Unity in Christ: Beyond race and nationality
Before Jesus was taken up to Heaven, He told the disciples the following: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8) The verse is an introduction for the […]
Dignity
“Why are you giving this to me in this place? Can’t you see there are people I know around here?” – R replied as we are standing in an underground food court. My friend was holding a sleeping bag that was for R. He was offended. A good lesson on dignity. No one enjoys being […]
Lunch
How do you know if you are a Christian? My friend asked me over lunch a while ago. I didn’t have an answer. I simply told him that you know you are a Christian when you know. I thought about that. Not quite the answer I liked. Today, over pho, we talked about being a […]
Intentional spending
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. I went on a ride. It was rather breezy and I put on my winter gears to keep me warm. Because of the holiday, the roads were empty. It was a cyclist heaven. I weave in and out of the streets of Mississauga which normally were packed with traffic. Instead […]
Share the Good News!
When it’s all said and done..more is said. That was my response to a friend a while ago over the topic of evangelism and outreach in our local church. We study the passage to death (Matthew 28:18-20). We have events to fire up people to go out and share the Good News. We have group […]
Future and distant future
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. – C S Lewis What Jesus (Matthew 6:25-34) […]
A Desire for a new world
I think sometimes I get stuck in the only Christian desire a new earth (and new heaven)…. When I listen to a song like this, I can’t help but to see that those who don’t know Christ have a desire for a new world too when we look at the brokeness of today’s culture 🙂 […]
My King is moving
Today I attended BASIC Toronto’s Conference call Heart Matters in the City. It is a youth worship conference to rally them to love the city as Jesus would. Through the worship, all I can think about is Open Door and Mississauga. I was listening to Reggie McNeal the other day. He was talking about the […]
Kingdom of God: It’s AD 30 all over again
Got this video from Subversive Influence blog. I still think in very small terms. My King goes and does mighty things..gotta open my eyes and follow.
How do you start a movement??
Got this video from Dave Gibbons. Sometimes when we want change we feel like we are alone. And during these times, we often question where’s God is working in this place. Perhaps God is already working and already moving forward. This video reminded me of that. It shows that if you are the only person […]