THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER For over two months I drove with an expired driver’s license—and I didn’t even know it!  When we moved to our current residence over two years ago, I immediately notified my change of address to DMV, hoping that I would receive my new license in the mail.  But...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Those of you who liked the 1970s rock and heavy metal music might know of a band called Def Leppard, that has recently been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Personally, I wasn’t into this kind of music, so growing up, I didn’t know this group. But there is [&...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER A few days ago, a colleague of mine at the Bible school where I teach died. Lois Go was an extraordinary woman. Years ago, with only Bible school’s education she spearheaded the founding of a Christian school in Jakarta. Now the school is not only one of the finest schools ...

Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the 26th president of the United States (1901-1909), was familiar with hardship.  Three years into his marriage, his wife Alice, who had just given birth to their healthy baby girl, became gravely ill.  At the same time, his mother, who lived with him in the same ho...

I often say that in heaven those who will get to sit next to Jesus are women.  Actually, I am not joking; I really believe it. The reason is, on this side of heaven women are under-appreciated.  It is therefore necessary that on that side of heaven, women are appreciated. But we don’t wa...

We need money and we like money, but we don’t like to talk about money.  So, what we usually do is we keep this money matter to ourselves; money becomes something which is very personal.  It is no wonder, we can tell much about people—who they really are—from the way they deal with m...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Last week I shared with you that I had been diagnosed with Stage 1 prostate cancer. Since then I have received so many encouraging words and promises to pray for me. I would like to thank you for your love and support to me. I also would like to update you with […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER I would like to thank many of you who came to our combined Good Friday’s service at the First Baptist Church of Monrovia. I especially wish to thank you who worked so hard in preparing the musical skit and the food. We were all so blessed by the skit and by the […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER We all want to see miracles—big miracles—so much so that we often miss small miracles. There is of course nothing wrong about expecting big miracles because big miracles mean big helps for big problems. However, God does not want us to miss small miracles because small mi...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER God always speaks to us in a language we can understand. Years back Santy and I knew an older lady in Malang who remained active even in her nineties. I remember, when she was well into her eighties, she still travelled by means of public transportation. In the end her eye-si...