The One Thing
A meditation on Psalm 27:4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life; to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to...
View ArticleLeaving a Godly Legacy
For more than a year now I have been enjoying the privilege of teaching the Bible on air at Mango Radio Philippines, then at 97.1 FM in Davao City, now at http://mangoradio.asia/. I am thankful to the...
View ArticleChristian Homeschooling: A Way to Educate Our Children the Christian Way
(A message I shared at our December 2011 Lighthouse Homeschool Network [LHN] General Assemly. The essence of the message was based on a lecture on parenting by Dr. Joel Beeke and an article by Rev....
View ArticleIn Living Communion With God - Part 1
Genesis 2:15-17: "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but...
View ArticleHow will Christ be seen by all in His second coming
I had the privilege of sharing a message of comfort to my wife's relatives on the occasion of her uncle's death. I shared from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 that talks about the future of those who have died...
View ArticleUseful Directions For Reading and Searching the Scriptures
by Thomas Boston (1676-1732) (These directions are also available at http://www.puritansermons.com/boston/bost3.htm) 1. Follow a regular plan in reading of them, that you may be acquainted with the...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Triumph of our Lord Jesus Christ over His Enemies
In my study of the final battle in Revelation 19:11-21, I was led to its Old Testament background of Ezekiel's prophecy in chapters 38-39, on the judgment of the wicked nation, Gog, for her role in...
View ArticleIn Living Communion with God - Part 2
"15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must...
View ArticleWish List for the Reformed Institute of Ministry (RIM) Library
I am coming up with a list of important Biblical and theological books for our Reformed Institute of Ministry. Here are some of the titles that I come up with arranged according to topic or subject....
View ArticleWish List of Old Testament Bible Commentaries for the Reformed Institute of...
The Old Testament commentaries included in this wish list were chosen mainly due to their generally conservative evangelical and Reformed perspective. The list includes introductory and advanced...
View ArticleGodly Wisdom that Informs Intelligent Prayers
(A devotional message based on Proverbs 30:1-9) Prayer. Intercession. Communion with God. These spiritual activities are something we can’t do without as believers. Prayer is an important part of our...
View ArticleBecoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: A Book Review
(Here's my review of D.A. Carson's Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church) D.A. Carson begins his book with a broad-stroke survey of the divergent Emerging Church movement, using the stories and...
View ArticleReformed Conference this month at Davao City, Philippines
The United Covenant Reformed Church in the Philippines (UCRCP) is holding the Davao Conference on Reformed Theology (DCRT) on November 27-29, 2012, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on November 27-28, and from...
View ArticleThe Reformation’s Contribution to Our Present Age
by: Yuri Bernales On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. What he did was nothing unusual. It was just like posting an...
View ArticleOnly by the Grace of God
A short account of my conversion and call to the ministry I was born and raised in a Roman Catholic family in central Philippines, in the province of Capiz to be specific. I was baptized as an infant,...
View ArticleGod-given Talents for the Glory of God
(A short talk at the Homeschoolers Got Talent program of the Lighthouse Homeschool Network in November 2012) Dear parents, friends, boys and girls, This is the second year of our Homeschoolers Got...
View ArticleThe Merciful Lord Heals the Paradigmatic Man
This week we in Davao City have the privilege of having a dear brother in Christ from the other side of the world, Michael Card. This Monday evening, Mike spoke to an audience of around three hundred...
View ArticleThe Beast of the Earth
(This is a Bible study on Revelation 13:11-18 based on Rev. Keith Davis’s sermon of the passage) Introduction I don’t think there’s any question that of all the books of the Bible, it is the book of...
View ArticleGregory the Great
A brief biographical account of Gregory the Great (c.540-604) by Rev. Brian DeJong Perhaps the most important early pope was Gregory the Great. Gregory was born in 540 to a noble and wealthy Roman...
View ArticleMelito of Sardis
(This article was written by James T. Dennison, Jr. and published by "The Outlook," October 2003, Volume 53, No. 4, pp. 7-8. The original article is available online at...
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