The Cheerful Giver
February 4, 2022
What is the rule for giving to the Lord? What does God say about giving to Him? 10% of our earnings? Cash or in kind? The more the better? In Moses’ days when the Lord
My Quiet Place
Work Clothes that Shine
January 31, 2022
What do you wear to work? Many companies provide employees with uniforms. Uniforms distinguish people in their jobs. In the OT, God specified garments for his priests. Moses recorded a whole chapter in Exodus 28
The Calling
October 23, 2021
The calling of the weeping prophet… When I was a child at Sunday School, I memorized the books of the Bible in Amoy: 耶利米; 耶利米哀歌. So it’s Jeremiah then Lamentations. In Chinese, Lamentations is called
Growing in Patience
September 19, 2021
As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have
Hope for Living
September 6, 2021
1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is
The Rest of the Weaned Child
August 29, 2021
It has been said that ‘Humility is a virtue that one lost when one thinks that he has it.’ How would you respond when a person say: “I am humble.”? Hmmm… not a picture of
To Eat or Not To Eat
August 29, 2021
Is it alright to eat food sacrificed to idols?This is a dilemma for which I am glad I do not have to face because I grew up in a Christian home and married into a
Being a Joy to Others; Not a Kill-joy
August 27, 2021
Am I a KJ? Kill-joy: it used to be a popular term describing a person who is no fun at all. Why? Because he kills joy – he pours cold water on the excitement and
Musings on the Days of our Lives
August 13, 2021
Born in the year of the rat, my mother-in-law passed away on 8/9/2020 at 96 (in the lunar calendar, that would be 97). She survived a bout of pneumonia (diagnosed on 4/9/2020) in the first
True Christian Living
August 11, 2021
Christian handbook on righteous living… written by Paul to the Christians in Rome…. as applicable to modern Christians as in their days. Read and apply. Romans 121 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters,