March 2021

Jesus says love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Then Paul here puts some clothes on that to help us put love in action. Love in Action 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 14 Bless those who …

  Romans 12:9 says simply, “Love must be sincere.” Oh my. The Bible gives us quite a bit of guidance on how to treat people. In fact the following verses from that pile on. I think the problem in the Church in China and the Church Universal is people become Christians and start to do good as that is what we are taught. Unfortunately, the Bible also says our hearts are not well in Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful …

In I Thessalonians 1:3 Paul praises the Thessalonians for their faith, hope and love. These are not easy to bring to life. Paul knows and follows by saying we can do it by God’s power. We are not people who follow a wise old principle. It does not work actually.  It becomes a kind of facade over our real selves. The Spirit gives us power. Are we receiving it?  By faith toward connection we gain power to live out life …

In the West we have a long history of freedom of religion. We want the world to have it. But we also want to have mangers at the state house which other faiths say hurts them. What does God want for us in Christian rights? I live in China where total freedom is not on the table and the Magna Carta has not been passed. No one is talking about a manger at the State house here. It is like …