JERRY'S GRILL
Jerry’s Grill: Being True
By Ptr. Jerry Balbuena
‘Religulous’. No, you won’t find this word in your dictionaries but it does exist. It is a coined combination of the words religious and ridiculous and it is the title of the movie documentary released by comedian and talk show host Bill Maher. Christian broadcaster Chuck Colson responded to […]
Jerry’s Grill: Why Bother Reaching out To Students?
In the 26 years that Ptr. Jerry has been in full time ministry, prior to the last 3 years as ICS’ Senior Pastor, 5 were with the National Youth Department of PGC-AG. Overlapping these were the seven years he was Director of Book of Hope - Philippines, 2 years with Asia Pacific Campus Challenge […]
Jerry’s Grill: Expectation vs. Expectancy
A Sunday School teacher told her seven year olds about becoming Christians. Then she handed out pencils and slips of paper and invited the children, if they were ready to trust Jesus, to write, “I accept Jesus.” Many children did so. But one little boy got the wording muddled. Instead of writing, “I accept Jesus,” […]
Jerry’s Grill: Palm Tree Christians
In the next four weeks in August, we will be talking about the four best places to live. Have you ever asked the question, “Where is the best place to live?”
Every year, the UN asks this question about countries, and every year they release their recommendations in the Human Development Report. Canada topped the […]
Jerry’s Grill: The Rest of the Story
Up until this time, some are still wondering what the appropriate title for the Book of Acts should be. It is generally called “Acts of the Apostles”. But, looking at the contents of the book it would be well described as the “Acts of Peter and Paul,” the former occupying a prominent place in […]
Jerry’s Grill: Excelling in the Basics
Mastering the Christian life is like mastering other things: it’s a matter of doing the basics again and again and again.
Do you know what the difference between a growing Christian and a baby is? Even though the baby outgrows its need for pure milk, the believer never does. There are some basic elements of spiritual […]
Jerry’s Grill: Shakin’ in the House
During my Bible college years, I was crazy for rock music. “Man, if you’re not rockin’ you ain’t good for nothin’…” The band Petra was on top on my list because they had a strong biblical foundation. More so, their music really rocks. “God Gave Rock n’ Roll to You”, “All over […]
Jerry’s Grill: The Replacements
The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle recorded by all four Gospel writers . This makes this event quite significant.
There are many things that could be observed and said about this amazing feat. However, for our purposes, it is worth noting that when our Lord performed the incredible and […]
Jerry’s Grill: In times like these.
Some of us may have not totally shaken off the holiday spirit yet and in just a few weeks, the first quarter of 2008 will already be history. This quarter may be remembered with only a few things. On top of the list are the exposes and scandals that smeared even the highest office of […]
Jerry’s Grill : Watch Our Heart-Fires
One of the very noticeable things in the Book of Revelations are the seven messages to the seven historical churches, which also served as indicators of the state of the Church, both then and now. The messages are punctuated with repeated warnings that say, “Let him who has ears to hear what the Spirit is […]
