Slavery and the Tests of Orthodoxy

It has been noticed by a number of people that slavery has received "positive" evaluation by some Evangelical Christians in recent days. For the best of my understanding this has been mostly from American Evangelicals. This is a curious thing. I was raised up in white American Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christianity, and it was pretty much a …

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PBTS Press

I am happy to say that a couple of projects of Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary Press (PBTS Press) are soon to come out. #1. Our first book under this imprint is about to officially release this January (January 2026). "Drinking Coffee with Some Contemporary Filipino Evangelical Theologians" has been completed by Dr. Francis Jr. S. …

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Adorning the Gospel in the Neighborhood

Here are a couple of quick examples this week. I am visiting some relatives in Florida and we visited the local Greek Fest. That is an event commonly done in Greek Orthodox churches across the US. The one here is a BIG THING. We had great Greek foods, and listened to great Greek music. They …

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Are There Dangers in Declaring that Disasters are God’s Judgment?

I am not in the Philippines right now--- my wife and I are visiting with our new grandson--- but there is a big typhoon going overhead where we normally serve and reside. A missionary acquaintance of mine put up on social media speculation that this storm is God's judgment for <I won't put his theory …

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My Writing Projects (and AI) November 2025

Sometimes I look back at my old posts and wonder why I wrote about my writing status. After all, a couple years later and sometimes the information is woefully out-of-date. Sometimes it includes something I decided never to finish. Others, they include something I finished long ago. However, I remind myself, that one of the …

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Importance of Training For Ministers

A friend of mine is a pastor of a church in Sierra Leone. He asked me to provide a video training on the topic of the importance of training for ministry. Video is not my strength, but I tried to provide something. https://player.vimeo.com/video/1125053019?h=00eada9d9c&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479