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Inspired Text, Unscriptural Stricture

Zigfred Diaz — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:59:05 +0000

A Critical Assessment of Pastor Bienvenido Abante Jr.’s Statements on the King James Version, the Translation of Ekklesia as “Church,” and Baptist Exclusivism A Transdisciplinary Analysis Integrating Biblical Studies, Historical Linguistics, Translation Theory, Church History, and Kuyperian Public Theology through a Kuyperian Integrative Framework This is the plain-language, accessible version of a longer scholarly paper. […]

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Quorum, Power, and the Bending of the Law, Part 2: The Doctrine, the Distortion, and the Deal Behind the Drama.

Zigfred Diaz — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:32:04 +0000

In Part 1, we looked at what happened when twelve senators reorganized the Senate on June 3, 2026. In Part 2, we ask a different question: Did they actually have the legal authority to do it? The senators relied on a 1949 Supreme Court case called Avelino v. Cuenco, but does that case still apply under the 1987 Constitution? This post explains the controversy in plain language, examines a legal argument that many commentators missed, and explores why some believe the real battle was not about impeachment at all, but about control of a major corruption investigation. Beyond constitutional law, we also examine the issue through the lenses of political science, political economy, sociology, philosophy, comparative jurisprudence, and Reformed theology. Each lens helps answer a different question: How do political actors manipulate institutions? What incentives drive their decisions? How is public perception shaped? Does the precedent really fit the facts? And was the Senate being used for its proper purpose? By bringing these perspectives together, we gain a fuller picture of what may have happened on June 3 than constitutional law alone can provide. The complete scholarly paper is available for download at the end of this post. If the Constitution says one thing and politicians say another, who should we believe? And if the rules can be interpreted differently depending on who benefits, what does that mean for ordinary Filipinos?

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Quorum, Power, and the Bending of the Law, Part 1: The Session, the Senators, and the Teleserye They All Scripted

Zigfred Diaz — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:20:22 +0000

On the afternoon of June 3, 2026, twelve senators reorganized the entire Philippine Senate without the other twelve. They invoked a 1949 Supreme Court case to justify it. This is Part 1 of a two-part series analyzing the crisis from multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, crossdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives spanning constitutional law, political science, public choice economics, sociology, philosophy, and Reformed theology. This post covers the full story, the players, the legal argument, and what the flood control corruption have to do with it all. The complete scholarly paper is available for download at the end of this post. If the law can be bent by twelve senators for obvious reasons that has something to do with their self interest, what guarantee do ordinary Filipinos have that it will not be bent again tomorrow?

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The Hague Is Not The Way, Part 3: Sovereignty

Zigfred Diaz — Sat, 30 May 2026 04:09:13 +0000

The Philippines has its own Constitution, its own courts, and its own laws that cover exactly the kind of crimes being talked about in the Dela Rosa case. So why is a Filipino senator being taken to a court in the Hague Netherlands? This post breaks it down in plain language: what the Philippine Constitution actually says about outside courts having power over Filipino citizens, why the ICC was never supposed to be the first stop for justice, how the collapse of the Marcos and Duterte alliance changed the political picture entirely, and why the law most people think proves the ICC's case actually does the opposite. No legal background needed. And if you want the full deep dive with complete legal citations and academic analysis, the FULL scholarly paper that is the basis for the entire seven part blogpost is available for download at the end of this post.

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Serving, Not Selling: What Christian Marketing Really Looks Like

Zigfred Diaz — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:47:19 +0000

What does it look like when Christianity and marketing are truly integrated? In this post, I share what I learned from three assigned readings in my MBA program at Asian Theological Seminary, a unique program that merges Christian faith with business education, covering how strategic planning and branding shape a distinctly Christian approach to marketing, and how these readings have helped shaped my thinking, synthesizing them into a unified Christian framework that bridges faith and marketing practice.

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