What if we are judged in the end not by God’s standard but by our own standard? What if there was a hidden recorder that recorded everything we have ever said about others (gossips, putdowns, compliments), and we ourselves were judged by THAT standard? Ever made fun of somebody’s intelligence? – “He’s so dumb!”, “Why […]
Christians are those for whom God is the engine of their lives. What drives them, what motivates them, what makes them different must be God who lives in them. “You are the light of the world… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your […]
What is the relationship between the Christian and keeping the commandments of the Bible? For example, are we required to belong to a church? Are we required to tithe? Are we required to marry only other Christians? Are we required to stay pure sexually until marriage? Or since we are free in Christ, we shouldn’t […]
There is a difference between being happy in obeying Christ versus obeying Christ so that we will be happy later. For the former, our obeying Christ itself gives us delight. The latter, we obey Christ hoping that one day it will lead to our happiness. Which is biblical? Both. But which reflects our experience more […]
You and I are living in Sodom where homosexuality and demon possessions are rampant. If you have children, you are raising them in Sodom. Another mass shooting and another debate over gun control…. That is a cop out. It doesn’t address the deeper issue. It is not mental illness. Mentally ill people do not go […]
John 18:1-2- When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. One of the (many) things that I had […]
I am fortunate enough to remember that when the sky seems to be falling, as long as I was in the arms of my mom and dad, everything would be all right. In Korea where I grew up, we’d have such terrible thunderstorms in the middle of the night that I’d be scared stiff. But […]
John 10:3-To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. One of the most vivid things I remember from my childhood is hearing throughout the neighborhood moms calling their kids in for the evening. It was that call that would stop all […]
What do you think of hell? Do you believe in it? If we are honest, we are at most unsure about the existence of hell. Or worse, we are fuzzy in thinking about it. And it’s not because we don’t know what the Bible says about it – the Bible is very clear about it […]
Do you wish for God’s blessing upon your life? Do you wish that for the church? Of course you do. If not, you should (ask for blessings upon your life). But to what end? That last question is critical. It determines whether we are using God for our own desired end or submitting to God […]