“So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there […]
Biblical Truth
This past weekend has been a special one on the calendar for multiple reasons. Sunday, April fourth beside being Easter was also “Children’s Day” in Taiwan; today, April fifth is “Tomb Sweeping Festival,” a public holiday. Tomb Sweeping Festival is the traditional date when families return to the ancestral tombs […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]