On Behalf of our Children by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © As most of you know, my parents lived with us for quite a while after they retired. Mom lived to celebrate her 86th birthday and spent 15 of those 86 years with us. Dad walked this earth until the good old age of 92 (two months shy of 92 actually)

To Transform Our Lives, Our Families, Ourselves I believe one of the most effectual undertakings we can pursue on behalf of our families, both of our children and ourselves, is to persevere in prayer for them. As we continue in prayer we will observe the wonder of God’s intervention in our circumstances, and also we will experience the reality of

by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © In our last article we debunked the worldly notion that marriage is a 50/50 proposition, i.e., “I’ll fulfill my end of marital duties and promises when I see that my partner has fulfilled his/her half.” As we have seen, that 50/50 mentality leads to “suspicion, breeds selfishness, and will most certainly result in disappointment and

by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © The Marriage Relationship: The World’s Way vs. the Word’s Way As you know, the family is under intense attack throughout the world. Much of the fierce aggression we observe is directed specifically at the marriage relationship. If the enemy can weaken the bond between husband and wife, or if he can outright destroy it, he

Second of a two part series on parental discipleship by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © As we saw in our last article, the world through its values and culture and often through its laws and decrees attempts to  separate children from the leadership of their parents. Scary as it may sound, if the forces of secularism at work in our world

Our Lord Jesus commissioned us to make disciples (Matthew 28:19, 20), and there is no better place to start that great missionary endeavor than in our own homes among our most beloved humans (Deuteronomy 6:1-9)

by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © Divine orchestration directed the Lord to Calvary As we saw in our previous two Lighthouse articles, God’s sovereign will led our Lord Jesus to the cross. The Lord’s final Passover was not a heap of unplanned accidents that ended with Jesus tragically hanging on a Roman cross. Quite the opposite is true! God the Father

by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © In our previous Lighthouse article we saw that God, like a master conductor, orchestrated the unfolding of world events over hundreds of years to set the stage to reveal His Anointed One. God was completely in control of the big picture. The Father moved nations, kings, prophets, and history itself to introduce His Son the

by Marcelo A. Tolopilo © I want to dedicate the next three Lighthouse articles to exploring the Lord’s last Passover on this earth. Actually “exploring” is too ambitious a term because we don’t have the time to dig and excavate the depth and breadth of this marvelous topic. Let’s rather think of ourselves as textual archeologists working on a small

by Valorie L. Tolopilo © Introduction I have asked my dear wife to contribute the opening article. She penned a short tribute to my dad (Anthony Tolopilo) who passed away eight and a half years ago. I (Marcelo) will never forget a few days before the Lord called my father home. He woke up with a deep impression that the