Having heard the news that a religious leader was displeased with President Noynoy Aquino when the latter did not take all the recommendations of the former for appointive positions in government, a high ranking official of the judiciary exclaimed, “These people are the biggest threat to our democracy!” I know the man who said this. […]
The Manalo’s have learned their lessons during the past nine decades the hard way. In the early history of politics in the Philippines, when the Republic was still young, and when politicians needed the support of as many groups as possible, Manalo claiming to have 4 million members, was the object of attention among those […]
The doctrine of voting in bloc for a politician is unique to the Iglesia ni Manalo. (Iglesia Ni Cristo is a misnomer for a group who do not believe in the deity of Christ.) Fanatics who were misled by this false belief, vote as one, in fear of excommunication from the alleged one-and-only “true church” […]
What does prayer mean to you? You may have many wonderful definitions of prayer but mine, which I will share to you, may be different. A prayer is a way by which we make our wishes known to God. Philippians 4:6 (Revised Standard Version) Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and […]
One of the many erroneous doctrines of the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) is rebaptism. It implies that rebaptism is “baptizing again” someone who was baptized already in their church. I am not against baptizing somebody in the true church if such person was baptized in another church with the person officiating the baptism not […]
The Ten Commandments: Why ten? Numbers are used all through out the Bible to denote exactness and sometimes approximation. The number of brethren who saw the risen Christ was more than 500! I Corinthians 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this […]
Now it is final! Not even the Office of the Ombudsman, that has shown leniency in prosecuting my case against MTRCB chairman La Guardia and cohorts, can stop me in believing that my human rights have been violated by these unscrupulous powers, “that should not be.” While the highest court of the land has favored […]
Whatever He do, wherever He goes, means salvation! At conception He saved his foster father when he accepted Mary as his wife, being with child by the Holy Spirit, through sacrificing not “to know” her till she brought forth her first born son. Matthew 1:18-21, 25 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on […]
Grammatically: The word adventist is a noun. The phrase seventh-day is an adjective (adjectival) phrase. If the meaning of the word “Adventist,” is a person that awaits for the arrival or coming into being of something (which certainly is the true meaning), therefore: the name, Seventh Day Adventist Church, means a church that awaits for […]
Apparently, they are not waiting for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as they claim. The name of their church means they are waiting for the arrival of the “seventh day”. Whether in grammar or in logic, the emphasis of the Adventists is on the seventh day or Saturday. Let us study their doctrines: […]