Just Be Good For Goodness’ Sake

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 29, 2008 | Comments

Look at that picture and tell me that nothing is wrong with it. No, EVERYTHING about it is wrong, golly!
According to Fox News, the American Humanist Association who is behind the ads are simply trying to reach their audience. Fred Edwords, the spokesman for the humanist group, said that “sometimes in order to reach an [...]

Bo Sanchez to Teach Biblically?

Written by Warren | Posted on November 29, 2008 | Comments

When was the last time you ever heard Bo Sanchez teach Biblically? When was the last time after reading a material from Bo Sanchez you took out your Bible and read a certain verse? When was the last time you ever heard Bo Sanchez preach on repentance? That we are all born sinners? That we [...]

Debunking Bo Sanchez

Written by Warren | Posted on November 28, 2008 | Comments

We have seen them. It’s all around us. It’s on TV. It’s on billboards. It’s in the movies. It’s in the magazines. It’s practically everywhere. It’s the comfort zone. It is what society teaches us. Self-esteem. Be rich. Be healthy. Be beautiful. It is the implementation of worldly principles. It is the fuel that Satan [...]

Becoming a Woman After God’s Own Heart

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 27, 2008 | Comments

I have been ministering to a young mother who is two years younger. She is an unbeliever and over the years her life has become a portrait of disarray, misery, complication and complete chaos. She has borne five children: the eldest from her broken marriage, the second from a relationship she had when her marriage [...]

Juan and Maria to Undergo Counselling

Written by Warren | Posted on November 27, 2008 | Comments

On several occasions, I was inviting Juan and Maria to do counseling with me. Maria was already willing to undergo counseling earlier. But Juan ignored the importance of it. Not knowing, and not even willing to, about what the counseling is all about, he simply ignores my invitations. Our pastor taught us that in similar [...]

A Piece that Does Not Fit

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 26, 2008 | Comments

My heart bleeds each time I’d see our pastor’s fever-pitch passion alongside our church’s deaden state. There is this great divide that clearly tells me how oddly the piece fits the puzzle.
There are these special unguarded moments that Warren and I share with him which reduces me to tears – his selflessness, his rock-solid stand [...]

Torn Between Two Churches

Written by Warren | Posted on November 26, 2008 | Comments

How can we escape the fact that our church is passive and the one we just visited last Sunday is so alive? We promised ourselves that no matter what happens, we will still be attending our church in Manila because we were originally members there. But since we moved here in the province, it became [...]

No comfort zone for Christians

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 25, 2008 | Comments

Posting this here is not an easy decision to make, but we did it anyway simply because it is the truth, and it is a great part of our Christian walk that we must acknowledge. We are not perfect, far from it, we are still works in progress, and as Warren told me later that [...]

Reality check

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 25, 2008 | Comments

The other day, Warren and I had a horrible argument about an errand which took longer to finish. I wanted to run the errand on my own but he insisted on coming along with me, so I said “okay”. Instincts tell me that it wasn’t going to be an easy errand to run and that [...]

I am not of my own, I Was Bought at a Price

Written by Warren | Posted on November 25, 2008 | Comments

This will be my second week out of work. My boss is missing and I can’t get a hold of him. Not replying to my offline messages for the whole of last week, my attention was diverted to reading more of the Scriptures. Though my soul did find nourishment and felt really good after weeks [...]

Juan and Maria: a Rare Adulterous Case

Written by Warren | Posted on November 24, 2008 | Comments

Maria (alias) is currently living with her boyfriend, Juan (alias). Maria and Juan had 3 kids together as a result of their adulterous relationship. Only one of the kids was legally registered under Juan’s name. Before Juan met Maria, Juan had a family of his own. He had 6 kids with his first and legal [...]

A Friendly Encounter

Written by Warren | Posted on November 24, 2008 | Comments

After the service ended, I invited Hazel to have a word with the pastor. We introduced ourselves and mentioned the name of our pastor confirming whether he knows him. “Ah yes, I know him. He’s a close friend. In fact we have one thing in common: we both love John MacArthur” was his reply.

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Updates

Written by Warren | Posted on November 21, 2008 | Comments

This morning we went biking around the village and found this forest-like area just less than a kilometer from our place. We can’t avoid being in awe of God’s work. Just simply amazing when you could just walk a little outside your house and be able to visit such a place. In Manila we need [...]

Counting our blessings

Written by Warren | Posted on November 21, 2008 | Comments

What is it that we love about this place?

We live in the country, as Hazel would put it, “in the outbacks”. While basic amenities are available to us, there are also a good number that are not. We are both “citified” individuals, we used to live and breathe the city life. But what made us [...]

My Neighbor is Speaking in Tongues What Should I do?

Written by Warren | Posted on November 20, 2008 | Comments

This morning I saw my neighbor attended a neighboring church here in our subdivision where we live. The church is the only Christian church here in the area. However its a full gospel church. While we were at my sister-in-law’s house having a quick chat, I heard from the Church building people speaking in tounges. [...]

God’s blessed children

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 20, 2008 | Comments

I had to wait this long for the adrenaline rush to subside. I had a tremendously trying week and I am just relieved that I am finally looking at a fresh start.
I have not heard from the Department of Social Welfare yet, I have sent them an email regarding the lady who was selling her [...]

We Have Bikes

Written by Warren | Posted on November 20, 2008 | Comments

This afternoon we had the chance to buy bikes for our regular exercise. Its not the fancy type but good enough to get our sweat running and blood pumping.

we also had sidecar that we could use to sell stuff in the neighborhood. could help augment our financial needs since Hazel is looking to do something [...]

Prayers for Jean

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on November 18, 2008 | Comments

Please continue praying for Jean, she sent me an email this morning saying that the NSPCC has tracked her down and that there might be a chance for them to take Nakai away. The NSPCC refers to it as ‘emotional child abuse’, they will pay her another visit next week and everything will be taken [...]

What’s Up?

Written by Warren | Posted on November 18, 2008 | Comments

Last week we sent out fliers inviting neighbors to come into our house for Bible studies. After days of stress and nervousness of the reality of strangers coming in to our house, only one was added to our original Bible study group. But to me honestly, it was a relief! I’d prefer working on the [...]

Discipleship VS Man-made Systems

Written by Warren | Posted on November 14, 2008 | Comments

I have a friend that wanted to serve in the Church they’re currently attending. However they’re still new. And the requirements of this church is you need to attend their services for at least 15yrs and be baptized in that church. Then you can talk of serving in the church. Be it Sunday school teacher, [...]

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