One essence, three persons? Not so illogical afterall
One essence, three persons: is the Trinity really a contradiction? This post begins with Scripture, tracing the biblical and original-language foundations of Trinitarian doctrine, before turning to...
View ArticleThe Hague Is Not The Way, Part 4: Power Politics and the ICC’s dirty secret
Suppose we grant the ICC every legal point it claims for itself. Harder questions remain. Is it a neutral referee standing above politics, or a political actor with interests of its own? Why did its...
View ArticleOSAS: A Doctrine Diluted
Is “Once Saved, Always Saved” the full biblical doctrine of eternal security or only a diluted version of it? This article argues that OSAS affirms an important truth but often leaves out the equally...
View ArticleMystery or Missing Ground?
What began as a friendly Facebook exchange with a fellow believer developed into a broader theological and philosophical discussion of Molinism, Reformed concurrence, divine providence, and human...
View ArticleMaletas, Marines and the Measure of Truth
Are the 18 ex-Marines telling the truth, lying, or somewhere in between?Are the 18 ex-Marines telling the truth, lying, or somewhere in between? Before you decide, read this. This post breaks down the...
View ArticleInspired Text, Unscriptural Stricture
Is a pastor qualified to declare who is and isn't saved, including men who lived four centuries ago?Is your pastor qualified to declare who is and isn't saved, including men who lived four centuries...
View ArticleQuorum, Power, and the Bending of the Law, Part 2: The Doctrine, the...
In Part 1, we looked at what happened when twelve senators reorganized the Senate on June 3, 2026. In Part 2, we ask a different question: Did they actually have the legal authority to do it? The...
View ArticleQuorum, Power, and the Bending of the Law, Part 1: The Session, the Senators,...
On the afternoon of June 3, 2026, twelve senators reorganized the entire Philippine Senate without the other twelve. They invoked a 1949 Supreme Court case to justify it. This is Part 1 of a two-part...
View ArticleThe Hague Is Not The Way, Part 3: Sovereignty
The Philippines has its own Constitution, its own courts, and its own laws that cover exactly the kind of crimes being talked about in the Dela Rosa case. So why is a Filipino senator being taken to a...
View ArticleServing, Not Selling: What Christian Marketing Really Looks Like
What does it look like when Christianity and marketing are truly integrated? In this post, I share what I learned from three assigned readings in my MBA program at Asian Theological Seminary, a unique...
View ArticleToo Heavenly Minded, Too Earthly Useless – Why the Church Must Respond to the...
The importance of a theological and prophetic reckoning with the ICC, Bato Dela Rosa’s Arrest, Impeachment, Corruption, Flood control scandal and other Burning Questions a Sleeping Church Refuses to...
View ArticleThe Hague Is Not The Way, Part 2: The Legal Maze
Did the ICC even have the legal authority to issue a warrant against Bato Dela Rosa in the first place? The government moved to arrest him. The media called it justice. But that question, the most...
View ArticleThe Hague Is Not The Way, Part 1: The Case, the Court, and the Question...
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa. Everyone has an opinion. Very few have a framework. Before we debate guilt or innocence, we need to ask the question nobody is...
View ArticlePragmatism, Peace and the Presidency: Why VP Sara Duterete should resign
With GDP growth at a five-year low, OFW remittances threatened by the US-Iran conflict, and the Senate lurching through its second leadership change in months, the Philippines cannot afford its current...
View ArticleWhen ‘The Prenup’ Stops Being Romantic Comedy
The controversy surrounding a celebrity prenup has reignited a question Philippine law actually has an answer to. Can a prenup dictate where you live, how you speak to your spouse, or who gets your...
View ArticleThe Sotto Gambit Meets Reality: What Yesterday’s Senate Leadership Change...
Five days ago, the Sotto Gambit launched: a political theory months in the making, published as a seven-part blog series with a full accompanying policy paper. Plan A proposed a constitutional reset...
View ArticleThe Sotto Gambit, Part 2: Why 2028 is already too late
The standard political response to the Duterte threat is to field a better candidate and win in 2028. The Sotto Gambit challenges that instinct directly. The Duterte political machine is optimized for...
View ArticleThe Sotto Gambit, Part 1: A Theory for Saving the Republic
The Philippines faces surging inflation, an economy stagnating below its own targets, and leaders consumed by political warfare instead of governance. Yet the 2028 election under existing rules will...
View ArticleManuscripts, Misinformation, and the Myth of the “1,800-Year Bible”
I scrolled past a confident-sounding Facebook post the other day. It claimed Christians read the Byzantine text for 1,800 years, until Westcott and Hort arrived and “fixed” it. It sounded neat and...
View ArticleMyths, Muscles and Mactan: The Lapu-Lapu We Keep Inventing
Did Lapu-Lapu really have six-pack abs? On the eve of Kadaugan sa Mactan, a Facebook casting call asked Filipinos exactly that. The primary sources tell a very different story — and why getting it...
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