THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER On Tuesday we cremated Oom Tek Bien and on Friday, we released his ashes to the Pacific Ocean via Long Beach. We will not see him at church—or anywhere on this side of the heavens—because he is already on the other side of the heavens. Based on John 5:24, we can say [&hel...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER One of the most honest persons I have met was Oom Tek Bien. He did not mince his words; he told it as it was. Nowadays that kind of honesty is a rarity; we are more accustomed to saying things we don’t mean and expressing feelings we don’t even feel, just to […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Billy Graham has often said that the first thing he’s going to do when he gets to heaven is to ask, “Why me, Lord? Why did You choose a farmboy from North Carolina to preach to so many people, to have such a wonderful team of associates, and to have a part […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER I sit for a while, and I can’t write anything. There is so much to say and there is so much to feel. It is still difficult for me to believe that our brother YapLim Tek Bien is no longer with us. On Thursday, on Thanksgiving Day, God called him home. On […]...

[:en]THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER God does not make junks but He does have a junkyard—a large one, I should say. We are God’s creation and we are no junks; we were, after all, created in His image. We can think and we can create; we can know and we can distinguish good from bad, right from […]...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Linda, Santy’s childhood friend, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday morning. The last time she met with Santy a few months ago, she still told Santy that once she recuperated, she would want to travel with Santy. She never had the opportunity to fulfill that dream. ...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Dr. James Dobson, psychologist and founder of Focus on the Family Ministry, shares that out of all the books he wrote, he spent the most time studying the Bible when he wrote, When God Does Not Make Sense. It makes perfect sense, not only because it is a difficult topic to ta...

[:en]THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Stormie Omartian, a Christian author, who has written a number of “The Power of Prayer” series, writes, “Anger and depression are but two of the many negative emotions that can torment a man’s soul.” I’d say amen to that and I’d also like to add another com...

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Last Wednesday Santy and I heard that Linda, her good friend who is undergoing cancer treatment in Singapore, is now in hospice care. There is nothing that the doctors can offer to her. But, what was encouraging was when she broke the news she sounded upbeat—no traces of di...

[:en]THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER If God’s willing we’ll have our Thanksgiving retreat again this year. And, if the Lord permits, the theme will be, “God Will Make a Way When There Seems to be No Way,” which is based on the Book of Ruth. I will break it down into three messages: (a) He is There [...