Author Archives: pjtibayan

About pjtibayan

I love Jesus Christ and live to know him and make him known in all things together with CrossView Church primarily to the city of LA and the

Father’s Day Ebook Downloads

Posted on June 15, 2013

FREE! The Masculine Mandate by Richard Phillips FREE! Pastor Dad by Mark Driscoll FREE! What’s The Difference? Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible by John Piper For $2.51, What Every Man Wishes His Father Told Him by Byron Yawn For $4.99, The Shepherd … Continue reading →

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One of the Most Uncomfortable Encouragements I Received

Posted on June 14, 2013

When I was a pastor at Christian Fellowship Bible Church, I preached a sermon that I thought was very convicting and powerful. You can wrongly think that a lot when you’re a new preacher. Well, God humbled me. A dear … Continue reading →

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Confession: I’m not the Missionary to Los Angeles and Shatto Park I Thought I was

Posted on June 14, 2013

We’re reading on contextualization with some men at the church from Tim Keller’s book, Center Church (part 3). To accompany that reading I’m dipping into other resources on contextualization. As I listened to Zane Pratt’s workshop on contextualization in global missions, … Continue reading →

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Dating for God’s Glory: Some Principles for Wisdom (part 3 of 3)

Posted on June 13, 2013

My friend wrote a helpful blog post on dating that got my writing juices flowing. I haven’t written down most of my thoughts on dating and pursuing marriage. I have many lessons I’ve learned from others and from pastoring high school, … Continue reading →

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Dating for God’s Glory: Some Principles for Wisdom (part 2)

Posted on June 12, 2013

My friend wrote a helpful blog post on dating that got my writing juices flowing. I haven’t written down most of my thoughts on dating and pursuing marriage. I have many lessons I’ve learned from others and from pastoring high school, … Continue reading →

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Dating for God’s Glory: Some Principles for Wisdom

Posted on June 10, 2013

My friend wrote a helpful blog post on dating that got my writing juices flowing. I haven’t written down most of my thoughts on dating and pursuing marriage. I have many lessons I’ve learned from others and from pastoring high school, … Continue reading →

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Do You Want To Master the Biblical Languages?

Posted on June 6, 2013

From Jim Hamilton: Here’s some encouragement – it’ll only take 3 hours a day for about 7 years: In his amazing book, The Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell develops a challenge for us all.  To become an absolute master at any skill, … Continue reading →

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Contextualization in 9Marks’ Persepctive

Posted on May 27, 2013

5 Links: How Do We Contextualize Biblically? How can you tell the difference between legitimate contexualization and unbibilical compromise? Contextualization and Consistency Putting Contextualization in its place T4G panel discussion – Contextualization: Lost in Translation? (with a follow up blog post … Continue reading →

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An argument for baptizing children who profess faith?

Posted on May 20, 2013

In my bible reading this morning, God spoke these words from Deuteronomy 21: 18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, 19 his … Continue reading →

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30 Suggestions for Theological Students and Young Theologians

Posted on May 7, 2013

Reblogged from KINGDOMVIEW: In response to the question “what advice would you offer to theological students and young theologians as they face a lifetime of theological work?”, John Frame gives the following 30 (!) point answer: Consider that you might … Continue reading →

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