December 2008
22 posts
My New Year's Resolution
Always be redemptive - always!
“Do not be overcome by evil; instead, overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21)
How, then, should we preach to the postmodern... →
A lecture by Dr. David Wells
“A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools”
He reads! →
The President of the United States reads more books than I do. And he’s definitely much busier than I am, yet he finds the time. I am so ashamed.
Note on My Sermons
My sermons are mostly in “Ilongglish” - a combination of English and Hiligaynon (a Visayan dialect).
Sermon: Steps to Revival
Favorite Maxims
“Don’t seek great things for yourself.” - from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament
“Love to be unknown and esteemed as nothing.” - from Kempis’ Imitation of Christ
“Be good in secret.” - Thomas Brooks, a puritan preacher
“Small is beautiful.” - title of a book by Schumacher
“Simplify, simplify, simplify!” - Henry...
Most Likely to Succeed →
As some of you have probably noticed, I’m a Gladwell fan. Here’s a new article of his.
“Be laborious and diligent in your callings…; And if you cheerfully serve...”
– William Gurnall
Congratulations! →
to now Mr. and Mrs. Ian and Roselle Lirazan of Campus Bible Fellowship-Bacolod City who just got married on Dec. 25, 2008.
Song: Great Mystery!
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Carl F. H. Henry →
I’m spending Christmas reading Carl Henry, which I believe is a most productive way to spend Christmas. My Christmas wish is that soon I’ll be able to get his God, Revelation and Authority set.
The Opening of the Evangelical Mind →
Here’s a taste:
John Seel: If you were speaking to a younger emerging evangelical scholar, what are the lessons that can be learned from the older generation of evangelical thinkers?
Timothy Shah: One is to really do your theological homework. Unfortunately, many younger evangelical scholars are very capable in their particular disciplines, but have a very superficial grounding in...
“Life isn’t fair. Life is hard. This is not a lesson we often teach our children....”
– John Seel
Sermon: He is Faithful
“Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”
– G.K. Chesterton
Gladwell.com →
I’ve just finished Gladwell’s Outliers - a book on sucess, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It’s one of the best expositions of Ecc. 9:11 that I’ve ever read: “Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them...
Digital Slime Molds →
This is where I learned about Tumblr.
Original Philippine Sermons and Songs →
This is my other blog where I post my sermons and songs. I plan to retire it, which means I’ll be concentrating on my tumblr blog.
Philippine Theo Law Gee →
This is where I post my legal and theological ruminations and other miscellaneous matters.
Hello
I have other blogs (viz., attycortes.blogspot.com and attycortes.wordpress.com) but I got the impression from something I read online that Tumblr is the future of blogging. So I’m giving it a try. If it works out I’ll probably be transferring for good.