As a young Christian I heard many amazing stories of people whose problems were solved by God instantaneously and how God actively changed the world around them to open doors for their ministry. I believe many of these stories are true and God does work wonders to extend His Kingdom and Glorify Himself. However, as…
Perseverance
I walked into the chapel service at Talbot yesterday, guess who was the speaker??? Michael Chang! He is currently a MA student here at Talbot. Since I am a sports nut and specially love tennis I spent sometime personally chatting with Michael after the chapel service. If I have to summarize Michael’s sermon in few…
Rumors
A young lady was bubbling with excitement to describe her boyfriend to her grandmother. Just to make the conversation interesting she asked her grandmother “what do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man”? The wise grandmother answered: A rumor. Well, I do not think I can argue or even comment on that in this…
Taking Risks
Peter is one of the most interesting Characters in the Bible. I know that many label Peter as an emotional and hasty man, but I think there is something wonderful about Peter that makes the stories of the disciples very colorful and eventful. Without Peter I think the disciples would have been just a bunch…
Spiritual Sinkholes
We live in a very strange world, a world where appearance is given more importance than essence; impressions have become more important than the inner reality. ‘How you look’ is more important than ‘who you are’; and if you closely follow the commercials the message is: “how you look is not just important but it…
Busyness
Someone once said “My calendar is so packed with things to do that if something goes wrong today, I cannot worry about it at least for the next five days because of one simple reason “NO TIME”. Sounds familiar??? Well, let’s face it; we live in a world full of busy people, it’s hard to…
Deception of Looks
Assume for a moment that you walk into a beauty or barber shop that has only two hair stylists. One has a messy hair while the other has a well-groomed hair. Which stylist would you choose to cut your hair? Most of us would be tempted to go to the one with the good looking…
Misunderstood
I am not sure if there was or is any person in this world who was never misunderstood. Moses was misunderstood by the Israelites, David was misunderstood by Saul, Jesus was misunderstood by his own brothers, and the apostle Paul (Saul) was misunderstood by the rest of the apostles…the list goes on. No matter where…
The Myth of Golden Days
Did you ever wish you lived in the days of the prophets or in the days of Jesus? Well, then you are not alone. There are many who believe that the world was better once in the past and is slowly getting worse and worse. I am sure you are very familiar with the popular…
Lessons from Calamities
It’s really interesting how people question God and his power during natural calamities. I wonder why people do not talk about God when everything looks normal. Is it possible that God is rocking our boat to teach us something? Well, I do not have all the answers to the questions people ask, but one thing…