Secretes of a Happy Family - Inspirational Talk by Pastor Ed Lapiz

Описание: PASTOR ED LAPIZ(Head Pastor/Founder)

Pastor Ed Lapiz founded and heads the Day By Day Christian Ministries, an evangelical congregation with churches and missions in the Philippines, Japan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Canada and the USA. His radio programs are heard daily over regional and national stations, at times broadcast over most of Asia, Africa and North America.

His television appearances, both in the Christian and non-religious programs minister to audiences in the Philippines and abroad.His interests and advocacies include the development of Filipino nationalism, preservation of cultural heritage, Filipinization of Christian church liturgy, the redemption of the arts for use in Christian worship and ministries, the protection and restoration of the environment and the decolonization of Christianity. Aside from being a faculty member of the Institute for Culture and Arts Management of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Pastor Ed also lectures the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), Department of Science and Technologgy, Department of Tourism, Command and General Staff College of the Philippine Army and many more NGO's, artistic, civic and religious organizations.

It is common to wonder about the role of sermons in the lives of everyday Christians. Why do pastors spend so much time preparing a weekly sermon? Wouldn’t it be better if he spent more time in meetings with teams of leaders, counseling the hurting, building relationships with visitors, or discipling young believers? Of course, those are all key aspects of pastoral ministry. However, every Christian should recognize the role of preaching in their lives. Further, they should devote themselves to listening to biblical preaching. Even though we live in an age with multimillion-dollar action movies and TED talks, the weekly sermon in a local church is key to the spiritual growth of everyday Christians. Ordinary believers need to understand the Sunday sermon is grounded in a deep theology of the Word of God. Further, listening to sermons is essential for our spiritual growth. The church also needs a revival in our understanding of preaching as an avenue of grace. Spiritual maturity is linked to our ability to soak up a faithful sermon. Finally, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the role of the sermon in our corporate worship as a needed reminder of the gospel.

2 Timothy 3:16 teaches, “All Scripture is breathed out by God.” This phrase means God’s Word comes from inside of him. This truth is the ground for the biblical doctrine of inerrancy. The New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833) is the origin of the Baptist Faith and Message 1925, 1963, and 2000. All four statements explain the Bible is truth “without any mixture of error.” The reason his Word cannot be mixed with any untruth is that only truth is found inside God. The Bible, therefore, is truth.

2 Timothy 3:16 builds on inerrancy to explain that because Scripture is from inside God and truthful it is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” As truth “without any mixture of error” the Bible is useful. Specifically, the Bible is beneficial for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. God provides His Word for us to learn doctrine. We need to know it theoretically in order to apply it practically. Interpretation leads to application. His Word is how God chooses to convict. We perceive our sin as sin through Scripture convicting us. Therefore, the Bible makes straight what was crooked. It shows us the way we should go. As a result, it trains, educates, and disciplines us to live according to God’s way. The pathway to righteousness is through the Bible. The end result is that the Bible equips us “for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:17).


Definitions of preaching abound. Sadly, due to so much unfaithful preaching, definitions have to be refined. Both a technical definition for expository preaching is needed as well as a simpler more straight-forward one. First, expository preaching consists of a Christian preacher uncovering an author’s intended meaning of a section of the Bible by means of the historical, grammatical, literal (consistent with the genre of the passage) exegesis as well as enlightenment by the Holy Spirit; then structuring a sermon not only built around the central idea of the text but also the structure and thought of the text; then placing the passage within the metanarrative of redemptive history; then interpreting a universal principle which he first applies to himself; and concluding by applying the Scripture through the power of the Holy Spirit to his audience. That was a mouthful! However, notice the definition includes five key components: exegesis, central idea and structure, metanarrative, universal principle, and application.