My father is a businessman and a very good one indeed. When I was kid, I never imagined myself to be one. I was a free spirit, curious about the wonders and mysteries of that nature and this world has to offer. I had a lot of things that I wanted in life and I wanted to explore the wonderful world that God has created. I wanted to be an Indiana Jones, a Lara Croft (male version though) or somebody like “The Librarian.” When I grew up, I realize that there was a problem with all my childhood fantasies. All of what I wanted takes money. As I grew into adulthood, I realized that life was not what I saw in the movies or read about in novels. Real life is real people working hard to make ends meet. Real life is becoming a channel of blessing to other people. Real life is not about what I want; it’s about what God wants for me to do. I slowly took on the reigns of my family business and learned the art of making money. Then I discovered the Rule of 72 and the power of compounding … [Read more...]
Response to KJV onlyist arguments on 1 Corinthians 14:38
This is the first of my series of articles devoted to debunking the claims of several well known KJV Onlyists actively promoting their false man made doctrine of KJV Onlyism. In particular this is response to the article written by Will Kinney in his website https://brandplucked.webs.com. In there he wrote an article entitled: “1 Corinthians 14:38 - the Farce they call the "science" of Textual Criticism. ” Kinney and I has constantly been interacting in an online forum on his position on KJV Onlyism. I will not copy paste the entire article here, you could just check it out in his website. In summary it is his usual rant that only the KJV (and other Textus Receptus Bibles) got the translation of 1 Cor. 14:38 right and that all other modern translations are wrong. As he always does, he further promotes his “modern Bible versions – Roman Catholic conspiracy theory,” insisting that the mistranslation of modern translations is deliberately done in order to corrupt God’s … [Read more...]
High Yield Investment scams in the Philippines from a legal, theological, business, investment and economic perspective – Part 2
Last time in part 1, I tackled comprehensively why certain high yield investment schemes has been flagged as scams by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) base on what the law says about this. In part two of this three-part series I will discuss the theological perspective of this issue. Why a theological aspect? While the primary motivation for joining this high yield investment schemes is primarily monetary gain, a theological perspective is needed considering that some of these schemes are perpetuated by pastors of certain religious groups and a lot of pastors are actively involved in recruiting their members to join these dubious schemes. Probably part of the reason why these scams proliferated so easily is because of the fact that pastors exercise influence over their members. Since pastors who got themselves in these illegal schemes use Scripture to justify what they are doing, as a theologian let me also quote Scripture so that we can see what it really says … [Read more...]
High Yield Investment scams in the Philippines from a legal, theological, business, investment and economic perspective – Part 1
High yield investment schemes are a hot topic nowadays in the Philippines. Various entities have successfully enticed not only Filipinos both in the Philippine and abroad but even foreigners to get into these get rich quick scheme which offers rate of returns from 30% per month to as high as 400% per month! This burning issue (which has become a big headache for the Philippine government) is multi-faceted as it has not only legal implications. The problem is multi-faceted as it is also an investment, business, economic and even a theological problem! Why is it a theological problem that needs to be addressed? I will explain this later in part 2. As a pastor, lawyer, businessman and personal finance and investment professional this is my take on this matter. We will tackle the legal perspective first. Republic Act 8799 otherwise known as the “Securities Regulation Code” (SRC) prohibits the sale or distribution of “Securities” in the Philippines without first registering it … [Read more...]
A logical analysis of Bill Pratt’s article entitled “Is God subject to logic ?”
Sometime in September of 2010, Christian apologist, Bill Pratt wrote an article entitled "Is God subject to logic." Bill Pratt has a Masters Degree in Christian Apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary. He speak about apologetics at Cornerstone Baptist Church, in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A and blogs about Apologetics at "Tough Question answered." (Where he tackles heavy apologetical issues) This article is an evaluation and an analysis of the above mentioned article he has written. As a student of Apologetics wherein logic is considered one of the things that we "major" on, I will attempt here to dissect his arguments and try to analyse from a logical standpoint if he made a good argument with regards to his position on the issue. In trying to answer the question, “Is God subject to Logic ?,†the author presents several arguments and conclusions. I will try to break down each and analyze how the author builds his arguments to reach his final conclusion and how … [Read more...]
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