The sight of a cylindrical, indigo blue box of Morton salt always turns my heart back to my mother’s and grandmother’s kitchen during the days of my childhood. The famous Morton Umbrella Girl, which today is one of the most widely recognized consumer product symbols in America,[1] was created for […]
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I am presently in the middle of a series preaching through the book of Nehemiah in our Sunday morning Chinese worship service. The discoveries about leadership and organization that I have made through my preparation for these messages come at a welcome moment in my own life and ministry. The […]
Hebrews 5:11-14 Like the believers whom the author addressed in this passage, some Christians today have regressed into a second stage of spiritual infancy. Christian development should only move in one direction—toward greater spiritual maturity; believers who regress and go the wrong way run the risk of severe negative consequences […]
For those of you who prayed for our Christmas evangelism in the public schools this Christmas season (see our Dec 1 post), we thank you. Our final presentation was held on December 23 when we presented the Christmas story to the sixth grade class of one our Sunday School children. […]
You will (I hope) understand if I get a little peeved by all of the attention lavished on Mainland China, which is often paid at Taiwan’s expense. We more or less expect to see Taiwan downgraded in the secular press. Money talks and the size of China’s potential market guarantees […]
This semester I am teaching a course in our Bible School on the Life of Paul. It has forced me to make many interpretational decisions about the book of Acts and Paul’s epistles. Some of the conclusions I have arrived at have surprised me. Although the following article is lengthy […]
This year we will be making Christmas presentations in two public elementary schools and one private kindergarten in our community. Emily Luo of the Priscilla Mission is helping our church to plan and coordinate these presentations. Several ladies in our congregation are also helping to prepare the gift bags that […]
OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat. Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling’s famous line from The Ballad of East and West provides a convenient metaphor for the debut of our new blog site. The […]