What is EPOH Backward? (January 2024)
What is EPOH Backward? January 2024 Many of us are entering 2024 by making new year’s resolutions and wishes. Hopefully, your wish will come true. Accordingly, this sharing is dedicated to our hopes. There are 3 cardinal Christian virtues that Paul has repeated time and time again in his epistles – faith, hope, and charity […]
Gratitude from a Dental Chair (November 2023)
Gratitude from a Dental Chair November 2023 Since I came to BTS in 2020, I have been writing on Gratitude every November because it is the month of Thanksgiving back home (in America). This year is no exception. Our BTS Lectures’ speaker for 2023, Dr John Ortberg, issues the challenge for a two-day experiment in […]
Courage – Journeying from Survival to Revival (October 2023)
Courage – Journeying from Survival to Revival October 2023 Three years ago, I got a call from BTS to come serve as her lead servant. My reaction – I was so afraid. Courage is not something I have in abundance. My devotional journal entries constantly remind me of my lack. Well, for ordinary people like […]
From Survival to Revival (August 2023)
From Survival to Revival August 2023 I have been told that the first episode of the popular K-drama “Crash Landing on You” took place in the demilitarised zone between North Korea and South Korea. The place is full of landmines to discourage people from escaping from the North to the South. In the same way, […]
The Power of Un-wholly Sex (July 2023)
The Power of Un-wholly Sex July 2023 A few years ago, a dean told me about an incident in his seminary. It was chapel time. The worship PPT was flashed up and a naked lady appeared on the screen. Everybody gasped. The student had accidentally tapped into his hidden database. This was in an evangelical […]
Dreaming and Progress (June 2023)
Dreaming and Progress June 2023 It is said that one can last 40 days without food, 4 days without water, 4 minutes without air, and 4 seconds without hope. What is hope? American Pastor, Dr Chuck Swindoll, wrote the following about hope. When we are trapped in a tunnel of misery, hope is what points […]
What is Pesah? (April 2023)
What is Pesah? April 2023 A child may answer – “a Jewish pizza”. Well, not exactly. On April 5 to April 13, the Jews will celebrate Pesah – or “Passover”. What is Passover? We all know the famous story of how God freed the enslaved Jews from Egypt through the ten plagues. The last plague […]
Coveted Identity vs Confirmed Call? (March 2023)
Coveted Identity vs Confirmed Call? March 2023 I remember distinctly when one of my mentors retired as Senior Pastor from his church. At his retirement party, members were telling his successor: “You’ve got big shoes to fill.” My mentor retorted: “God made individual shoes for each of us. He will measure us according to our […]
Christ and Bunny? (February 2023)
Christ and Bunny? February 2023 Wishing you a blessed year of the rabbit filled with fun and happiness; friendships and personal growth; a rich and abundant life. And since my eldest son was born in the year of the rabbit, I did some additional research on this animal. To my surprise, all the above blessings […]
New Year Resolution – Resilience over Recovery? (January 2023)
New Year Resolution – Resilience over Recovery? January 2023 How did your year-end celebration go? I had an unusual year-end in 2022. In mid-October, I had my personal encounter with Covid. In late November, I was diagnosed with a severe case of sinus infection. Today, on 9 January, my doctor has just ordered a CAT […]