Yesterday I was sitting in an air conditioned room in a large Thai city, listening to a sermon on Romans. The glass front of the building was to my left, looking out on a parking lot and the main road. On the big screen was a PowerPoint slide of verses […]
I Will Forsake Everything and Follow Him: Truth Dawning P.3
“Can we meet a day early for Bible study? I have to attend a relative’s funeral on Wednesday.” “Sure, Granny!” This was the third time I was meeting with this elderly Cambodian woman to study the Bible. (Read about the first two days in Part 1 and Part 2.) Soon […]
I Want to Escape the Cycle of Reincarnation: Truth Dawning P.2
“I believe,” the woman insisted. “I truly believe. But I also still light incense and want to participate in [Buddhist ceremonies and rituals]. Can I still do these things?” “Granny,” I said, using a relational term of respect, “for we who follow Jesus, we cannot participate in any other worship. […]
So Jesus is Greater than the Buddha: Truth Dawning P.1
“This is the Holy Bible of Jesus,” I said, picking it up. “Have you seen or heard of this book before?” The elderly woman across from me squinted. “No,” she said. “Never.” I had the opportunity to open up the Bible and teach an elderly Cambodian woman about Jesus. She […]
When I Feel Dead Inside: Ecclesiastes
Every so often, I slip into a melancholy mood. Life seems a weary thing; the world noisy and discordant. My emotions stagnate. Joy and excitement are lost to a dull monotone of feeling. I try to pray. My spirit is cold. That’s when I open up Ecclesiastes, and there I […]
His Hour Had Come to Depart
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17 In our little Sunday School class we recently covered the weeks […]
He Has Made Everything Beautiful in Its Time
What is a moment? A moment is the space between one breath and the next, the pause when sounds and silence are taken together. Listen. Time hangs suspended, dust in a sunbeam. The world is still; thoughts quiet. Then- gone. Look away from the screen. Pause. Have a moment. *** […]
Read Through Psalm 107
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,for his steadfast love endures forever!Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,whom he has redeemed from troubleand gathered in from the lands,from the east and from the west,from the north and from the south. Some wandered in desert wastes,finding no […]