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.

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

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. 

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.

Recorded in the Bible are five "one thing" messages which will teach us successive steps toward possessing immortal life in the Age to come.

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.

It’s all very well loving those we get along with – our friends, family, people who are on our social level. That’s easy. But loving the unlovely – that’s what God is looking for, because that’s God’s love toward us.

In the midst of the Law, here is this picture of the shining, smiling face of God.  Smiling toward His people. 

When Peter talks about the signs of Christ’s coming, he says we should be “waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God” (2 Pet. 3:12). What does it mean for us to be “hastening” for the coming day?

God justifies people.  This is amazing, and is arguably the most powerful expression of His might.  But what do we make of it when we encounter people justifying God?

If we’re facing pressures, we are in the company of the finest women and men of faith ever.  And in the company of all humanity.

There is power around us, a windy day reminds us.