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My Favorite TV Show
The Guardian on AXN. The protagonist is a corporate lawyer who does pro bono work. Here in Bacolod it airs early evenings on Tuesdays.
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Merton and Why I Don’t Believe in Success
I first encountered Thomas Merton (the famous Trappist monk and author of The Seven Storey Mountain) when I was a college freshman. That was a long time ago. I remember browsing over the books in the college library when I chanced upon a small volume whose exact title now escapes me. I believe it was […]
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Drucker and Why I am Not a Positive Thinker
I intend in this article to discharge a debt of gratitude which I owe to a favorite author of mine, namely Peter Drucker, the world-famous dean of management gurus who died recently. Everyone, I guess, has his or her favorite authors. My late father’s favorite author was Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of […]
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New Blog
I have a new blog which will focus only on my songs and sermons. It’s named Original Philippine Sermons and Songs. Click here.
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Now you see me …
… now you don’t. This blog has been semi-abandoned, and I guess that’s not surprising. I recently read somewhere that millions of blogs have been abandoned by their owners simply because it takes so much effort and energy to consistently maintain a blog. Anyway, I’m reappearing for now (and I don’t know for how long) […]
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Attention-Deficit Age
In my previous post I mentioned Carl Trueman’s observation that the Internet is problematic in that it feeds narcissism, especially on the part of bloggers who post their thoughts on cyberspace without a shred of inhibition. Al Mohler points to another problem: it produces a shorter attention span than that produced by TV. Read his […]
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Narcissistic Blogging
I felt convicted by what Carl Trueman said in an interview here. He distinguishes between the desire to teach and the desire to be a teacher. What is wrong with the latter is that it may be motivated by pride, i.e., the desire to be somebody. And, in relation to this, he talks about the […]
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Back to Blogging
Now that the elections are over so are my election duties. That means it’s back to blogging! So many things have happened in the world of theology: Beckwith’s return to Rome, Falwell’s death (many years ago I had a chance to study at Liberty College but my parents decided against it), etc. I can’t blog […]