20140615 n a current action/fantasy movie “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, a key moment takes place when one character, in the face of potential suffering, cries out: “I don’t want your future! I don’t want your suffering!” He is told, however: “We need you to… Read More »Our Living Hope
20140608 The Apostle Peter in 1 Peter addresses the “elect exiles”. This description seems rather contradictory. Exiles are those who are rejected and forced to leave their home and country and into another country. They have no stability or security. The elect ones are those… Read More »Elect Exiles
20140601 In this world, there is a price to pay for doing the right thing. It is easier to copy a friend’s correct answers than to struggle through difficult schoolwork. It is not cool to shun gossip, drunkenness, and popular but morally suspect TV shows.… Read More »Jesus – Our Example
20140525 For the past 5 months of 2014, we studied the book of Colossians. Apostle Paul’s letter is just as relevant today as at the time when he wrote it. The names of the different heresies and wrong teachings might have changed along with many… Read More »Colossians
20140518 At the end of Apostle Paul’s letters, he would normally be naming various individuals. It would either be to send greetings to them or from fellow co-workers whom Paul would be sending greetings on their behalf to the recipi-ents of the letter. In the… Read More »Christian Fellowship
20140511 It is regrettable that in one’s life, devotion is on things rather than on God and His glory. In our world, there are many people who are very devoted to celebrities. These people admire them and elevate them to a status of near holy… Read More »Your Devotion
20140504 In a recent movie “12 Years a Slave”, the audience was confronted with the dehumanizing effects of slavery. This film is an adaptation of a memoir by the 19th century African-American Solomon Northup. He was a free man by birth and living in New… Read More »Salvery
20140427 Submission to another person is a very challenging Christian teaching. Christians are called to submit to Jesus and be obedient to Him for “He is the Head of the body, the Church” (Col. 1:18a). The Apostle Paul tells the Colossians: “Wives, submit yourselves to… Read More »Submission
20 Apr 2014
20140420 Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’er His foes, He arose a Victor from the dark domain, And He lives forever, with His saints to reign. He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose! What a sight it must have been… Read More »Our Real Time Jesus
