God’s intent is to give us life abundantly. Let’s not live half a life, Let me tell my personal story as an example. I grew up in a good one-half life. My parents had rejected emotion due to their hurt. Their success is that they created a safe place for those who could live in that rational positive space. I was one who could. So, we had only half a world, but I did not know it as grew up …
Many of us have read the whole Bible while still in high school. So why do we still read it? Or, we have read the gospels countless times. Yet we read them again. Why to read the Bible more? Living the Christian life can be likened to swimming up stream in a river going down to a shark infested ocean. When we do not swim against the current, we get moved toward the sharks. When we swim, we hold even …
We know everyone is made in the Image of God. How does that look practically? I strongly believe that being made in the image of God is something extraordinary. It also means every child is a genius. How does that pan out in raising kids God’s way? I cannot say all that is in my heart on this here, but want to tell a story that illustrates so much to me. I do not want to say we have the …
Each Christian family dynamic and process are different. God is active in each place and teaching us if we are open to it. Adding a 1st child is thrilling and bound to stretch the parents and their relationship. Can we let God into this? I have talked about newly weds here. Adding a 1st Child Needs Thought and Heart Let’s talk about transition with first child. It is an amazing exciting time. Unforgettable. I totally recommend. Perhaps some thought. Have …
I have concerns about how we use and see water baptism. John the baptist set the table on this topic. John answered them all, “I baptize you with[a] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit and fire. In Acts, many people are baptized with the Holy Spirit and many people are baptized with water. One time when the Apostles baptized …
Living in China, my query is how do they know Confucius lived? Did he write anything? No. Did his disciples? Yes, Do we have those documents? No, Do we have any documents within 1000 years. Seems not, yet everyone believes Confucius lived and was a great teacher. He was not actually religious though did appear to believe in a creator God. He was an ethical and governmental teacher.How is the Bible Reliability Comparison with other Religions? As a History fanatic, …
God is not an ogre who refuses to tell us the details about heaven. I Can Only Imagine is a great song from the 1990’s I believe. Here is the chorus Surrounded by Your glory What will my heart feel? Will I dance for You, Jesus Or in awe of You be still? Will I stand in Your presence Or to my knees will I fall? Will I sing hallelujah? Will I be able to speak at all? I list …
Living in China where the government makes explicit efforts to make sure every school child believes in Atheism leads to certain difficulties for people who want to believe. Having lived in this context, let’s talk about faith, and see what it is. As such, I know a handful of people who love Christianity, but cannot bring themselves to believe though they try. Let’s Talk About Faith of My Dear Wife Let me tell you my wife’s story. As a freshman …
Genesis begins with the iconic words. In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. How about we all say Wow!! First, we can all see this means God is not a part of this universe and so cannot be studied by our scientific means. God is bigger than us by a degree that we cannot imagine. If God took no initiative to explain Himself to us, then we would be lost completely, As soon as He does, …
The Bible has a command to be completely gentle under Christ. Take note of the following verse in Eph 4:2: 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. What does it mean to be completely humble, gentle and patient? To be completely humble is to know who you are in Christ without any need to prove. In John 4, Jesus was quite gentle with the Samaritan woman, but he was totally not gentle with the religious …
