MANILA, PHILIPPINES—A while back I posted a blog that included a rant about hard work that was inspired by my observation that some ministers and businessmen seem to believe that hard work is not compatible with the gospel. Christians with a functioning work ethic...
TUGUEGARAO, PHILIPPINES—Last Saturday I flew from Manila to Tuguegarao, then drove to Aparri to meet my friend, Ferdie Cabiling (a.k.a. The Running Pastor) at the finish line of his epic 2500 kilometer (1400 miles) run across the Philippines. Ferdie’s goal was to run...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES. —Since this week is the official launch of my new book, My First, Second, and Third Attempts at Parenting, I will attempt to post some parenting blogs the next few weeks. Following is an updated and edited blog based on an article I originally...
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO—(I wrote this blog a couple of weeks while visiting our Every Nation church in NM.) Does the doctrine of grace nullify the law? Does God still expect us to at least attempt to obey his word? The way some people preach grace today makes it seem...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—My home church, Victory Manila, has over 125 weekly worship services in fifteen Metro Manila locations. Unlike many multi-site churches, we never play video sermons. All of our services have live preachers, who preach the same text. This does not...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—It is common in some modern ministry circles, to not only accept, but to actually celebrate low expectations and smallness. Big vision is considered arrogant and status quo is confused with humility. While some visionaries are certainly arrogant...
