“Christ is building His kingdom with earth’s broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed. Heaven is filling with earth’s broken lives, and there is no bruised reed that Christ cannot take and…
Two sides of Lent
“For this Lent, I am just giving up!” said someone who probably was tired of the debate if Christians should follow or practice Lent. I was raised in an Anglican tradition with Lent being a very important part of our liturgical calendar year. Later I spend many years among Evangelical circles and ended up as…
What if you knew?
“Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more… And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less… Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love” writes Philp Yancey in his book “What’s so amazing about…
Experiencing and Extending Grace
“Grace is God’s best idea. His decision to ravage a people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly – what rivals it? Of all his wondrous works, grace, in my estimation, is the magnum opus” writes Pastor Max Lucado. To love someone unconditionally even when they are deliberately running away from us or…
The Parable that perplexed me
“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not” says Oscar Wilde. Jesus told many parables (a short fictitious story that highlights a moral or spiritual principle) during his earthly ministry but of all his parables there is one parable that bothered me a lot…
A glimpse into the father’s heart
“If God seems far away, guess who moved?” is an insightful question. The parable of the prodigal son is one of the favorite stories from the bible to both religious and non-religious people. There are many songs, articles and books written based on this story, yet the freshness and relevance of the powerful lessons from…