Archive for August, 2009
Non-Negotiable
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives on August 21st, 2009
Yesterday (Aug. 20) we had our monthly Every Nation Campus Ministries Metro Manila staff meeting at the Victory Fort.
And Pastor Gilbert came to exhort campus missionaries about going back to the fundamentals—that is, maintaining the fire, the passion and the hunger and thirst for God’s presence.
Truth is, we all (campus missionaries/ pastors) have the tendency [...]
China’s Basketball Loss Should Rouse Us From Slumber
Any avid Asian basketball follower would be surprised to see how China’s national basketball team got cut down to bits and pieces following its humiliating 52-70 defeat over rising Iran recently in the 2009 FIBA-Asia Men’s basketball championships right before a shocked Chinese crowd in Tianjin, China.
I missed watching the gold medal game, but from [...]
History Today: Japan Surrenders, Ends World War II
Posted by Rich in Educational on August 15th, 2009
August 15, 1945. Exactly today, Japan, through Emperor Hirohito’s nationwide announcement via radio, declared its surrender to the Allied Forces, marking the official ending of World War II.
Japan was the last country among the Axis Powers (that included Italy and Germany) to surrender. The Japanese’s formal surrender took place in a on board the battleship [...]
Petroglyphs: The Philippines’ Well-Preserved Treasure
Posted by Rich in Educational on August 15th, 2009
The Angono Petroglyphs is one of the world’s well-preserved caves. It contained the original hand-carved writings of ancient Filipinos who lived and walked in Angono, Rizal some 3,000 years ago according to archeologists.
From what Ava and I observed when we went there last July 31 (2009), the natives already have their way of communicating with [...]
What We Have In Common With Billy Graham
Posted by Rich in Changed Lives on August 13th, 2009
I just finished reading the first chapter on the book The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham, and I find it “thought-provoking”.
As I read through the first chapter, co-authors Harold Myra and Marshall Shelley recounted the humble beginnings of Billy Graham and how his personal encounter with God triggered a “spiritual revolution” from within him.
Prior to [...]