Do some desire God's wrathful judgment? It seems like it. Let me give you a case study and then discuss a few possibilities. Back in 2013, a devastating storm (Typhoon Yolanda--- aka, Haiyan) struck the Visayas region of the Philippines, and across to Palawan. Thousands died. Shortly after, the "prophecies" of a Christian "prophet" (I …
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Our E-Journal
I decided to link to our ministry's e-journal (2013 journal). I feel pretty good about it... and it includes some of the work we have done with disaster relief in response to Typhoon Yolanda. I was the editor of it... but perhaps I shouldn't admit it. There are probably a lot of errors. I really …
Disaster Response Volunteer Guide
Getting lots of hits on my blog about some alleged prophecies here in the Philippines. I suppose I can understand the idle curiosity. Still, I hope that idle curiosity about what is going on in the Philippines can be rechannelled toward righteous action for what is going on in the Philippines and the world. Our …
Redeeming Disaster. Or How God Works.
My family and I live in the Philippines. We are involve in disaster response... especially pertaining to crisis defusing and crisis debriefing. This year, our team, and two partnering groups (CPSP-Philippines, and PBTS) have been doing numerous trips to Leyte, Panay, and Cebu Islands for disaster response care. It is an honor to be able …
Prophecies and Typhoons and Plagues (in no particular order), Part II
The Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj "prophecy" regarding the Philippines (where he described shocking curses that God would rain down on the Philippines) keeps morphing. Given in April 2013 at the 24th National Prayer Gathering at Cuneta Astrodome, the predictions have become viral as being fulfilled by Typhoon Yolanda (aka Haiyan) and some blogger posts alleging diseases …
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Quote of William James, and the Search for the Divine
"'Love your enemies!' Mark you, not simply those who happen not to be your friends, but your enemies, your positive and active enemies. Either this is a mere Oriental hyperbole, a bit of verbal extravagance meaning only that we should, as far as we can, abate our animosities, or else it is sincere and literal. …
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A Tiny Refuge in a Big Storm
<I expressed in my last blogpost a LOT of skepticism regarding some so called prophecies that are marketed here in the Philippines, especially as it relates to the the recent typhoon here. Just so I don't sound completely like a grumpy cynic, here is a very different tale.> Baliguian Island(After the Typhoon) Last week, our …