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  • Relationship Talk #09: Loneliness

    Loneliness is real. It feeds itself if there is no solution. We are constantly looking for a solution: shopping, dating, working, partying, or playing non-stop. The problem is: After these, loneliness stays. Dating and marriage do not solve this problem if they do not aggravate it. It is even more t…

  • Nor...the Smell of Fire

    Nor...the Smell of Fire Author/Preacher: T. Austin Sparks Source: SermonIndex.net Reading: Daniel 3:16-27 and I Peter 1:6-8 (ASV). "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, "0 Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom…

  • Nikita: You Just Can't

    Owen: The other kidnapped women....what happened to them. Nikita: They haven't been found yet. Owen: Is there a pattern with the victims? Nikita: His profile suggests that he is trying to regain something that he lost a long time ago. Owen: Why people have so much trouble letting go of the past. Nik…

  • Statements from the Cross

    This is a reprint of something I posted as my Facebook status. The thoughts are my own, they are not reprinted from someone else nor taken from some book. They are just thoughts I have been grappling with today as I have gone about my daily routine. The only changes were the addition of colors fo…

  • Jesus, Friend of Sinners

    Sinners are not those people outside the Church. Sinners are those who have failed to live according to God's Law. Therefore, we are everywhere. For us, Jesus came to have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and party with. He came to call us to repent daily, to follow Him daily and to be part of His Body co…

  • Relationship Talk #08: Trust No One

    "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Genesis 6:5) "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adul…

  • The Lord's Prayer Concisely Explained

    Delivered at the Joint Renewal Service To pray is to work. Prayer is central to what we do. As God speaks to us through Scriptures today, we speak to God with songs and with prayers. We need to learn in order to pray properly. He listens to kingdom-centered prayer. Prayer can also tell us who we rea…

  • Relationship Talk #07: Using God's Name

    God's name is very useful. Many people abuse it for one can arbitrarily use the name of God to enter or leave a relationship. Think about this: Can we say God endorse any relationship saying it is merely fate (緣份)? Can a believer leave a marriage in the name of God? Answer to both questions is NO. I…

  • Relationship Talk #06: Phases in Relationship

    Relationship goes through phases: infatuation, stability, conflict, maturity. I am speaking from experience only. Infatuation (or "Honeymoon") is the stage where you are saturated with an irrational and extravagant feeling of love or admiration. You have "fallen" into love. It follows with the Stabi…

  • The False "nobility" of doubt

    In a recent comment exchange here on Xanga, someone fired this retort back at me. Honest doubt is a virtue. Just don't connect it to prejudice.What this individual was aiming at was that healthy skepticism is something to be proud of, that we should always keep our minds open and not be tied to wha…