Q -Sabi ng pastor namin kapag sunday service niya lang daw nakikita ang isang member of our church questionable daw ang pagiging kristiyano nito. tama po ba yun?

Q -Sabi ng pastor namin kapag sunday service niya lang daw nakikita ang isang member of our church questionable daw ang pagiging kristiyano nito. tama po ba yun?

A - Nge!
Sa dalas pala ng pagkikita nasusukat ang tunay na pananalig?
Pano naman kung sobrang abala sa hanap-buhay o pag-aaral o pagpapamilya ang isang tao? Dumarating naman ang ganoong seasons sa buhay. Huwag lang nga sana habang-panahon ganun na lang na pag sunday lang available.
Yung iba nga, dahil sa ng crisis sa buhay, heroic effort na para madalo kahit once a week lang.

WALA NANG KASAL!

WALA NANG KASAL!
Q - How can I tell my family na wala ng kasal. 
Dahil nakabuntis siya ng iba. 
LDR kami at sad to say hindi namin napagtagumpayan. 
I have to heal without my family knowing it yet because hindi ko pa kayang sabihin. 
Ito na ata ang pinakamasakit na pwedeng pagdaanan ng isang babae.
A -
TELL YOUR FAMILY.
Now, more than ever, helpful sa yo ang support nila.
Wag mo nang ingatan ang image ni lalake. Total, nagtaksil sya sa yo at kailangan mo ang support ng family mo.
Masakit na masakit talaga yan, pamangkin. But time heals (nearly) all wounds. Magpakatatag ka.
Seek God's comforting and healing touch.
This, too, will pass.
Tito and your FB cousins are praying for you.
Q-
Thank you Pastor. I will I will. Thank you po. I don't know how to start but I have to.
A -
Just tell them. Begin telling only one person...yung pinaka close sa yo at pinakamadaling kausap. Then sunud-sunud na yan.
Q -
My mom or my sister po. Katabi ko matulog mother ko po till now. Gusto ko ng iiyak sa kanya lahat.
A -
Go girl. Iiyak mo na. Total Viernes Santo ngayon.
God willing, sa Pasko ng Pagkabuhay / Resurrection Sunday, resurrected na rin ang puso mo!

Q - Pastor. Isang maigsing advise nyo po saken im one of the considered elders sa group na sinisimulan naming group of Christians here in the middle east. We are establishing objectives. We are from different churches, different cultures, puro filipino lang po kame.

Q - Pastor. Isang maigsing advise nyo po saken im one of the considered elders sa group na sinisimulan naming group of Christians here in the middle east. We are establishing objectives. We are from different churches, different cultures, puro filipino lang po kame.
A - 
Dapat habang nandyan kayo sa ME, walang magpopromote ng local church nila sa Pilipinas as special beneficiary ng church sa ME. 
Pag nangyari yan, magkakaron ng competition among your people kung kaninong church sa Piliipinas ang tatanggap ng support from your church in the ME. Magkakagulo kayo.
Of course, if the church abroad was planted by a specific church in the Philippines, or if it is a fruit of a specific church's mission, it's only proper na yung "mother" church sa Pilipinas ang maging beneficiary, if ever, nung church abroad.
Pero kung nabuo ang church abroad na hindi mission work of any specific church in PH, dapat manatili itong independent of any church in PH, except if the majority of the members / leaders agree to do so.

Q - Pano ko po malalaman na talagang mahal nya ako? Panay po kasi ang sabi nya na mahal na mahal nya ako.

Q - Pano ko po malalaman na talagang mahal nya ako? Panay po kasi ang sabi nya na mahal na mahal nya ako.
A - 
Do not listen to words / verbal language alone.
Watch the BODY LANGUAGE!
Kung talagang mahal ka,
ang gusto laging
- makita ka
- makasama ka
- makausap / makatext / maka-chat / maka- etc ka.
Pero kung puro excuses sa
- absence
- madalang na communication
- unexplained disappearances
- etc
MAG-ISIP-ISIP ka pamangkin.

Magpu-fulltime po ako sa church ministry. Any one special piece of advice?

 - Magpu-fulltime po ako sa church ministry. Any one special piece of advice?
A -
Have another /extra source of income.
Huwag umasa fully sa church support kasi malamang hindi yun sapat, especially 
- for retirement pagtanda mo
- sa ibang needs, like medical, housing, etc
- pagsuporta sa pamilya mo. Sa mga anak mo habang bata pa sila at sa mga magulang mo kung matanda na sila.
HUWAG GAYAHIN ANG GASGAS NANG "God will provide"
motto ng mga walang solid financial plans or business projects.
Tapos, pag nangailangan sila,
- magpaparininig
- hihingi
- aasa
sa iba.
(Yun pala ang ibig sabihin sa kanila ng "God will provide"!!)
Hindi ka nabubuhay para sa sarili lamang,
kaya i-consider mo ang pamilya mo --- at ang sarili mo--- kung papasok ka sa "fulltime ministry".
Ang maganda, yung financially independent ka from the ministry
o kaya may iba ka pang sources.

A TRUE VIERNES SANTO STORY

A TRUE VIERNES SANTO STORY

Minsang Viernes Santo,
may lalaking nalululon ang pustisong ngipin at bumara ito sa lalamunan, making breathing nearly impossible.
Hindi makahinga ang pasyente.
Dinala sya sa provincial hospital;
walang specialist doctor na puedeng makatulong.
On vacation.
Isinugod sa sa city hospital far away; ganun din.
Walang doctor.
Itinuloy sya sa malayung-malayung Manila
where there should be able doctors
pero nalagutan na sya ng hininga sa daan.
STAY EXTRA SAFE PAG HOLY WEEK;
WALA ANG MARAMING DOCTOR!

Q - Falling in love could also cause great disappointment and pain, HOW CAN I PREPARE MYSELF SO I DON'T GET HURT THAT MUCH?

Q - Falling in love could also cause great disappointment and pain, HOW CAN I PREPARE MYSELF SO I DON'T GET HURT THAT MUCH?
A - 
Don't think of OWNING your beloved all for yourself.
It will NEVER happen.
There will always be other men and/or women to share your sweetheart with.
Laging may ka-share ke yun ay nanay/tatay, kapatid, kaibigan or --- brace yourself --- another sweetheart/playmate/ friend with benefits, etc NYA (na siempre secret from you)! Or sports, hobbies, interests, advocacies, religion, etc ----and all the people your loved one shares those interests with.
HINDI MO GANAP NA MAAANGKIN ANG MAHAL MO!
Yun lang mayron kang part/share sa kanya among the planet's 7 biliion other people, magsaya ka na!
AND:
Huwag mo na ring ibigay sa kanya ang buung-buung puso mo.
Kasi sa laki ng puso mo, hindi nya yan kayang punuin mag-isa.
Mai-stress lang sya --- at ikaw din.
Magtira ka ng pag-ibig sa nanay/tatay, kapatid, kaibigan, interests, religion, etc mo!

Q - Bakit po may mga preachers na matapos lumaki ang congregation nila ay nagkakaron ng "paradigm shift" o naiiba ang emphasis ng theology or thrust and direction of ministry? May mga nalilito tuloy na members ay may nag-aalisan pa nga?

Q - Bakit po may mga preachers na matapos lumaki ang congregation nila ay nagkakaron ng "paradigm shift" o naiiba ang emphasis ng theology or thrust and direction of ministry?
May mga nalilito tuloy na members ay may nag-aalisan pa nga?
A -
Conscientious preachers speak from conviction.
And preachers grow ( or retard) in their consciousness or convictions. Kaya puede talagang magkaron ng development ang kanilang pananaw at pagpapahalaga.
Ganun naman ang leader-preacher:
"I'm going there. Those who want to go there with me, join me!"
Ang tunay na leader naman ay hindi:
"O saan-saan nyo gustong pumunta?
Yung destination na pinakamaraming boto,
dun tayo pupunta.
Susunod ako sa gusto ng mob."
Hindi ganun ang true leader.
At kung medyo umiiba man ng direction ang preacher mula sa nakasanayan ng flock,
maaaring naglalayag lang sumandali ang kanyang consciousness at babalik din sa "standard" path? :-)
Meanwhile,
you follow a leader if you want the general direction of his/her mission/journey and you don't desert him every time he takes a route that is not exactly to your liking.

Q - Di po ba dapat malungkot at mournful tayo pag Holy Week?

Q - Di po ba dapat malungkot at mournful tayo pag Holy Week?
A -
On the contrary, dapat ay thankful, grateful and celebratory tayo pag Holy Week (at sa lahat ng weeks!)
Inaalala at ipinagpapasalamat natin ang pag-ibig ng Diyos through Jesus!
We ponder and celebrate the victory of Jesus over sin and death!
Sa Holy Week, inaalala lang natin ang lahat ng ito, pero hind naman kailangang ULITIN at KOPYAHIN natin ang paghihirap ni Jesus.
GInawa na nga nya ang lahat para sagipin at iligtas ang tao, kaya ang marapat gawin ay ipagdiwang ito at ipamuhay ang mga katuruan ni Jesus.
Hindi kailangang maglungkut-lungkutan mula Lunes hanggang Sabado tapos biglang magsaya sa Linggo.
Hindi naman naghihirap at namamatay paulit-ulit si Jesus twing Holy Week.

Q - Ano po ang pwedeng gawin pag dumating ka na sa point na feeling mo di ka pinakikinggan ni Lord, yung feeling mo di ka naman Nya talaga mahal?

Q - Ano po ang pwedeng gawin pag dumating ka na sa point na feeling mo di ka pinakikinggan ni Lord, yung feeling mo di ka naman Nya talaga mahal?
A-
Feeling lang yun. 
God loves us no matter what. 
But God's love does not always equate to yes or instant answers to your prayers.

"Do not mistake activity for achievement."

Q - Sobra-sobra po kaming pagod na pagod at exhausted to the max sa dami ng activities sa church namin. At sobra rin pong dami ng gastos na laging kaming members ang contribute nang contribute on top of our regular tithes and offerings. Paano po malalaman kung sulit ang lahat ng extra pagod at extra expenses sa napakarami naming mga gawain?
A -
Kung ang ending ay mas nagiging godly kayo,
mas nagkakaron ng peace and joy, mas nagiging good, kind and loving
at kung ang mga pinaglilinguran nyong mga tao ay nagiging ganun din?
"You will know them by their fruits."
Suriin nyo ang mga bunga ng inyong pagpapagod.
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"Do not mistake activity for achievement."

Q - Pastor please pray for me, I really want to follow God pero sobrang nahihirapan po ako. Emotionally 😞

Q - Pastor please pray for me, I really want to follow God pero sobrang nahihirapan po ako. Emotionally 😞
A - 
bakit mahirap?
Q -
Lagi nalang po akong nagkakasala, pakiramdam ko po minsan niloloko ko na si Lord 😞
A -
hindi naman kaya sobra ang pressure na ibinibigay mo sa sarili mo to be perfect?
Q -
Di ba dapat po magpakabanal?
A -
dapat ding suriin ang talagang ibig sabihin ng kabanalan.
madalas pang Pharisee and standards pati ng Christian.
Dapat matutunang i-appreciate ang kindness, goodness and understanding of God through Jesus.
kaya maraming Christians puro self-imposed guilt trip.
Impossible ang standards of holiness. Undoable for humans ---kahit pa nga believers.
Q -
Siguro nga pastor nakalilimutan kong tumingin sa kabutihan ng Diyos at inuuna kong makinig sa sasabihin ng iba about my personal holiness kaya na ni-neglect ko ang kabutihan ng Diyos.
A -
malamang na ganun nga
Q -
Salamat po pastor mas sisikapin ko pong unawain ang kabutihan ng Panginoong Hesus.
A -
Don't be too hard on yourself.
God is gracious, kind and full of wise understanding.
Psalm 103:14 (NIV)
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.

Q - ayaw na ng mrs ko na mag making love kami parang di nya na ako mahal.

Q - ayaw na ng mrs ko na mag making love kami parang di nya na ako mahal.
A - 
Ligawan mong muli. 
Make her fall in love with you again / more. 
Make yourself more and more attractive to her.
And improve your performance?
O baka naman she is just going through health / hormonal / other emotional issues. Pag ganyan, consult counselors and/or health specialists?

LINDOL Trauma / Fear / Phobia

LINDOL Trauma / Fear / Phobia
Q -
Isa po ako sa natrauma at naging victim ng takot ko sa earthquake nun June 1990. 6yrs old po ako. Nsa school that time at ng mangyari yun ay kasalukuyan pauwi na kami ng kapatid ko sa amin. Since then, nag-iba na po ako. Ayokong magpaiwan sa school sa parents ko, ayokong may aalis o iiwan. Hindi po ako sanay bumyahe mag-1. Naging late Bloomer po ako. I'm having a hard time po umalis sa comfort zone ko. Bibihira po ako lumabas o magtravel. Ngayon po na may chance ako na magtravel natatakot po ako. Pero po whenever I prayed. Lagi pong nireremind ni God sa akin yung love NIYA sa atin. Madalas po praning lang siguro po ako. Tito pastor, isama mo po ako sa prayers nyo po ha? And I wish makarinig po kami ng insight mo about sa nangyayari ngayon sa atin bansa and how you deal with your fears. Madalas po kasi imbes na lumakas ang loob natin dahil sa mga ibang post mas natatakot o napapanghinaan po ng loob ang mga kababayan natin.salamat po tito pastor, God bless po!
A -
1. Pray as much as you can / needed.
2. Kausapin mo ang isip mo.
Your brain remembers yours fears noong unang nakaexperience ka ng lindol. Kaya twing may lindol ulit, o twing maisip mo ang lindol, naalala ng brain mo ang fear mo noon.
Gusto ng brain mo na i-protect ka sa kinatakutan mo noon (Lindol) at sa pag-iisa --- at sa takot na matakot.
Nadodoble tuloy ang kinatatakutan mo.
Tinatakot ka ng isip mo
 sa pagsisikap nito na iiwas ka na maulit ang karanasan mo sa lindol at sa pag-iisa.
Siempre, pag natakot ka iiwas ka sa lindol at sa pag-iisa.
Kaya lang pano naman iiwasan ang lindol at pag-iisa?
Kaya ito ang gawin mo:
TWING TINATAKOT KA NG ISIP /MEMORY MO,
KAUSAPIN MO sya AT SABIHING MO:
"Thank you sa pagpapa-alala mo sa akin sa lindol noon at sa naging takot ko.
Alam ko pinaaalalahanan mo at tinatakot akong muli para iiwas ako, para tumakas ako sa lindol at sa pag-iisa.
Pero ang nangyari noon ay hindi naman necessary na mangyayari ulit.
At hindi naman totally maiiwasan ang lindol at ang pag-iisa.
KAYA THANK YOU, BUT NO THANK YOU SA REMINDER.
Huwag mo na akong paalalahan sabay takutin.
Bata pa lang ako noong una akong natakot kaya mas helpless and clueless ako noon. Pero ngayon, mas mature na ako, mas able at mas maalam kaya mas alam ko na ang gagawin.
KAYA HWAG MO NA AKONG TAKUTIN SA LINDOL, SA PAG-IISA, AT SA TAKOT NA MATAKOT."
GANITO rin ang gawin mo sa lahat ng iba mo pang fears, anxieties and phobias.
Kausapin mo ang isip mo na hwag ka nang laging paalalahan ng scary experience mo noon. Na huwag ka nang takutin.
Sabihin mo sa utak mo, ang Diyos at ikaw na ang bahala.

THIS SHOULD BE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY NA MAKALAYA SA PHOBIA, fear, anxiety, panic attack, etc. kasi ang fears ay dahil lang sa pag-alala sa past. Forget the phobic fears of the past.
Instead, always PRAY positively, thankfully, gladly.
Philippians 3:13 (NIV)
13....But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Q - Tito di po ba dapat handa ang believer pag biglang end times na pala?

Q - Tito di po ba dapat handa ang believer pag biglang end times na pala?
A - Kung believer eh di handa na talaga anytime?!
Anong paghahanda pa ba ang puedeng gawin ng believer?
Di ba ang believer tumanggap na kay Jesus? Eh di handa na!
Di ba ang tunay na believer, living a godly life? Eh di handa na!
Di ba ang believer ay soul winner? Eh di tinutulungan na nya ang ibang maging handa rin?
SO ANU PANG PAGHAHANDA ANG GAGAWIN?
Matatakot?
Mag-aabang?
Ititigil ang normal na buhay para abangan ang "end times"?
Real believers should live life as normally as possible, end times or no end times.
Do the most good --- always.
That would be readiness.
At dumating man O HINDI ang inaabangan ---sa oras na inaasahan---
walang kalugihan.
But if you would suspend normal living,
stop all the works of normal life,
magre-resign sa trabaho,titigil sa schooling,
ibebenta lahat ng ari-arian at ido-donate sa end-time teacher/leader,
etc.
TAPOS HINDI NAMAN DUMATING YUNG INAASAHAN MO SA ORAS NA INAAKALA MO,
EH DI LUGI KA tulad ng napakarami nang taong itinigil ang lahat ng buhay,
hanapbuhay at mga gawain,
naghintay,
pero hindi naman dumating as expected ang hinihintay.
Tapos kung anu-anong excuses ang ibinibigay sa maling prediction,
at sige na naman, resetting their end-time clocks till the next "appointed time" na naman.

Q - ako po'y isang Kristyano (Born again po) pero recently po nakaka attend ako sa isang Charismatic Catholic gathering and masasabi ko po na nakaka blessed full of love, glory and joy ang samahan at pag tuturo nang pinaka preacher. Pero bakit po as Christian we still call Non-protestant (Catholic, DD,INC etc,.) As "UNBELIEVERS" Since They have their own FAITH/BELIEFS bakit po ba sa ganon? And halos lahat nang naatendan kong Church e ganon sila inaadress.. parang hindi po patas para sa kanila and hindi po tama, hindi po ba dapat tawagin nalang silang "Different Believer" rather than "Unbeliever" ayun lang po.

Q - ako po'y isang Kristyano (Born again po) pero recently po nakaka attend ako sa isang Charismatic Catholic gathering and masasabi ko po na nakaka blessed full of love, glory and joy ang samahan at pag tuturo nang pinaka preacher. Pero bakit po as Christian we still call
Non-protestant (Catholic, DD,INC etc,.) As "UNBELIEVERS"
Since They have their own FAITH/BELIEFS bakit po ba sa ganon? And halos lahat nang naatendan kong Church e ganon sila inaadress.. parang hindi po patas para sa kanila and hindi po tama, hindi po ba dapat tawagin nalang silang "Different Believer" rather than "Unbeliever" ayun lang po.
A -
AGREE.
I don't call such fellow believers unbelievers and i ask people around me to not use that derogatory reference.
The people you mention also believe in Jesus.
May kaibahan lang nga ang details ng practice.
Last time I looked, it is faith in Jesus that matters!
John 1:12 (NIV)
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Q - Paano po kaya mababawasan ang sobrang pangangailangan ng churches sa pera na madalas kaya tuloy halos pigain ang members sa walang katapusang giving?

Q - Paano po kaya mababawasan ang sobrang pangangailangan ng churches sa pera na madalas kaya tuloy halos pigain ang members sa walang katapusang giving?
A -
Ideally, maganda kung maiba ang system:
1. WALANG SALARIED WORKER. Walang aasa sa sweldo from the church.
Puro volunteers na may kanya-kanyang hanapbuhay, even the pastor.
Parang si Paul, tentmaker. hindi umasa sa support lang. May sariling kayod.
Ganito ang dinedevelop ng DBD over many years now: Doubly Productive Pastors.
Yung pastor pero may sariling private na hanapbuhay.
Pero siempre, yung nasimulan na sa ganyang system ay mahirap namang biglang ibahin too late in the game, lalu na kung may edad na ang worker.
Magandang simulan sa new generation leaders.

2. WALANG BINIBILI O INUUPAHANG LUGAR at gamit na beyond the congregation's means.

3. Walang extra expenses ang church sa mga paboritong personal "projects" ng leaders, especially expenses outside of the local church's needs and operations.
Kasama na dito ang travel of the workers' families/relatives, sobrang "hospitality" kung kani-kaninong "guests" na sobrang tinutustusan ang "pagdalaw" sa church, especially kung galing pa sa ibang bansa.
Walang excessive pagpapadala ng financial support sa favorite (other) churches/projects ng leaders na nasa labas ng local congregation. A congregation should not be milked dry to send support to the leaders' favorite outsider-groups.
DO not squeeze Peter dry to give to John.

Q - Bawal po ba talaga mag-asawa ng unbeliever? Ano po ba talaga ang application ng "Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"

Q - Bawal po ba talaga mag-asawa ng unbeliever?
Ano po ba talaga ang application ng "Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"

A - The verse comes from 2 Corintians 6:14, and it is usually misread, taken out of context and applied narrowly and oppresively.
The background is Paul's teaching on reconcialition with Christ. He contends that spiritually, Christians are new creations so they should change their lifestyles in accordance with that new identity.
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2 Cor 5. 17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 20 .... We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. -----
But the Corinthians, by Paul's standards, were pagans and idolaters. As this was the background from which Corinthian Christians come, many of them were still attached to their original/former religious practices though they have become Christian converts. Paul thus urges them to detach from and leave their old, idolatrous lifestyles and get fully attached to Christ instead.
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 6.1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain..
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[d]? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them,and I will be their God,and they will be my people.”[e]
17 Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate,says the Lord.Touch no unclean thing,and I will receive you.”
7 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
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Paul urges the Corinthian Christians to detach from "unbelievers" whose religious practices like worship of Belial, idolatry, cultic temple sex, and whose lifestyles are characterized by "unrighteousness, darkness and wickedness" so their attachment to Christ would not be endangered or impeded.

Applying these verses to the issue of marriage today is a big leap in interpretation and far removed from the context of the original intention of the writer and understanding of the Corinthian recipients.

"To be yoked" in the original verses does not have a limited meaning to being married. It did not even specifically referred to marriage!
It's larger, contextual meaning was to be partner with pagans in their idolatrous worship of Belial, including ritual orgies and in their darkness and wickedness. (And not even all pagans were/are wicked!)
Another issue that needs serious review today is WHO is an unbeliever? In the original context of the verses, the "unbelievers" were the ones who worshiped Belial, involving themselves in lifestyles of idoltary, wickedness and darkness. They were the ones from whom new Christians were urged to separate.
WOULD someone today who believes in God the Father and/or in Jesus Christ be considered an unbeliever and be lumped with those Belial worshipers simply on the basis of sectarian/denominational/religious affiliation?

Should believers today deny themselves of choice and possibly very good
candidates for partnership in marriage or business on the basis of the overstretched interpretation of 2 Corintians 6.14?

Q - Di po ba dapat "You should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"

Q - Di po ba dapat "You should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers?"
A -
1. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng UNbeliever? Pag ba naniniwala sa God pero iba ang religion / religious denomination / sect ay UNbeliever na nga?
SINO ang UNbeliever?
2.
Paano mo malalaman na IKAW ang believer at yung IBA ang UNbeliever?

Q - Tama po ba sabhin na kahit sa Catholic religion ay may mga ligtas din? Pero sa tutuo lng ang advantage lng naman nating mag Born again Christian ay we have the assurance of our Salvation, though sa tingin ko over confidence na lng din katulad ng ibang Born Again at ang ibang religion na ngsasabing Sila lang ang Tamang katuruan at Maliligtas?

Q - Tama po ba sabhin na kahit sa Catholic religion ay may mga ligtas din? Pero sa tutuo lng ang advantage lng naman nating mag Born again Christian ay we have the assurance of our Salvation, though sa tingin ko over confidence na lng din katulad ng ibang Born Again at ang ibang religion na ngsasabing Sila lang ang Tamang katuruan at Maliligtas?

A - Catholics believe in Jesus. And even evangeical, born-again Christianity asserts that it is belief in Jesus that saves. So, saved sila by that standard!
Catholics are believers. I won't call them "unbelievers."

People who are full of self-hatred, self-condemnation, guilt, frustrations and self-anger need someone else to project their dark side on. People need "witches, heathens/unbelievers, perverts, strangers," etc to hate so they could divert their destructive energies away from their self-righteous and hypocritical selves.

People who are full of self-hatred, self-condemnation, guilt, frustrations and self-anger need someone else to project their dark side on. People need "witches, heathens/unbelievers, perverts, strangers," etc to hate so they could divert their destructive energies away from their self-righteous and hypocritical selves.

Lumulikha ang tao na mga "aswang" para magkaron sila ng pagtutuunan ng kanilang mga muhi, galit, pandidiri at paninira sa sarili. Ang aswang ng bawat lipunan ay ang imahen ng kanilang madilim at lihim na pagkatao na itinatanggi nila at kailangan nilang ibintang sa iba. Kaya ang magnanakaw ay galit sa kapwa magnanakaw. Ang makasalanan ay naglilinis-linisan at unuusig sa ibang "marumi", para mailayo sa sarili ang liwanag at pananagutan.
Ang mag taong galit sa sarili ay lumilikha ng kani-kanilang "aswang" na kamumuhian at pupuksain.

Kung walang aswang, pagtuunan at pag-initan na lang ang kapwa mananampalataya na may "kakaibang" pananaw o gawi. Basta dapat laging may pinupukol, inaaway, winawasak. Kasi kung hindi, tuluyan nang ang sarili ang wawasakin.

Kaya hanggang ngayon, wala pang nahuhuli, naitatali, nasusukol o nabibihag na aswang: Kasi ang aswang ay nasa kalooban ng mga naglilinis-linisang lipunan.

Q – Shouldn’t Christians bless and help Israel fight her enemies?

Q – Shouldn’t Christians bless and help Israel fight her enemies?
A –
Jesus teaches and commands people to love and bless everyone, 
including ---especially --- their enemies.
Matthew 5:43-48 (CEV)
43 You have heard people say, “Love your neighbors and hate your enemies.” 44 But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. 45 Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong. 46 If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for that? Even tax collectors[a] love their friends. 47 If you greet only your friends, what’s so great about that? Don’t even unbelievers do that? 48 But you must always act like your Father in heaven.

Brothers, sisters, families are divided not by unbelief in God but by overzealous belief. It is not the unbelievers who separate from believers. It is not the sinner who separates from saints. It is not the progressive who separate from the conservative. Look around and see who is unkind to and separatist from people they consider as beneath them in spirituality. Then look at Jesus and see who he befriended and fellowshiped with.

Brothers, sisters, families are divided not by unbelief in God but by overzealous belief.

It is not the unbelievers who separate from believers.
It is not the sinner who separates from saints.
It is not the progressive who separate from the conservative.

Look around and see who is unkind to and separatist from people they consider as beneath them in spirituality.

Then look at Jesus and see who he befriended and fellowshiped with.

Jesus was killed not by unbelievers in God but by believers ---who held other ideas that they magnified to the point of leaving no more room for other points of view. Religious cruelty could come not from those who do not believe in the same God, but from those who believe but have other ideas on the details of how to approach or worship God. Nothing could be uglier than a fight among brothers. Stephen was killed not by unbelievers but by his brethren who did not understand the new wave of spirituality that was already in him but not yet in them. Before he was stoned to death, Stephen asked his own people: Acts 7:52 Contemporary English Version (CEV) 52 Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn’t mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God.[a] And now you have turned against him and killed him. NEVER BE QUICK TO THROW THAT STONE.

Jesus was killed not by unbelievers in God but by believers ---who held other ideas that they magnified to the point of leaving no more room for other points of view.

Religious cruelty could come not from those who do not believe in the same God, but from those who believe but have other ideas on the details of how to approach or worship God.

Nothing could be uglier than a fight among brothers.

Stephen was killed not by unbelievers but by his brethren who did not understand the new wave of spirituality that was already in him but not yet in them. Before he was stoned to death, Stephen asked his own people:

Acts 7:52 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
52 Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn’t mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God.[a] And now you have turned against him and killed him.

NEVER BE QUICK TO THROW THAT STONE.

Believers who become cruel to "unbelievers and sinners" are driven by their belief that God is cruel. Meanwhile, kindness to "unbelievers and sinners --- even to "enemies" comes from the belief that God is good and kind to all. Your perception of God shapes your behavior. Ang masungit, mabagsik at mapanghusgang mananampalataya ay nag-aakalang ang Diyos ay masungit, mabagsik at mapanghusga.

Believers who become cruel to "unbelievers and sinners" are driven by their belief that God is cruel.
Meanwhile, kindness to "unbelievers and sinners --- even to "enemies" comes from the belief that God is good and kind to all.

Your perception of God shapes your behavior.
Ang masungit, mabagsik at mapanghusgang mananampalataya ay nag-aakalang ang Diyos ay masungit, mabagsik at mapanghusga.

Don't carelessly and judgmentally call people "unbelievers". Most of the time, "unawares" could be the more fitting description. They do not intentionally NOT believe by choice; most of the time, they are simply unaware.

Don't carelessly and judgmentally call people "unbelievers".
Most of the time, "unawares" could be the more fitting description.
They do not intentionally NOT believe by choice; most of the time, they are simply unaware.

Q - I study in a school owned and administered by a religious corporation. Sabi po ng teachers namin hindi po hero si Marcos. Bakit po may mga nagpe-pray pa para sa kanya o sa family nya?

Q - I study in a school owned and administered by a religious corporation. Sabi po ng teachers namin hindi po hero si Marcos. Bakit po may mga nagpe-pray pa para sa kanya o sa family nya?
A -
Hindi lang heroes ang ipinagdarasal.
Whether friend or enemy ang turing mo sa isang tao --- sa sinu mang tao--- mabuting ipanalangin sya o ang pamilya nya.
God teaches us to love our family, our neighbor and and even our enemy!
Turo ni Jesus na ang tunay na makaDios ay walang pipiliin o itatangi sa panalangin at pag-ibig. At sabi nya, ang talagang espiritual ay hindi magtuturo ng hatred and non-forgiveness kundi love and forgiveness.
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Matthew 5:44-48 (CEV)
(Jesus teaches)
44 But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. 45 Then you will be acting like your Father in heaven. He makes the sun rise on both good and bad people. And he sends rain for the ones who do right and for the ones who do wrong. 46 If you love only those people who love you, will God reward you for that? Even tax collectors[a] love their friends. 47 If you greet only your friends, what’s so great about that? Don’t even unbelievers do that?
48 But you must always act like your Father in heaven.

Be extra careful with judgmental and self-righteous words like - unbeliever

Be extra careful with judgmental and self-righteous words like
- unbeliever
- sinner
- backslider
- compromiser
and other words that label people in degrading and trivializing ways.
Do not so easily, casually and habitually attached them to others.

Matthew 7.1 NIV
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

Q - ako po'y isang Kristyano (Born again po) pero recently po nakaka attend ako sa isang Charismatic Catholic gathering and masasabi ko po na nakaka blessed full of love, glory and joy ang samahan at pag tuturo nang pinaka preacher. Pero bakit po as Christian we still call Non-protestant (Catholic, DD,INC etc,.) As "UNBELIEVERS" Since They have their own FAITH/BELIEFS bakit po ba sa ganon? And halos lahat nang naatendan kong Church e ganon sila inaadress.. parang hindi po patas para sa kanila and hindi po tama, hindi po ba dapat tawagin nalang silang "Different Believer" rather than "Unbeliever" ayun lang po. A - AGREE. I don't call such fellow believers unbelievers and i ask people around me to not use that derogatory reference. The people you mention also believe in Jesus. May kaibahan lang nga ang details ng practice. Last time I looked, it is faith in Jesus that matters! John 1:12 (NIV) Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Q - ako po'y isang Kristyano (Born again po) pero recently po nakaka attend ako sa isang Charismatic Catholic gathering and masasabi ko po na nakaka blessed full of love, glory and joy ang samahan at pag tuturo nang pinaka preacher. Pero bakit po as Christian we still call 
Non-protestant (Catholic, DD,INC etc,.) As "UNBELIEVERS"
Since They have their own FAITH/BELIEFS bakit po ba sa ganon? And halos lahat nang naatendan kong Church e ganon sila inaadress.. parang hindi po patas para sa kanila and hindi po tama, hindi po ba dapat tawagin nalang silang "Different Believer" rather than "Unbeliever" ayun lang po.
A -
AGREE.
I don't call such fellow believers unbelievers and i ask people around me to not use that derogatory reference.
The people you mention also believe in Jesus.
May kaibahan lang nga ang details ng practice.
Last time I looked, it is faith in Jesus that matters!
John 1:12 (NIV)
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

Q - Bakit po walang High-End, English-Only service ang DBD?

Q - Bakit po walang High-End, English-Only service ang DBD?
A -
"High-End"?
We like to think that our services, for the Glory of God, are "high end" in terms of content, spiritual nourishment, maturity, etc.
But if by "high end" you mean "elitist",
Tito's calling is to serve the underserved :-)
Yung elitist "High-End, English-Only" crowds ay OVERserved na pamangkin.
Ang dami nang
- kanta written for them.
- books published for them.
- buildings made for them.
- preachers serving them.
Kaya halu-halo ang DBD people pamangkin,
from matronas to tinderas,
intellectuals to average thinkers
all types of God's people.
Tabi-tabi.
Hindi segmented, profiled and classified tulad ng ginagawa sa madla ng advertising agencies. (A, B, C, D, E, etc dependingon economic status)
We want everyone to be together. like in the time of Jesus.
At kung mag-aadjust ng konti yung "Hi End, English Only" crowds
para makisalamuha, makihalubilo, makipagmabutihan at maki-isa sa
"less privileged" Jesus multitudes, eh di PTL"
JESUS LOVES EVERYONE! :-)
So everybody' is welcome, adjust-adjust lang dapat para one in Jesus!
And those that have more in life are better equipped to do the adjusting
than those who have less.
In ways we can, we are happy to privilege the underprivileged. :-)

Q -may dumalaw sakin na taga ibang sekta. sabi nya ang Diyos ang tunay na nakakataas .binasa ko mateo 3:16-17 (isang tinig ang mula sa langit nagsabi "ito ang minamahal kong luboskong kinalugdan") ang nagsalita galing sa langit ay yung Dios Ama. Pano po yun?

Q -may dumalaw sakin na taga ibang sekta. sabi nya ang Diyos ang tunay na nakakataas .binasa ko mateo 3:16-17 (isang tinig ang mula sa langit nagsabi "ito ang minamahal kong luboskong kinalugdan") ang nagsalita galing sa langit ay yung Dios Ama. Pano po yun?

A -
Oo nga, Father God is the Highest, but
1. The fullness of God the Father lives in Jesus.
Colossians 2:9(CEV)
God lives fully in Christ.

2. Jesus is the only way to the Father. John 14.6

Be careful with the point of view of the jaded (o mga dala sa buhay). Tortured by all kinds of wounds that do not heal,

Be careful with the point of view of the jaded (o mga dala sa buhay).
Tortured by all kinds of wounds that do not heal, 
they could frame the world and life itself in very narrow and distorted ways.
Learn a thing or two from their sorrows
but never allow their bitterness to frame or filter your vision.

Traditions become traditions because they are effective and useful.

Traditions become traditions because they are effective and useful.
When those functions diminish or get outgrown,
traditions naturally die to give way
for new and effective ways to become the next traditions.

It is Quixotic to romantically revive dying or dead traditions.
But it is beneficial to document, record and archive
vanishing traditions, especially cultural ones, for information, reference, anchorage, mooring, guidance and inspiration.
This mission is served by researchers, historians, cultural preservation agents, museums, performing and other aristic groups, etc. dedicated to the preservation, re-popularization or promotion of anything traditional.
Meanwhile, everyone else should be allowed to move on,
to leave tradition in the museum or to reinterpret, recreate, reinvent and reform or refit it for today's needs.

In many ways, GANYAN DIN SA RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS.

A religious verse in the hands of

A religious verse in the hands of 
- a miguided disciple,
- an extremist believer, 
- a "defender of the faith", 
 - a bigot, or 
- a myopic fundamentalist
is like a loaded, cocked high powered gun in the hands of a drunk.

Ano po ang isang reliable proof na tama ang isang religious teaching o ang interpretation dito?

Q - Ano po ang isang reliable proof na tama ang isang religious teaching o ang interpretation dito?
A -
Pag ang bunga ng pagsunod sa teaching ay kabutihan, kabaitan at kagandahang asal.