The weakening of moral values signals society's compulsory return to the basic Orthodox Christian teachings or there could be no "healing of our land." President Donald Trump viewed the problems of the Americans as solvable only through draining the swamp (as the Social Media describe it) that was reasonably devised by the Liberals and the open border politicians. Trump, whose parents were Presbyterians, talked a lot about his concern for the Jewish people and one reason could perhaps be traced by his "Jewish grasp" (Bible knowledge aside) since Ivanka, his daughter, was married to a Jew (real estate developer Jared...
Continue ReadingChristian Holy Week Observance Examined Biblically
One significant question is that if we are real born-again Christians, do we need to celebrate or observe the Holy Week? In just a mouse click away, we could google dozens of the list of religious holidays (or holydays?) The Jewish religion, Islam, Catholicism, Seventh Day Adventism, among other religious groups observe "holidays requiring absence from work beyond existing Statutory Holidays." What is the meaning of the Christian Holy Week observance among the Catholics and other Christians denominations?
Continue ReadingGod Owns Everything Except Our Decision to Live in Heaven
Where is the Arrogance About Life When God Owns Everything? At the prime of his life, age 36, a friend of mine died of heart attack. Very healthy and robust, but his heart failed him one day during a party. Yes, the first symptom of a heart attack is death, the number one killer disease. […]
Continue ReadingPositive-mindedness: A Christian Trait and Strength
>We need to be positive-minded in life. It is God's will for us. Our natural tendency, however, is to be pessimistic. Only a few people are optimistic naturally. It is one explanation why only 10% become successful.
Continue ReadingGrace Plus Faith in Christ Needed to Live Forever
God's love continues to overshadow our hearts and beings even if we deliberately ignore or reject Him. Termed as God's common grace or undeserved love and kindness that is not salvific in form, He provides rain or the sunshine to both believers and unbelievers; to the righteous as well as to the unrighteous.
Continue ReadingPowers of Darkness Hover Philippine Politics
The people and the drug-lord killers seem to have been overshadowed and controlled by one and the same spirit from the biblical point of view. We note that they enjoyed the killings of suspects ostensibly even if they were a "cardboard justice" as they call it--just like killing chickens, to borrow from the self-confessed DDS witness Edgar Matobato.
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