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Our Officebearers
ZCRC Pasig officebearers with Rev. Iain Duguid at the 2016 ZCRC Anniversary Service. From left to right: Mr. Joseph Manzano, Mr. Albert C. Medina, Rev. Iain Duguid, Rev. Paulo K. Vasquez, Mr. Jerome Rosana and Mr. Ariel Crisostomo Pastor: Rev. Paulo K. Vasquez (Tokyo Christian University, B.A. Theological Studies, 2012; M.A. Theology Major In Christian Ministries, FEBIAS…
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“Quiet in the Church”
Scripture Readings: Judges 5:1-3 (text); 1 Timothy 2:8-14; Titus 2:1-5 July 17, 2016 (ZCRC Pasig & BSCC) • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Forty years ago, in 1976, the Episcopalian Church USA allowed homosexuals to become members of the church. Then in 2003, this denomination ordained an openly gay bishop. Six years…
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“There Arose Another Generation Who Did Not Know the LORD”
Scripture Readings: Judges 2:6-3:6 (text); Ephesians 6:1-4 June 12, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear congregation of Christ: This is a quote from a young professing Christian girl who turned into an atheist: If God was absolutely moral, because morality was absolute, and if the nature of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ surpassed space, time, and existence……
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How Pentecost Reversed Babel
Genesis 11 Acts 2 1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 5 Now there were…
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“Save yourself, and come down from the cross!”
A meditation on Good Friday Psalm 109:22-29 (text); Mark 15:25-32 March 25 2016 * Download this meditation (PDF) The Gospel accounts of the events on Good Friday tell of all the mocking and reviling that our Lord Jesus Christ suffered from the time he was taken to the high priest Caiaphas all the way…
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Jeremiah 29:11: Not for the Philippines, America or any other nation
Part 1 (“Choose this day”) • Part 2 (God loves you…”) • Part 3 (“… and has a wonderful plan”) Part 4 (The Savior is waiting”) • Part 5 (“If my people humble themselves”) Jeremiah 29:11—“For I know the plans I have for you… to give you a future and a hope.” After God redeemed Israel from…
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Stop twisting “All things are possible with God”!
Well-meaning evangelicals, when making grandiose plans for themselves or for their churches, will quote Jesus, saying, “With God, all things are possible.” This is common among televangelists. For instance, when prosperity gospeller Creflo “Creepy” Dollar asked his followers to donate $65 million for his private jet, he said, “If I want to believe God for a $65…
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The “Blind Date” in a Field of Dreams
Ruth 1:22-2:23; Psalm 91:1-2; Matthew 23:37 February 28, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved congregation of Christ: The 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of a Jewish family living in imperial Russia in the 1900s. He has two main issues: the edict of the Czar to edict all Jews…
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Stop Saying God Hates the Sin But Loves the Sinner!
It is true that God, who is perfectly holy and righteous, always hates sin. It is also true that God loves sinners, but only repentant sinners. However, this simplistic dichotomy between the sinner and his sin is false. Paul says that God is wrathful against all sin, “For the wrath of God is revealed…
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The Virgin Birth: an Essential of the Gospel of Christ
Many people who call themselves Christians do not believe in the essentials of the Gospel of the Christ. What is this gospel? Paul defines it for us: Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if…