to start my preaching again – James is a HARD BOOK not because of its theology but its blunt command for…
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Wrestling with the TEXT
How do you prepare a message? For the past two weeks I have been reading and studying the book of James. I have consulted the commentaries, listened to some sermons online, talked with my fellow pastors about it, read and review my message for tomorrow. I also pray and ask God – what does He…
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lunch with WISDOM
I just had lunch with a couple from church who has tremendously helped us in planting Greenhills church. Boni and Estela are my spiritual heroes and our conversation today made me appreciate them more. They are not only my heroes – they are superheroes. Here are the things that they have imparted to me and…
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God of this City
We have 13 Victory churches that meet in Metro Manila every weekend. Almost 40,000 people in attendance. We are less than Metro Manila’s 1% of the population. Maybe add up Christ Commission Fellowship and Greenhills Christian Fellowship to the list then we have at least 1% of the Metro Population. Metro Manila has 12-15 million…
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Church is not just about the Sunday
Church will never be just about the Sunday service, or the kids ministry, or the youth ministry, or the discipleship ministry or counselling, or mentoring, or theological issues. All of that is part of a bigger picture. When Jesus said “make disciples of all nations” – He was not telling us to focus on our…