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Blood Gives Eternal Life

February 18, 2020January 25, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

Jun P. Espina&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp8 min read Updated on February 18th, 2020If heaven’s door were visible to our naked eye, then all of us would strive to get there. We would sell everything we own to reach God’s country where there is no cemetery—there is no death! But God desires that only the sinless can get there. … Read more

Spiritual Birth Or Christ’s Spirit’s Indwelling

January 2, 2020January 24, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

We desire God only as our last option or until things go unusually wrong. It is our natural tilt to always trust in ourselves even though we know our potent limitations. Our nature is to crawl away from our life Source just like the sprouting bamboos orbiting away from the mother tree. Complete dependence upon our Creator cannot be our path. Christ invited us all to “seek ye first God’s kingdom.”

Crab Mentality, Or the Culture of Pulling Down

February 18, 2020January 23, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

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Updated on February 18th, 2020

Crab Mentality

One black American friend of mine told me that his problem is the crab mentality of his relatives. I think this problem is true in all cultures, for it stems from our envious and covetous nature—our nature to love what’s not ours! Like crabs, we pull down to our level anyone who will rise above us from among our clan members. As a family, we want our relative who’s richer than we are to help us and pull us out from where we are.

Is God’s Love Unaffected by Man’s Behavior?

September 23, 2022January 22, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

The preacher’s lecture that God’s love “is unaffected by man’s behavior” leads to the Hyper-Calvinists’ controversial doctrine on God’s Sovereignty and Irresistible Grace.

People Becoming the Object of Fear Not Love

January 14, 2020January 20, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

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Updated on January 14th, 2020

People Becoming the Object of Fear, Not Love

People becoming the object of fear, instead of love? I have been traveling these days from one city to another, holding meetings, etc. and found out that all places are the same: they are full of people, from east to west, north to south. There’s a flood of humanity everywhere either looking for food, for pleasure or criminal activities. But why people have become the object of our fear sometimes, not of our love?

Little-Known Qualities of Good Parents Good Parents Take Care of Themselves

November 20, 2022January 11, 2013 by Jun P. Espina

G
ood parents are rare, just as obedient children are rare. This thought is very debatable, for the evil in children is sometimes learned from the evil that is in their parents. But can we be a good parent? I believe there are tons of brilliant ideas concerning good parenthood out there, but I would want to focus on four things.