Posts from February 2019

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Food, Art, & Books

by PH

What we are tempted by promises physical, esthetical, and intellectual fulfillment, but ultimately disappoints. When I first got my Macbook laptop computer 5 year ago, I saved up a whole year for it. I read every review and even went to the Apple Store to test it out. After lusting after it for over a […]

Examining what’s on the “highway”

by LD

Psalm 84:5-Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. I remember playing in a baseball or soccer game, and I couldn’t have been older than 10 years old at the time.  But after the game I remember my mom saying to me, “that if you don’t play […]

Slums of the Grammys

by PH

I watched the Grammys last night until I could no longer take it. It wasn’t so much of the vileness and filth (Yes, that too), but boredom and meaninglessness of it all that I couldn’t take any more. It was like staring at a sewer water flowing through for an hour… What I saw was […]

If Jesus Came Back Today…

by PH

When I first became a Christian, I thought Jesus was going to come back while I was still young. Now, I’m not sure if He will come back at all in my life time. But I know one thing for sure. I will see Him one way or another soon. It may still be that […]

Are we striving to “love” by God’s definition

by LD

1 John 4:10–In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  When was the last time you worked diligently hard to love someone, when you couldn’t “lean on” immediate affection and adoration?  Maybe because of an argument, a […]

Joy and Sorrow At the Same Time

by PH

Do you have joy in the midst of your sorrow? Only Christians can have that. The worldly can have sorrow in the midst of their joy. But they can never have joy in the midst of their sorrow. How so? Imagine a group of unbelieving people enjoying watching football together at a restaurant. There is […]

Reminded to lead and be an “encouragement” for faith…

by LD

Numbers 32:6-8–But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here? 7 Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?  In talking to my older […]

Are You Sliding and Not Know It?

by PH

I’m enjoying an unexpected day off from school due to snow! The world is covered in white, and it reminds that one day we will be as white as snow as far as our sins are concerned. But only if we will keep our faith to the end and resist the world and sin. In […]

When You See People, What Do You See?

by PH

When you look at the people around you, what do you see? Do you see them in terms of whether they would benefit you or not? Do you see them as nuisance or annoyance? Or do you see them as sinners who are perishing? How you feel about them says much about your spirituality. It […]

What is “sure” in your life?

by LD

2 Peter 1:19-And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,   What if I asked you what are you hoping for, and why are […]