I’ve had this body of mine for 43 years. That’s a long time to have something with you the whole time. I don’t have anything else I’ve kept nearly as long. But like all things, it is slowly breaking down. My hairs have fallen out, and the hairs that didn’t are turning gray. Some of […]
The gospel is more relevant to me now than ever before, and I’ve been a Christian for 25 years. I truly love the gospel. There really is nothing in the world like it. It has the power to refresh, transform, and resurrect a dead soul! In the beginning of this week, I was feeling dead tired. […]
I like going to weddings. You get to dress up, participate in a beautiful ceremony, good music, good food, and good company, etc. What’s not to like? It is filled with love, joy, and hope all around from the ones who are there for one purpose – to bless the couple getting married. I […]
Sometimes God allows certain debilitating sin or an embarrassing circumstance in our lives to keep us hanging onto Him. This is what God did with Paul in 2 Cor. 12:7. God knew that Paul might become conceited because of his talents and gifts, and therefore to keep him in check, gave him a “thorn in […]
We demand an answer from God for our suffering. But the best God gives is not the answer but His presence. The resolution to Job’s ordeal is very interesting. It dawned on me for the first time what God was really doing with Job. Job, for 37 chapters, basically had been asking God why these […]
I’ve been following the news of the South Korean ferry that sank on Korean news channels. Death toll is now at 212 and expected to reach 302 – 90 are still missing, buried under the sea… What makes it all the more heartbreaking is that most were 16, 17 year olds. The parents of these […]
Some of the most significant events in history were unnoticed by the masses while they were happening. Lesson? Something very significant could be brewing right where you are and you not notice it! The death of Jesus was such an event. Yes, we know that that single carpenter’s life and death made more difference in […]
It is hard to love people. Especially, people who are not like you and are strangers to you…. Have you gone to a public place and ever just observed people and what they are doing? And thoughts like, “How can they be like that?”, “Why would anyone wear that?”, or “How can they treat their […]
What evidence is there in your life that you are a child of God? What have you done differently specifically because your faith is in God that you would not otherwise have done? When the rich young ruler in Luke 18 asks Jesus what he has to do to gain eternal life, Jesus doesn’t tell […]
2 Corinthians 5:4-For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life The paradox of being a Chrisian is never felt more than when we walk in hardship. The desire […]