Preaching to the Lost Sheep

Written by Warren | Posted on April 28, 2009 | Comments

“These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’” Matthew 10:5-6
In the context of Matthew 10, Jesus was instructing the disciples for the ministry preaching the Kingdom of God to the [...]

AJ finally goes home

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 23, 2009 | Comments

AJ is out of the hospital yesterday afternoon. She will be back on Friday for a BMA and then on Saturday, she’ll travel to Pampanga to be with Lolo Dad, Lola Mommy and Muy.
We are so thankful to all of those who have extended assistance to our family.
Our uncles and aunts in the States [...]

Miss California on a Hot Seat

Written by Warren | Posted on April 22, 2009 | Comments

What I would answer if I were in her shoes:
“God did not designed gay marriage”
how complicated could that be? but still people refuse and made it more complicated.
I love how Prejean answered in one interview:
“I wouldn’t have answered it differently. The way I answered may have been offensive. With that question specifically, it’s [...]

Our Day-off Date

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 20, 2009 | Comments

Hi everyone! I was just telling Warren this morning about how I miss writing here and the reasons for not doing so lately. He thinks my reasons are valid. I am still trying to make up my mind on whether I should tell y’all or not, but while I am on that, I [...]

Paul on Contextualization

Written by Warren | Posted on April 20, 2009 | Comments

When Paul wrote the epistles, he always deal with the current issues. On writing to the Church in Corinth, he mentioned the purpose was because Chloe reported to him certain problems and issues. Paul wrote to the Galatians to expose false teachers. Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage him because he was undergoing such tribulations. [...]

Hebrews: Christ-Centered Message

Written by Warren | Posted on April 14, 2009 | Comments

I was reading through Hebrews since yesterday and felt like I was reading from the notes of a Christ-centered preacher. Each time the author of Hebrews would mention a character or event (e.g. Abraham, Moses, Melchizedek) he would then lead us to someone better: Jesus Christ. The author of Hebrews is showing us that the [...]

Loosing the Battle

Written by Warren | Posted on April 8, 2009 | Comments

Ever had that moment wherein you don’t understand scriptures anymore? Well I’m currently undergoing in such a phase for more than a week already. First I quit ministry, then I quit reading books, skipping devotional readings automatically followed. Whenever I would read, nothing is getting in my head. I thought I was stressed out because [...]

I really should just sit and shut up

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 6, 2009 | Comments

I really should just let things happen and quit getting in the middle of things.
Last night at church, Warren was tasked to share his testimony from reading the Word. This is a segment that our church launched in January where the Stewardship Committee randomly chooses 2 individuals every week to share his/her thoughts or [...]

Consequences of Ignoring Church Discipline

Written by Warren | Posted on April 2, 2009 | Comments

Last week Hazel confessed to me that she is discouraged in being active in the church after witnessing a lot of scandals happening that is too sensitive to mention. These issues can hardly be talked about in the public thus the possibility of dealing them would be lessen. Everyone would be pretending to not see [...]

First Glimpse of Light

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 2, 2009 | Comments

I received this SMS from my brother yesterday:
our first faint glimpse of the light in this long, dark tunnel… AJ’s latest CBC result as of today, April 1, 2009: From .9, her WBC* is now at 3.4 whereas the target value is 4.5. Good job, Aejae!!!
To everyone who offered prayers, financial and [...]

Flowers for AJ

Written by Zhey Chua | Posted on April 2, 2009 | Comments

These two long stemmed roses are for AJ. They were given to my dad, who handed them out to me and my mom while tears were about to stream down his cheeks, this morning during the Baccalaureate Mass held in her school, she was supposed to graduate from secondary education tomorrow.
Sadly, AJ won’t be there [...]

I Follow Christ

Written by Warren | Posted on April 1, 2009 | Comments

Many people think that if they hook themselves into reading books by popular authors such as Charles Spurgeon, Martyn-Lloyd Jones, John MacArthur, etc would give them the license to become a “true” Christian. It would make them belong to the “right” group. That would be their 3 seconder advertisement of the validity of their Christianity. [...]