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Marriage – the most apt metaphor for Union with Christ
I’m continuing my meditation on Martin Luther’s “The Freedom of a Christian” (1520), Translated by Timothy J Wengert’s The Annotated Luther Study Edition, Fortress Press, 2016. ML quotes and explicates from Hosea 2:19, and I decided to give you the range of translations from the following versions: Legacy Standard BibleAnd I will betroth you to…
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A-B-C The Schema of Life
(How we think, speak and act out in Life) The moment the slippery serpent spewed out its venomous question in the Garden, the universe of the earth was forever changed. Adam, who was in charge (actually God’s Viceroy on earth), was completely sidestepped in the very first conversation between a snake and a woman. Prior…
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Of Mega Churches and Sheep Stealing
What do pastors and leaders do? This morning (Tuesday, March 31, 2026), I had the joy and privilege of joining in the Petaling Jaya North Pastor’s Fellowship. It was hosted by Gospel Avenue Church, pastored by Pas Stephen Tang. Gospel Avenue used to be Full Gospel Assembly, Sungai Buloh, a fast-growing suburb of Kuala Lumpur,…
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The Incredible Effort in Staying the Course!
It is such an effort to stay the course in keeping your blog active. Life keeps happening. “Time and tide wait for no man”, the sage said. I wanted this blog, and paid for it, to pen down reflections from insights received from the Holy Spirit. I decide to keep going. Perhaps just one person…
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“BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD” (Psalm 46:10)
(Really? In this “maddeningly” world? Is it even possible to ever “be still”? Let alone “know that God is God?”) A blow by blow or verse by verse commentary of this psalm from a gospel perspective. Not for theologians. For children converted into the Kingdom of God by their Savior’s grace. For the choir director. A song of the sons of…
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Transfixed by Faith
I’m transfixed by faith! And it’s NOT about having faith in Faith. Transfixed because GOD gives Himself by His sheer grace, out of His heart of mercy and love, to the “crown of His creation” (Psa 8:6), His chosen and elect, from BEFORE the foundation of this world, or space-time history (Eph 1:4). Meaning, that…
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From Spiritual to Physical: Realizing God’s Promises
God has revealed the “things of God” to His people. In 1 Cor 2, verses 9 to 13, the Holy Spirit teaches that God has “revealed” “even the deep things of God”, to us, through “the Spirit who is from God”, whom we believers in union with Christ have “received”, so “that we may UNDERSTAND…
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Union with Christ and the primacy of faith!
It’s all about FAITH! In 1 Pet 1:5, we read that we have “an INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE and UNDEFILED…reserved in heaven…for us, WHO are KEPT by the Power of GOD through FAITH unto Salvation…” “your FAITH, Much More Precious than gold that perishes…may be Found to Praise, Honor and Glory at the Revelation of Jesus Christ”.…
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Faith That Transforms: Living Under God’s Sovereignty
Living by faith in the Savior is expecting the Divine in the ordinary walk of life!