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  Kapag mali, bitawan mo na. Hindi katapangan o katapatan ang patuloy na manghawak sa mali.  Sometimes we can be stubborn. Kahit pinakita na kung saan tayo nagkamali, ayaw nating bumitaw. For some reason we become attached to our mistakes. Iniisip nating masyado na tayong baon, malalim na at malaki ang ating taya, panindigan na. Sasabihin pang, "Bahala na. Nagkasubuan na eh." O kaya, "Huli na ang lahat. Diyos na bahala." Aba dinamay pa ang Diyos.  Eto ang katotohanan: lahat tayo ay nagkakamali at kung tayo ay buhay pa, may pagkakaroon pang magbago at magsimulang muli.  There is no reason to become a victim of our past or wrong decisions. Wala naman siguro tayong Stockholm's syndrome .  May mga inabusong kahit nilayo na ay bumabalik pa rin. Parte rito ay mababang self-esteem . Iniisip na wala nang tatanggap pa sa kaniya. Another is the feeling of helplessness na walang options. Much better ang maling pamilyar kaysa nagsimula ng bagong buhay on uncharted territor...

  What is truth to you may not be truth for me.  Uso ang kasabihang iyan. Now I wonder if this statement is true for me o sa nagsabi lang.  This is relativity and I am pretty sure ang nagsabi nito ay hindi seryoso rito. Nobody can consistently live this statement. Imagine sinerohan ko ang student dahil sa maling solusyon sa problem and then sabihan niya akong the solution may be wrong for you but for me perfect iyan? Or bayaran mo ng kulang ang iyong tax and sabihin mong maaaring kulang sa iyo pero sakto iyan para sa akin.  These examples may sound absurd and because they are.  When it comes to what is truth and what is moral, we need a standard. It cannot be human standard dahil hindi tayo magkakasundo kung sino sa ating mga humans ang dapat gawing standard. We are selfish enough to make ourselves the measure of all things but deny the same to our neighbors.  What we need is God's standard and that standard is the Bible . If we wanted to know God's stand...

  I am not sure why this becomes a big deal though I have my suspicion. Maraming taong nagtagumpay sa buhay (tumubo sa negosyo, nakapasa sa board exam, nanalo ng acting awards, etc) ang regular na in-ascribe sa Panginoon ang kanilang tagumpay pero walang nagtaas ng kilay kung paano sila tinulungan ng Panginoon.  My suspicion is hindi gusto ng mga critics kung anuman ang "sinabi" ng Panginoon. Sa kulturang hindi marunong makipagdayalogo, ang tanging alam gawin ay cancellation.  This is immaturity.  Now to be clear, hindi ako pabor sa metodo ni Alvin Aragon . In a previous blog I write on " Making enemies for the sake of making enemies " (see here: https://nietobiblepage.blogspot.com/2026/02/making-enemies-for-sake-of-making.html) . In my opinion there is more gracious way of sharing God's Word. And in my opinion we have to make a careful distinction between what the Bible actually says and what we think it says (yes I believe wearing bra is an area of freedom, ni...

  Sa dami ng problema, kalamidad at kriminalidad sa mundong ito, I am glad that this is not our home. We're just oassing through.  Biro nga lagi sa ating mga Kingdom Now friends, if this is the kingdom, I must be in the slum area.  The Bible says we're aliens and pilgrims. Our citizenship is in heaven. We're just foreigners on our way to our true home. So it doesn't make sense to love this world. That is treason since our true home is at war (a spiritual war ) with this world.  Time will come when this world will be cleansed by God and claimed by Christ for His own, but that is not today.  Today we live as sojourners.  This world will hate us. The present ruler of the age is trying to stop us from reaching our full potential as God's sons. Don't let him stop you for reaching Christ-likeness .  If you read your Bibles, you know the good news: a new world is coming where righteousness and love will be the spirit of the age- eternal age.  Manatiling...

  My answer to this question will not please everyone. Some believers will think that I am not Christian enough and unbelievers will think I am heavy handed. I will write my conviction though.  Diretsong tanong: Maaari bang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan ang isang homosexual? Diretsong sagot: Oo. Ayon sa Juan 3:16 , Gawa 16:31 , at marami pang pasahe, ang nag-iisang kundisyon upang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan ay ang manampalataya kay Cristo. Hindi sinabing kailangan mong tumigil sa pagiging homosexual o dapat ka munang maging straight. Ang sinabi ay ang nanampalataya ay may buhay na walang hanggan.  Samakatuwid ang sinumang manampalataya kay Cristo, homosexual man o heterosexual, ay may buhay na walang hanggan.  I think malinaw ito sa marami.  Ito ang sunod na tanong: Kung ang mananampalataya kay Cristo ay manatili sa kaniyang kabaklaan, nawawala ba ang kaniyang kaligtasan? Sagot: Hindi. Once saved, always saved. Ang eternal life ay eternal. Kun...

  Truth is by nature exclusive. Kung ang Cristianismo ay totoo, by definition other religions are wrong.  Therefore hindi maiiwasang magkaroon ng kaaway kapag nagturo ng katotohanan dahil marami kang maaapakan. Ayaw mo man ng gulo, others will take offense with your beliefs and preaching.  We should be ready for this.  The world will hate us if we stand for the truth.  However, we have to make sure that we're hated for standing for the truth and not because we're just being obnoxious.  It is one thing to be hated for the truth, to make enemies because of the truth. It is entirely something else to make enemies for the sake of making enemies.  Some people thrive on controversies. They are powered by hatred. They are energized by hostility. Even if wala silang taya, they will join any controversy just for the sake of being part of it. This is not standing for truth. This is ego speaking.  This is not making enemies because of teaching the truth. Th...

  Masdan mo kung paano mag-away ang mga bata. Kahit ano pinagsasabi just to make a point. Madalas may kasama pang mapanuyang pagtawa.  Matured people don't act like that. Matured people state their point, let others chew on it and leave it as it is. Hindi galawan ng mga mature ang makipagsagutan just to make a point. In many cases kinikilala niyang masabuting manahimik sa gilid.  Nakalulungkot na ang ating politika ay tila away ng dalawang immature na bata. Ngunit mas nakalulungkot kapag ang pulpito ay nagiging source ng malabatang pananalita.  Ang pulpito ay ang dapat pagmulan ng sistematikong pagtuturo ng Salita ng Diyos na ikalalago ng mga tagapakinig. Hindi ito dapat maging moog ng mga batang nangangantiyaw sa ibang relihiyon.  Yes hindi maiiwasang mabanggit ang kamalian ng ibang relihiyon sa pulpito kung ang mga ito ay labag sa tinuturo ng Biblia. Ngunit dapat nating tiyaking ito nga ay laban sa Biblia at hindi laban sa personal lamang nating preperensiya....

  I have a lot of limitations. I will be the first to admit that. Physically, socially, financially... you name it. If I will just depend on myself, I am sure to fail. Unlike other people who have relatives and friends in high places, I have to depend on my own merit when I applied for the job. Unlike others who start their married life with golden spoons in their mouth, I started my family with nothing. I am neither physically handsome or physically imposing.  Yet I learned that when you are weak, you need help from the strong. Who better to ask help from but God Himself? I may not have friends in high places but I have a God on the highest heavens. I may not have a lot of money but my God owns the cattles on the hill. I may be physically weak but He is strong and He loves to show His power in our weakness.  If we depend on our own power to live the spiritual life, we'll be frustrated. But there is satisfaction in knowing that we can turn from our limitations to Him who ...

  It doesn't matter how loud one's opinion is the standard of truth remains the same. The Bible is the only authoritative standard for truth. We are in an age where Biblical standards are considered as obsolete. The values that create our civilization is now considered a throwback in the past and not applicable to a progressive era.  Family, marriage and church are under attack. Sexual mores are dropped in favor of free spirit. Traditional genders are being undermined by emotions. Families are under attack in promotion of alternative family arrangements .  Just because people are vocal in their opinions it doesn't mean they are right. Noah and his sons are a minority yet God wiped out the antedeluvians .  Majority rule may apply in our democratic processes but not when it comes to matter of truth. Truth is truth even if everyone is against it.  Don't fret, we'll win. Truth will win. Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad ...