Posted in Christian Theology on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(This was a paper I wrote for my Greek 3 class under Prof Alvin Jimenez of ASCM)
Introduction
Among all New Testament sources, Romans 9 is the passage most used by theologians to make their strong points on predestination issues. It is written, “JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED.” What shall we say then? [...]
Posted in Christian Theology, tagged Christian Theology, Christology, Jesus Christ on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1st SESSION: ESTABLISHING THE INTEGRITY OF SCRIPTURES
Part 1: The Integrity of the Story (told by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
1. Is it really possible to be an intelligent, critically thinking person and still believe that the four gospels were written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?
As the early church handed down the gospels there [...]
Posted in Christian Theology, tagged Calvinism, infralapsarian, salvation, supralapsarian, TULIP on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this is a paper I wrote for my Systematic Theology 2 using Benjamin Warfield’s Plan of Salvation as a main source)
A Track to Follow (Brief Summary)
Before we really understand the decree with regards to the salvation of man, we first have to settle ourselves on the right view of how God relates to His [...]
Posted in Christian Theology, tagged Christian Theology, heresy, historical theology, history of Christian thought, orthodoxy on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Biblical Text
1 Timothy 4:11-16, NIV
11Command and teach these things. 12Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 14Do [...]
Posted in Christian Theology, tagged Spirituality, Theology on January 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
*brief overview of the theme proposal on the upcoming Theology Seminar at ASCM (Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries)
For many Christians, theology is something of irrelevance today. The mere suggestion to deepen ones Christian faith is to read the Bible and that’s it. Why bother with the knowledge of the history of Christian thought [...]
Posted in Christian Theology, tagged Catholics and Protestants, Christian Unity, Christianity, Ecumenicalism on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am writing this article as an expression of my passion in the ministry God has entrusted to me. There really are questions that challenged me and my faith, my works and my thoughts, my life and my service that brought me [...]
