Today is Halloween. Most people associate Halloween with monsters, demons, and death. But Halloween, or Allhallow-even is also the All Saint’s Day’s eve, which honors all the saints. But at least in America, we have decided to celebrate the darkness rather than the light and given it an American capitalism twist and made it into another marketing ploy. […]
I’m a bottom line type of person. In pretty much whatever situation I’m in, I’m asking the question, “What is the point?” or “What is the bottom line?” or “Ultimately, what is this leading to?” I think that’s what made me choose being a pastor over engineer also. In my twenties, I thought about what will ultimately […]
James 1:13-Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. It’s interesting how situations can bring out certain reactions in us, that can cause us to think, “if this wasn’t like this, than I wouldn’t react in such […]
What would you think of me if I said I’m a better leader than Abraham Lincoln and and more compassionate than Mother Teresa? You would rightly think I’m arrogant and proud, and you would laugh me off. I would lose all credibility with you with statements like that. Jesus made that kind of claims for […]
James 1:5-–If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. Whenever I don’t understand a situation, that is when I become the most frustrated and faithless. That being part of our fallen nature, in believing the lie “that we will be […]
How do I know I’m a workaholic? I feel anxious when I’m not working! Although I yearn for rest, when I actually do get to rest, I feel restless because I feel like I’m wasting my time. But when I’m working, I’m always thinking about the rest. But when I’m resting, I feel I’m wasting […]
Jesus demands the very thing that we live for. And if we don’t give it, we will be eternally lost. Jesus demands a rich man to sell all his possessions and follow Him if he wants to be saved. (Matt. 19:16) Jesus demands a lawyer to go against the law and love a gentile if he […]
John 3:17–For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. The thought of being useful or needed, is something that I believe God gives us in order to use what He has blessed us with to serve others. However […]
Have you ever wished for supernatural abilities? I’m not talking about a child’s fantasy of being Superman or Batman, but wanting a special ability because you want to do something good with it. I wish I did have supernatural abilities. Just about in every funeral I go to, I wish I had the ability to […]
Hebrew 13:9-10– Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. The writer of Hebrews is conveying to these Jewish believers, that living a godly life by distinguishing what “foods” you should and should not eat […]