Praying Like Jesus

I was feeling overwhelmed and overcome by stress as I woke up yesterday morning, so I kept humming the hymn of Love Lifted Me. After my daily devotion and prayer with my wife, the stress in my heart was still great and it almost crushed me. I was aware of the pressure partly deriving from the [...]

Funeral Celebration

In our culture people are reluctant but cannot help attending funerals if they are invited to. After leaving the funeral service they would wash hands, change clothes, or even throw away some stuff there are given at the funeral service. They consider those items unclean, which may bring misfortune home. However, for Christians attending a funeral [...]

Thankful But Embarrassed

The other day a student of mine told me that she was awarded the Founder’s Scholarship 2009 and thank me for my recommendation to the Scholarship Committee. That she received the scholarship was a big surprise to me, because based on my prior experience and understanding the winner must have excellent academic performance, various talents, and [...]

Being Placid and Peaceful

For some time I had a hard time getting back to sleep after returning home from evening classes. The lecture contents or learning activities often occupied all my mind so that I couldn’t easily lay to rest mentally and emotionally. My mind kept rehearsing what had been done in class.
When the shepherd came to the [...]

The Knowledge Of Salvation

“I won’t forgive them if they don’t confess stealing my cellphone,” said a student of mine whose cellphone was fell out of the bathroom and lost the moment she came out of the room. Around five minutes later she found a group of her classmates sat beside the classroom playing with her cellphone in the [...]

Blessing Or Ignorance?

Everyone loves success and prosperity. When they succeed in whatever they are doing, they think they’re blessed by God. However, if they suffer or have a hard time in life, they must fall into disfavor with God. Is it true all the time?
 We read in 1 Samuel 14:44-15:31 that God made King Saul successful in his [...]

Believing Is Seeing

“Seeing is believing” is an idiom indicating seeing something rather than hearing about it is the best proof. When it comes to success or achievement, some people tend to exaggerate their words and glorify their deeds. But this idiom seems to be unlikely to suit God’s character and describe who He is. “Believing is seeing”, however, does.
In Luke 1:39-44 Mary [...]

An Anti-Smoking Poster

As I walked in the leribrary for book return, I caught a glimpse of a big anti-smoking poster on the door of the entrance gate. The poster features a beautiful TV or movie actress (I guess) dressed in scanty clothing, purposely revealing her belly button and holding a no-smoking slogan. When I gave a second [...]

Doubt and Speechless

“It’s impossible! I can’t do it.” I’m just a ordinary person; I can’t be like him or her.” We often voice our doubt or inability to take on a certain task. Some discouraging words will come out of our mouth because we can’t see beyond our vision and circumstances. Similarly, it happened to Zechariah the priest [...]

A Helper

My aunt died of cancer in her late 40s. She was my first relative who died as I recall in my childhood. My aunt treated my family and all her brothers and sister well since she was married into a rich family. She would visited her mother, my grandmother, several times a year and brought [...]