Publications
Our WISL instructors have published books that can help our students and the church congregation to grow and mature in their spiritual walk.
"The Faith Factor"
"The Bible says that “the just shall live by faith.” Yet too many professional religionists fail to cross over from mere intellectual ascent to a life of total surrender to God and his will. In his exposition of Hebrews 11, Miciano explores the tales of men and women in the Bible who have lived lives of exceptional faith. Each story compels us to rethink what we know about God’s ways and stretches our understanding of what it means to live according to what we believe. “The Faith Factor” offers fresh insight on how people today can enrich their spiritual lives by applying the timeless truths of Scripture to everyday life in the modern world.
Dr. Ed Miciano
Author
"Fooling Ourselves with Fig Leaves"
In his letter to the church in Galatia, the Apostle Paul addresses the inefficacy of religious tradition for salvation and reaffirms the completeness of Jesus Christ's redemptive work for our deliverance and righteousness. Fooling Ourselves with Fig Leaves is an attempt to take the message of the Galatian epistle and apply it to today's spiritual context. In it, the author takes us through a journey of discovery and insight as he exposes the deceptive nature of religion, and highlights efficacy of justification by grace through faith.
Dr. Ed Miciano
Author
"Empower Immigrants"
In his letter to the church in Galatia, the Apostle Paul addresses the inefficacy of religious tradition for salvation and reaffirms the completeness of Jesus Christ's redemptive work for our deliverance and righteousness. Fooling Ourselves with Fig Leaves is an attempt to take the message of the Galatian epistle and apply it to today's spiritual context. In it, the author takes us through a journey of discovery and insight as he exposes the deceptive nature of religion, and highlights efficacy of justification by grace through faith.
Dr. Ferdie Melendrez
Author
"My Country's Godly Heritage"
“My Country’s Godly Heritage narrates the captivating story of the discovery of the earliest traces of Christianity in Asia, in general and in the Philippines, in particular. It includes the original and innovative reconstruction of the development of Christianity in this land from the time of Nestorian and Manichaean missionaries when the first Indian and Chinese merchants settled in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao as early as the tenth century, followed by the Roman Catholic priests when the European colonizers conquered the land in the sixteenth century, and then the Protestant missionaries when the American forces invaded the entire archipelago and wrested sovereignty from the Spaniards.
Dr. Ferdie Melendrez
Author
"Quiet Waters (Reflections on the Twenty Third Psalm)"
Quiet Waters: Reflections on the Twenty-Third Psalm is a profound reflection on one of the greatest psalms in the Holy Scripture. It allows us to further understand an important metaphor used in the Bible, one that describes the kind of relationship that God desires to establish between Him and His children. If we are truly His children, God is our Good Shepherd, and we are His sheep. Quiet Waters contains bits and pieces from the story of David, the Psalms' human author, the second king of Israel, and called by God as "a man after His own heart."
Pastor Ramil Carmen
Author