In his book “Love the Lord Your God with All Your Mind,” Dr. JP Moreland, a philosophy professor at Biola University, introduced a fictional character named Won Mug, a person he described as an empty self, a shell of a person, someone lacking substance. Well, I’d like to introduce you to his younger brother, Mug […]
Sermons
To live is _____, to die is _____
I’d like to continue our journey to unpack Paul’s worldview. Let’s read Phil 1:21-26, 21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! [you can feel […]
What gets you out of bed every morning?
The Bible says that it is more blessed to give than to receive. This view of life doesn’t jive very well with the wisdom of the world. Let’s unpack some popular worldviews that society pushes on us. Don’t share your lunch. This is what my parents told me before going to kindergarten. In other words, […]
Are you constipated? It is more blessed to give than receive.
What did you want to be when you grew up? Most of us are grown up or in the process of being grown up. What were your goals and dreams back when you were younger and what are they today? Are you achieving what you hoped for?
Voluntary Chains
What is your notion of freedom? Is it to say, you are free to pursue anything you want without any restraint? What if we raised our kids that way – my parenting is to be hands off and I’ll let my boys do whatever they want, when they want. They could eat junk food all […]
Except for These Chains
I want to share a bit of my reflections from the book of Acts, and specifically Apostle Paul. Paul was arguably the best Christian who ever lived. So confident was he in his relationship with God and his way of life that he could say in 1 Cor 11:1 – 1Follow my example, as I […]