Faith Blog

In 312-16 AD Christianity went from being a banned and severely persecuted group in the Roman Empire to being the favored faith and joining the Emperor in power. Christians, understandably, thought it was good news when the Emperor Constantine had his soldiers put the symbol of the cross on their shields. In fact, it proved to be a disaster for the church. Power hurt us. Let us make Constantine a warning to the faithful. Constantine encouraged the Christians, but refused …

In China where I live, if you are a child of a top political leader, you have the world at your feet. Some might wish that they were some official’s son or daughter. The Bible says those who believe become children of the King of the Heavens and Earth. That is a lot bigger than earthly political power. That is why the Bible says we can be joyful always. God is in charge and says we need not worry. Why …

I have often noted that Jesus said we are to be children all our lives. He, further, emphasizes that we need to be like little children. The result is that the gap between what we are today and what the Bible says can be daunting. We also have gaps in terms of meeting people’s needs around us. Are we good enough? It can all be too much for us, and we give up or shrink inside ourselves. How does God …

Jesus says he hates divorce and says we men need to love our wives, and wives need to respect their husbands. No sex before marriage is also clear and so wise. Let’s think how we can do better from that base by looking at Christian marriage and newlyweds. Translating for a marriage counselor, Chinese-English-Chinese, a wise American Christian older woman said to the young Chinese woman. “Do not give too much of yourself at the start of the marriage. Hold …

Except God. His command to be perfect is found in Matthew 5:48. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Let’s look at 2 issues arising from such a bold statement of Jesus from which he does not apologize at all. Jesus says just before this that if we just look at a girl in lust, we have committed adultery. He says that if we are angry with a brother that is equal to murder. He sets the bar …

We are made in the image of God according to Gen 1:27: So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. We do well to remember that. Let me give an example or two to help us think. In the world, the people of the snowy north are much better off than southerners. Why? An Example To Illustrate The Philippines and Japan are both island nations in the West Pacific. In …

I have recently listened to an audio book by John Lennox called 7 Days that Divide the World. I will follow his argument in this blog. He notes miracles or singularites interchangeably for a reason.  Read on. First, he notes that the Bible says: So when Copernicus said the earth moved in 1543, Christians pointed to such verses.  Further, Christians noted that Joshua had the sun and moon stand still and not the earth.  Even more so, they said if …

Reading the Bible daily is a challenge for almost everyone. Let’s think on another way to read the Bible. My personality is pretty patient and habitual, so I could jump in and do it. However, I saw a problem. 4 years after I started reading the Bible in Middle school, I had read the whole thing. How many books do you have that you read more than once? I mean if you really liked Harry Potter, you might read it …

Covid-19 has killed over 6 million people and ruined whole industries. as well as families. Lots of familes had it tons harder than our family.  Our family did pretty well at the start, but it got harder on my faith over time.  Did Covid-19 get you down?  For two years, due to Covid-19, our small business has been in trouble. 4 of us in the office pray every week together. At the start, no business but thankful that the business …

Last week, I wrote on what men think, so this week a survey on what women think. None of these surveys are done by Christians.  Are women doing well?  Let’s think. Adult women worry regularly about their: Appearance (67 percent) Finances (62 percent), Health (49 percent), Family/relationships (46 percent) Professional success (40 percent). Men worry about Finances (53%), health, physique, ability to be provider, mental health (32%) and sex (23%) are the top 6 things in descending order. What I …