Early this week I had the privilege of teaching a session in the Macau Bible Institute. The current president of the Macau Bible Institute was my youth pastor when I was a teenager. He was also a great table tennis player – that’s why I faithfully attended youth fellowship! I went...
The Bible is full of inspiration. The Word of God brings comfort to the heart. It challenges us and wakes us up when we become complacent. The Bible is truly “living and active.” This year, I found myself returning to the same bible verse time after time. This Bible verse is...
Recently, I have been fascinated by something that I read, something that points to a common fallacy that we easily fall into but also something that few of us are willing to admit. Author Stephen Covey describes this type of thinking this way, “We judge ourselves by our intentions and...
Over the summer, I had a great time travelling with my family back to Scotland: the place where I studied and where my son was born. The last time we were there was 15 years ago and we have never been back since. The old places brought back a lot of great and not-so-great memories. There was...
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 Years ago, before I joined Island ECC as a pastor, I was...
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Question 1: What is your single most important...
First pride, then the crash—the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. Proverbs 16:18 (MSG) Recently I was re-reading How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins. It talks about how once big and formidable companies eventually fall from “great” to “irrelevant&rdquo...
Do you know of friends who would come to you and say something like, “I was having this trouble, it was so challenging; then, as I prayed, a Bible verse came to mind, as if a light bulb has been lit up above my head…” Then, you thought to yourself, “Why does my...
There is a special kind of place that does magic to my heart like no other place. Whenever I am there, time freezes, my heart quiets down, my mind stops wandering, and my misty perspective seems to clear up. This magical place is not Disneyland. It is not church either. It is Hong Kong...
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. Job 23:10 In the beginning of 2016, I decided to do something different. Besides having a small list of new year resolutions, I decided to have a “Word of the Year.” It means, all through the...