The Christian Think Tank PH, Mandaluyong (2026)

The Christian Think Tank PH is committed to obeying Jesus' command to "love God with all of our minds." Our goal is to infuse within the Church a deep love for philosophy, theology, science, and biblical studies. We aim to:

(1) Equip the Mind
(2) Engage the Intellect

We desire to produce content that causes the Church to deeply reflect on the more difficult questions of life. Since all truth bel

ongs to God, our goal is to search for that truth in the fundamental questions of reality. There are a number of ways that we accomplish this goal:

(1) Producing original content (videos, livestreams, and written works)
(2) Hosting lectures and Q&A from top Christian scholars (free for all via zoom!)
(3) Engaging in charitable dialogue in comments and messages
(4) Teaching online classes on logic, philosophy, theology, and biblical studies

It is time that we reclaim the Christian mind and return to the Church her rightful place as the Queen of Philosophical Thought and the King of Scientific Advancement.

10/08/2026

If you found out that your pastor’s sermon was AI-generated, how would you react?

02/07/2026

Wild.

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12/05/2026

WE MADE INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Hallelu... wait a minute.

Is this really what we want our country known for? What in the world is going on?

**For those of you don't know: this page was started by Filipinos and is primarily hosted in the Philippines. So, when things happen on our soil like this, we will comment on them. Feel free to engage if you are not Filipino!

The situation in our government (not just concerning Bato and the "outrunning") is shameful, especially for a "Christian" country.

Christ may be on our lips, but clearly Christ has not penetrated our hearts.

What is the church doing wrong?
What does the church need to do?
What are Christians missing?

How can the church *righteously* engage the political sphere such that we see genuine transformation in our country?

Many of our evangelical churches have "tried" to do this, but it does not seem that most of those efforts are succeeding...

Are we missing something?

1 Timothy 2:1-4 tells us to pray for those in power and authority... *for the purpose of the salvation of the world*.

Besides prayer, what else should we be doing?

We need answers, and we need them now.

Keep Thinking!

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04/05/2026

Discipleship is slowly becoming more about policing tone than proclaiming truth.

And it is killing our sanctification.

Now, let me be clear: your tone is important. The way you say things matters. It should be worked on.

But tone does not change truth.

And tone does not change whether you should receive the truth, believe the truth, and act on the truth.

Discipleship should be about training disciples how to receive, believe, and act on the truth regardless of how that truth is delivered.

Sometimes God delivers truth gently (Luke 5:31).
Sometimes God delivers truth strongly (Mark 14:30).
Sometimes God delivers truth harshly (Matthew 23:33).

But here's the problem: what appears "gentle" to one person may appear "harsh" to another. What appears "harsh" to one person may appear "gentle" to another.

If we are training disciples to only receive, believe, and act on truth when it is "delivered with the proper tone," we are making the truth about their personal preferences rather than objective reality.

If a murderer harshly commands you not to murder, you should receive that, believe that, and act on that.

It doesn't matter she is a murderer.
It doesn't matter she said it harshly.
It doesn't matter she acts hypocritically.

What she said is true, and therefore you should receive it.

Your responsibility is to receive the truth, their responsibility is to work on their tone (which is a character issue God is working out through a long-term process).

Rejecting the truth because of the tone of the truth-teller is like knowing the truth about Christ and rejecting it because the hypocrisy of Christians.

It may explain why you did it, but it does not justify that you did it.

The tone of others matters, but our primary task in discipleship is to help people receive, believe, and act on proclaimed truth... not police the tone of the truth-teller. So...

Work on your tone.
Proclaim the truth.
Receive the truth.

Keep Thinking!

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27/04/2026

DARVO AMONG CHRISTIANS

Gossip increases when truth increases.

There is a correlation between people being confronted with the truth, and then people gossiping about the person that confronted them with the truth.

Why is this?

People get offended when the truth exposes them.

That's because they would rather appear great, even if it's false, than appear low, even if it's true.

It's fundamentally insecurity, which can prevent maturity.

The person presenting the truth is always called "offensive."

Yes, they are offensive.

They offended your insecurity.
They offended your deception.
The offended your falsehoods.

The house of cards you've presented as a mansion has fallen, and now you are naked and ashamed.

When you're walking in the darkness of deception, the light of the truth enrages you.

How do you solve this rage?

By tearing down the one who exposed the truth through gossip, devaluing their character so you can convince others not to listen.

When your reputation matters more than God's glorification, you will exchange truth for lies, so long as it makes you look better.

This is what psychologists call DARVO - Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim/Offender:

Deny (you were the problem)
Attack ("you are offensive")
Reverse Victim and Offender ("the real problem is your tone to me, not what I did and got caught for")

People will "admit they were wrong" in front of the right people while simultaneously becoming furious you caught them and reversing the narrative.

The Pharisees did this to Jesus in John 8:45-59, and unfortunately our insecurity can lead us Christians to do it to one another.

DARVO hurts Christians.
DARVO hurts the church.
DARVO hurts non-Christians.

If you are confronted with the truth, it may be offensive. Their tone may even be offensive. *But do not reverse the narrative*. You were caught, and the truth was proclaimed. *That* is the focus of what happened.

Do not deny.
Do not attack.
Do not reverse victim.
Do not reverse offender.

If we're wrong, *then we're wrong*. We will deal with the other issues surrounding the exposing of our wrongness at another time.

The truth hurts because the truth transforms.

Don't stop its power because it is painful.

Keep Thinking!

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26/04/2026

INTIMACY OR MINISTRY?

Is it true that we shouldn't allow ministry to replace intimacy?

Well, yes, but...
..we shouldn't allow intimacy to replace ministry either.

Why?

Because both are biblical commands that we are called to obey.

Mark 12:30 gives us the command to intimacy.
Mark 12:31 gives us the command to ministry.

I know pithy sayings like these feel right and feel good, but they can be very dangerous... because they present to us that one should be valued above the other.

But if both are biblical commands, then valuing one over the other is choosing to disobey one and obey the other.

If we stop doing ministry for intimacy, we are intentionally disobeying doing ministry.

If we stop pursuing intimacy for ministry, we are intentionally disobeying pursuing intimacy.

Both are God's commands.
Both are acts of obedience.
Both are of equal value.

There may be times where we do one more than the other to rebalance our spiritual lives, but we can't intentionally say "No!" to God's commands because one feels better than the other.

Instead of thinking in terms of "replacing" one with the other, we should think in terms of balancing our spiritual lives.

Is your intimacy with God lacking because you're overwhelmed with ministry?

Don't stop doing ministry, but scale up your intimacy by balancing your time, spending more of it on pursuing intimacy (for a season).

Is your ministry to others lacking because you're comfortable with your intimacy?

Don't stop pursuing intimacy, but scale up your ministry by balancing your time, spending more of it on ministry (for a season).

So, don't let either replace either. It is both/and, not either/or.

May we never be guilty of implying one of God's commands is more valuable than another!

Obey God in intimacy AND ministry.

Then rebalance as necessary through repentance.

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