MANILA, Philippines - Although his main work is in preaching the Gospel from the pulpit, a homegrown Filipino religious preacher was able to bring international honors for the Filipinos in the websphere.
Bro. Eliseo Soriano (photo)developed a blog that assisted his work in expounding on Biblical truths and had reaped many readers far and wide, asking diverse questions on salvation and beyond.
The blog of the host of the religious program Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path) was adjudged as the Most Educational to Follow in the recent Third Annual Open Web Awards (OWA) of Mashable.
Mashable reported that there were some 440,000 nominations with over 70,000 nominees. It also stated that they acquired 780,000 final votes. Out of 70,000 nominees, only 50 winners emerged. Bro. Eli’s blog was chosen the best contender and defeated the four contenders in the Most Educational to Follow category.
The official blog of Soriano now bears the OWA winner’s badge along with the congratulatory remarks of the Mashable’s CEO, Pete Cashmore.
Bro. Eli’s blog, esoriano.wordpress.com., contains in-depth analysis, and studies of certain topics that are featured for discussion. Its uniqueness is the explanation of the blogger in the Biblical and spiritual perspective Soriano is best known for.