Martha gets a bad rap. Many commentaries on Martha paint her as the woman whose heart was centered on displaying her culinary prowess to her guests. She is compared to her sister Mary, who chose to sit and listen to the words of Jesus. In the human spirit of comparison, we pit these two sisters against each other and then pick sides.
March 25, 2024
We dedicate this issue to our Iranian refugee brothers and sisters, whom the LORD drew to our UK ecclesias.
May 25, 2023
Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thess 5:17-18).
May 25, 2022
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
March 24, 2022
Pedro read every piece of literature sent. He understood and fully agreed to what he read. God's plan for salvation and the gospel became clear to him and he was no more confused.
March 24, 2022
The circumstances and make up of ecclesias vary across the Philippines. Some ecclesias are very well established, while other ecclesias are small and isolated in distance from other ecclesias.
March 24, 2022
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:44).¹
March 24, 2022
In his book, We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry, Presbyterian scholar Gregory K. Beale (1949 - ) argues the case that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. So, for instance, those who worshiped idols became just as blind, deaf and immobile, spiritually speaking, as their false gods.
March 24, 2022
My wife and I are both past ninety years old. This means that we are limited in where we can go and what we can do.
March 24, 2022
Recorded in the Bible are five "one thing" messages which will teach us successive steps toward possessing immortal life in the Age to come.
March 24, 2022
Founded in 2013, the Bible Education Center (BEC) assists in coordinating and supporting preaching and pastoral work amongst the local ecclesias particularly in the southern and central Philippines.
September 25, 2021
The Tidings October 2021 issue is dedicated to identifying and appreciating the Scriptural principles of godly disagreement.