God at Work
God at Work in Japan and the Arab World
E. M. Bounds wrote in his book Purpose in Prayer: God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. The lips that uttered them may be closed in death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before God, and God’s heart is set on them and prayers outlive [...]
A New Father’s New Year
On December 31, 2010, our first child Marcus Daniel was born. We expect the baby to come in the middle of or late January. But God’s timing is different. And for that my wife and I are truly grateful. While many people are celebrating the New Year with thunderous fireworks, we were inside the hospital [...]
Let us pray for Haiti…
Here are some prayer items from Churches Helping Churches: Pray that we can serve where we are needed, as reports indicate that so many pastors are dead and churches destroyed that those Christians seeking to grieve and serve need much support. Pray that we can forge some solid bonds with the best local churches and [...]
The God of Manila
There were times that a pastor needs to preach a sermon without a title, without an outline, without a manuscript or sermon notes, and without the luxury of the usual ten hours or so of preparation. It happened this Sunday morning in our church. I was supposed to preach on Paul’s exhortation to Timothy to [...]
The Best Seminary in the World
(The following is the copy of the testimony I gave during our chapel time early this morning. I skipped the first parts because I was told to speak only for three minutes.) IGSL (International Graduate School of Leadership) played a key role in the two of the most significant things that happened in my life. [...]
Death, Vision and Easter
Too many things can happen in less than a week. April 7 – I received a message that the father of my high school classmate died. This day is my brother’s birthday. I’m busy preparing for our church’s strategic planning and retreat on April 9-11. April 8 – Still busy preparing for our planning and [...]
