Philippine Law and legal issues as it relates to Christianity, Christians and Christian living
You must be wondering at my silence these past two weeks. There are reasons for that. One, I received notice that a case I had been fighting for, a case I thought I should win because justice and the law was on my side, that case was decided against my favor. I had a period… Continue reading Wondering at the silence
When I was a child there were two words that were unbearable: “NO†and “WAIT.â€Â I have a natural bias against waiting. So when I read in the Scriptures that we are to “wait on the LORD.â€Â I get nervous. I know I cannot comply with the command. In the first place, what did it… Continue reading Waiting for God, Waiting on God
When a Chief Justice proclaims that her appointment is “God’s will,†is she being arrogant and delusional? That was how Chief Justice Sereno was characterized in the press after she said that her appointment to the Supreme Court was God’s will. All over the internet  there were vociferous objections. The objections to her speech centered… Continue reading What is the problem with God’s will?
On August 13, 2012, Sen. Tito Sotto gave a privileged speech on why he is against the passage of the RH Bill. He cited a personal experience on how taking contraceptives prior to pregnancy caused his wife to lose the child they had conceived after discontinuing the use of contraceptive pills. It would have been… Continue reading Walang Patol: how Sen. Sotto lost his credibility without trying
When the RH Bill was taken from the archives and once more put on the calendar of Congress for deliberation, I distinctly remember how a group of Bible Baptists went on television and shared a stage at the Luneta with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to voice their opposition to the RH Bill.… Continue reading Is contraception the same as abortion? More on the RH Bill