我感到 上帝就在我的面前關註注著我,撫慰著我受傷的心靈。這種心靈深處的撫慰在我有生之年還是第一次。
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You and I desire to be Christians pleasing to God and a light of the world bringing blessings to others. However, the deadweight of our ungodly characters and habits hinder our godly pursuit.
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Therefore, the word forbearance is an all-encompassing word that captures the characteristics of God. There are nuances of His justice, mercy, righteousness, grace and longsuffering that we are called to bear resemblance to in our lives through the relationships with others, whether they are believers or not.
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Jesus warns us to watch out for false teachers, and we must especially watch those who distort the scripture to suit their own purposes. One of the distortions of Scripture that has caused much confusion to Christians is love which no longer confronts sinners of their sins. The failure to speak the truth in love in confronting […]
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“Faithful is He who calls you and He will bring it to pass” (I Thessalonians 5:24). That was Pastor Glenn’s refrain as he thanked God, his family, the CGBC church body, and the many visitors who had come to watch his installation service. The theme of forbearance and faithfulness ran throughout Pastor Glenn’s closing speech. […]
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Paul uses the phrase, “The mystery of God’s will” in the letter to the Ephesians to tell us this mystery is now revealed through His Son, Jesus Christ. That is, about God’s predestined will for all men to be “holy and blameless in his sight”. The first Adam had lost this for us and now […]
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“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10) It is written in Eph 2:10 that each one of us is God’s handiwork. Its Chinese translation is “God’s masterpiece”, which has a powerful artistic significance. Since we are His artistic creation, each one […]
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To those who are not already serving and using your professional or work skills in the church, I challenge you to consider and pray about how God might want to use them to grow His kingdom at CG and the marketplace.
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His commission for me was to bring more Chinese-speaking new immigrants into the kingdom of Jesus Christ, whether they are from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, or other countries.
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Friendship with those with different sexual orientation is not sinful or wrong as all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. It is also Jesus’ modus operandi while He was on earth. Friends will bless their friends. The greatest blessing we can give to our friends is Christ Himself. Let us use our common sense to act with common decency in this senseless and godless society to honor our God and draw men and women to Him!
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