Priesthoold of All Believers and Theological Competency

My last post had stirred some kind of interest and it was linked on the more popular blogs. For that I am thankful to Dr. Jim West and Richard.
Thanks for the comment-post and the link to my blog. Now I’m pretty sure that there will be people who may visit my blog. I really appreciate [...]

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Is Theology Relevant in the Philippines?

My interest in theology started when I was college. It all started when my father unexpectedly became a Pastor of a Baptist Church we were attending that time. The congregation believed that he was fit to be the pastor and the senior pastor and an American missionary supported the idea. I mentioned this [...]

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Comments and prayer requests

We’re sorry that you couldn’t leave comments in this blog before. We didn’t notice that the comment setting was set to “registered users only.” We made changes to the setting and anyone is now allowed to leave comments. Please include any news from home and prayer requests so that we can pray for you. [...]

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English club revival

The snack store in the corner of the street going to the church was made of grass roofs, bamboo posts and bamboo table. The middle-aged woman was selling delicious noodles and finger foods that were delicacies from Myanmar. The foods were delicious so Narlin and I would usually make a stop there when we [...]

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Happy Birthday Reuven!

Last week, Thursday, September 21 was Reuven’s 8th birthday. His previous birthdays were usually celebrated in the church with the church’s children and young people. We always had an enjoyable celebration because of the fellowship and my mother-in-law usually would cook and prepare the food. And I tell you she is a good cook. I [...]

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The Coup: Everybody saw it coming

I assume that by now everybody knows that a coup had happened in Bangkok and because we are living far away from the capital we really didn’t feel the tension or the joy of it. As I watched the TV and observed the community there was no fear at all. The atmosphere was relax and [...]

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Flash flood and the coup

We woke up Wednesday morning, feeling that something was not normal. It was definitely not normal because it had been raining non-stop for four days. I was thinking if we were in the Philippines we should be swimming inside our house right now. Fortunately enough Thailand have a good sewage system. Although other areas were [...]

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Changes in this blog

There are changes in this blog for some reasons. A well meaning friend advised me not to put too “much” in this blog. And I believe he is right. I removed some of the page elements and pictures. Rest assured the updates and stories of God’s faithfulness will continue. We want to thank our [...]

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Making Merit

Every Monday night my friends (a Burmese Pastor and a Filipino NGO Christian volunteer) and I made it a point to visit people in our area. Last week we visited a new believer and after we came in and sit down on the floor (houses here usually don’t have chairs) the new believer brought out [...]

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Rainy days and God’s faithfulness

We are experiencing a dark and rainy mornings here for a week now. Yesterday, when we were preparing to go to the church and as I was putting on my rain coat, it happened, a tiny tear from the neck decided to go all the way down to the bottom. The rain coat proved to [...]

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