There is a certain comfort for me in knowing that our church leaders and congregation at Pilgrim are now at a point where they can survive my sudden absence. Just to be clear, I have no plans of resigning anytime soon. I was too sick to go to church two…

Humanly speaking, a preacher needs to keep preaching in order to be a more effective preacher. …

Our church holds to a two-office view of church leadership. What this means is that we believe that the Bible teaches that Christ has instituted two offices in the church to which qualified men can be called as servant-leaders. These are the offices of ‘Elder’ and ‘Deacon.’ The qualifications for…

Having now been in pastoral ministry for a little over a decade I have observed that many young people and churches that get on the ‘reforming’ path are very concerned to get the minutiae of their theology right. So concerned are many young folks about getting their reformed theology right…

‘The last time that I got an increase was in 2016. And I was the one who gave it to myself.’ This was what I said to my Session¹ in our last meeting, when I had requested an increase on my monthly compensation from the church. …

The Public and Ordinary Means of Grace, viewed from the perspective of our Union with Christ, necessitate an apprehension of our Lord’s spiritual presence through them. It is through these ordained means that the Holy Spirit powerfully transports us Zion, to worship the Lord who summons us to his presence. …

Dream project. Posting it here so I can return to it when the time is ripe. Also, para may proof ako ng originality ng idea ko pag may kumopya. Joke lang. I wish this idea would materialize everywhere. So eto. Co-working space na para sa mga pastors and other students…

This year marks the 504th year since Martin Luther, then an Augustinian monk and theology professor, nailed his Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (AKA The Ninety-five Theses) to the door of the Wittenberg Church in Germany. Usually, this is what people point to as the start of…

So apparently an alarming surge in COVID19 cases is upon us again. Sadly, the latest government response has again been to simply impose further restrictions on movement by placing the whole of the ‘NCR Plus’ bubble into a two-week slowdown that includes shuttering so-called non-essential establishments, including churches. Nevermind that…