12. The Cultural Gospel

The American regime is the most significant in the in Philippines. It was the time of bringing the evangelicals and Protestantism in the Philippines. The Spanish was no longer dominated in the country, and vanished in the country. The American regime has changes the Philippines, and the Law was establish in the Philippine. On the oter side, the religious of the Filipino was not change, but they still cling to the Roman Catholicism Spanish brought for 3 century. However, there are still evangelicals are established in the country.

There are good thing and bad thing in this age. The good thing is we are freed from the domination of the Spanish colony who manipulated for 3 century. Thanks be to the amirican who freed us from darkness. Another good thing was that, the evangelicals from the time of American regime until now is still working. However, the bad thing was that they are bring the American Jesus and we, the Filipino, has syncretized the belief of the America Jesus and the Filipino culture. The question is, where is the Biblical Jesus? From the time of Spanish regime until today, the the western thought is still alive, we are still dreaming if western living, as to say American dream. Another bad thing is that we are still humiliated by the American people. In the case of leadership,  we are discriminated as ignorant than them. We need to learn from them in order to know things very well. The discrimination does not change until today.

 For me, as my heart is convicted by the word of God. I have to live as Filipino and teach Filipino in their own way. I see that it is hard for some, or perhaps almost Filipino to do the western way of thinking. Western books, does not mean they are western can be effective in our eatern way of thinking. I have to do share the gospel by the way our thinking can grasp.