Pastor Lapiz's Teachings

An albularyo or herbulario is herbalist; using herbs for healing and wellness. A faith healer heals by spiritual/religious ritual or practice and may or may not use herbs. Magkaiba sila. Sometimes nagsasama yung dalawang disciplines sa isang practitioner kaya may nalilito.

Isa lang ang Bible whether “Catholic” or “Protestant.” “Version” does not mean magkakaiba ang content; it only means magkakaiba ang style ng pag-translate from Hebrews and Greek. Basing it on sources, all versions are generally the same Bible. Iba-iba lang ng time of translation from the Greek and Hebrew-based materials kaya may old-fashioned language at may contemporary. The so-called Catholic Bible is also a version. Kaya lang, Catholics are taught to read only one version. May “Protestants” din na one version lang ang gusto, like the King James Version. Catholics may read any version. Same with non-Catholics. Essentially, pareho lang ang laman. The more versions one reads, the more he expands his scholarship/knowledge.

Ranking lang yan na ina-assign o ina-award ng religious congregations ayon sa mga standards nila. May mga grupo na pag nakapasa ka sa specific standards nila, kung anu-ano man yun—ay bibigyan ka ng title na “Rev.” Ngayon, kung nagpapastor ka at hindi ka pasado sa standards nila o taga-ibang grupo ka na hindi nila nire-recognize o ino-honor, “Pastor” (lang) ang itatawag nila sa iyo—at least a description of what you do. O kaya kung talagang ayaw ka nilang i-honor pati na ang congregation na kinabibilangan o pinamumunuan mo, pero ayaw naman nilang magmukhang sobrang disrespectful, “Bro” ang itatawag nila sayo. Gawain yan ng mga religious, church o academic groups who think very highly of themselves and appropriate unto their self-appointed authority the “power” to give or deny such titles. Some humble leaders do not even want to be called by high-sounding titles; they even volunteer to “demote” themselves and ask to be called by less affected appellations. Those titles are ...

Any simple, inexpensive thoughtful thing na nagagamit nya. Kahit naman people seem to have everything, gusto at kailangan pa rin nila ng attention/affirmation/kindness/thoughtfulness ng iba.

Is it right to destroy one person dahil may isa siyang mali kahit na marami siyang tama? Yung Sodom nga hindi wawasakin kung mayroon lang na kaunting matuwid. Alang-alang sa tamang ginagawa, hindi dapat was akin ang kapwa dahil sa isang mali—at dapat suriin kung mali nga ba o akala lang ng iba ay mali. At pag winasak ang isang tao dahil sa isa nyang mali, walang matitirang tao; dapat wasakin lahat.

Maganda: People are stretched to maximize their potentials. Pangit: Perfection is unattainable. The leader becomes oppressive, the followers get exhausted. Nobody is satisfied and everyone gets frustrated because perfect goals are unmet. Hindi masaya. Laging may stress.

No. Your presence could be your gift. Close naman kayo eh. Mas mabuting dumalo kaysa absent.