Authors: Isabelo F. Magalit, Russell Stapleton, Joanna Feliciano-Soberano, Melchor Go, Amanda Shao Tan, Adonis Gorospe, George Capaque, Lorenzo Bautista, Derek Newton
Keywords: God’s Word for Today, Sermons, Who or What is the God of Your Life, Wakeful Watchman, As Jars of Clay, Boast of Our Weaknesses, Spiritual Warfare, The Cup, Church and State Today, Repopulating the Church, Prescriptions for a Dying Church, Declaring Blessedness, Beatitudes, Spirituality for Missions, Dare to Disciple, Christ’s Great Commission, Idolatry, Greed, Power, Pleasure, Protection, Slipping, Moral Slip, Suffering, Disaster, Judgment, Discipline, Testing, Perseverance, Character, Hope, Holy Spirit, Dualism, Dualistic Thinking, Sin, Healing, Love, Transformation, Integrity, Church, State, Authority, Government, Rebellion, EDSA Revolution, Christian Leadership, Empty Pew, Divine Warrior, Phronesis, Practical Wisdom, Kingdom Values, Family, Community, Societal Institutions, Nation, Leadership
Description: This issue is a collection of sermons focused on theological application. Magalit addresses idolatry by asking “Who, or What is the God of Your Life?” and discusses the relationship between Church and State and Christian political responsibility. Feliciano-Soberano teaches spiritual strength through boasting in weakness (Jars of Clay). Stapleton and Go address God’s protection (Wakeful Watchman) and spiritual warfare against cosmic powers. Tan uses “The Cup” metaphor to discuss suffering. Gorospe addresses church health by focusing on active membership (“Repopulating the Church”), while Capaque offers “Prescriptions for a Dying Church”.
- Who, or What is the God of Your Life? – Isabelo F. Magalit
- The Wakeful Watchman – Russell Stapleton
- As Jars of Clay, We Rather Boast of Our Weaknesses – Joanna Feliciano-Soberano
- Spiritual Warfare – Melchor Go
- The Cup – Amanda Shao Tan
- Church and State Today – Isabelo F. Magalit
- Repopulating the Church – Adonis Gorospe
- Prescriptions for a Dying Church – George Capaque
- Declaring Blessedness: The Beatitudes as a Spirituality for Missions – Lorenzo Bautista
- Dare to Disciple—Christ’s Great Commission – Derek Newton
Insights from PHRONESIS Volume 7, No. 2 (2000)
- “Greed or covetousness, is idolatry!” -Isabelo F. Magalit
- “Even along the path we do not wish to follow, and especially along this path, we are protected closely by God himself.” -Russell Stapleton
- “God has chosen the foolish things of this world to shame the wise, the weak in this world to shame the strong; and the low and despised in this world to shame the
- “who is who.” -Joanna Feliciano-Soberano
- “The final victory will come when Christ is revealed from heaven at the end of the age… In the meantime, the Enemy will attack Christians through deceit and treachery in order to surrender… a portion of the ground already given them by Christ.” -Melchor Go
- “The cup, in its unpleasant aspects, is full of the four human emotions: sorrow, loneliness, wrath, and death.” -Amanda Shao Tan
- “Rulers are given authority for a purpose. Governing authorities exist in order to promote good and restrain evil.” -Isabelo F. Magalit
- “The life of any church is in its members and the life of each member is in his or her church. When the members of a church cease to become involved in the activities of their church, then the church dies.” -Adonis Gorospe
- “A church that does not respond to change because it has become so used and comfortable with the familiar and traditional will eventually die and not grow.” -George Capaque
- “The blessings we declare is also our faith, unless we deal in false hope.” -Lorenzo Bautista
- “The challenge of ministry sometimes threatens to overwhelm us and we feel downhearted.” -Derek Newton