On Wednesday, April 1, I celebrated my birthday.  On Sunday, April 12, God called Heman Elia, my colleague in the Bible school, home.  On Thursday, April 16, God called Andreas, Santy’s younger brother, home. On Wednesday, April 22, God called Tante Barbara home and on Friday, May 1, God...

On Wednesday morning, God called Tante Barbara home.  She was getting ready to attend our Wednesday’s Bible Study when she fell and slipped into the presence of Our Beloved Savior.  That day, she did not attend the Bible Study at Church; instead, she attended the Bible Study in Heavens, ...

Last Sunday afternoon a dear colleague of mine in the Bible school went home to the with the Lord.  By the grace of God, he lived with Stage 4 metastatic lung cancer for six years and up till days before he passed, he was still teaching!  God kept him alive and productive as long as [&hell...

On the night before His arrest, Jesus gathered His disciples for a Passover meal. It’s there that He taught them about service and spiritual authority. Instead of a lengthy discourse, He only spoke briefly about it. What’s rather lengthy was the time that He spent washing the disciples’ feetâ€...

I’d like to thank you for making me feel so special on my birthday.  There were plenty of noodles, my favorite dish!  I turned 67, which means it’s now time for me to begin transitioning out and to pass on the baton to a younger servant of God.  The board of deacons has formed a [...

Out of the four Gospels, the Gospel of John is the most theological.  Instead of providing us with the narrative of the life and ministry of Jesus, it gives us the theological implications of the words and the actions of Jesus.  Instead of tracing the life of Jesus chronologically, it zero...

In less than two weeks we will celebrate Good Friday, which with Easter become the central axis of Christianity.  There would be no Christianity without the death and the resurrection of Jesus. As we focus our hearts and minds to the crucifixion of Jesus, we remember the pivotal role of prayer ...

Jesus began His ministry with forty-day prayer and fasting in the wilderness and ended His ministry with prayer in an olive grove. In between, He spent countless times and hours praying, usually in the wee morning hour.  By doing that He gave us a model to emulate; He, the Son of God, prayed, s...

We haven’t ended one war, another war has begun, involving more countries and impacting livelihood far greater than the other war. Starting with gasoline, prices start to go up, adding another layer of pressure to many families who are already struggling.  We can only pray that these wars wil...

The Church has set aside forty-six days before Easter, which starts on Ash Wednesday, as a time to remember the suffering of Christ. We do not know what happened to Jesus a year before His arrest and crucifixion.  From the Gospel of John, we know what happened to Him six days before His arrest ...