Unclean Prayers
Dear Father in Heaven, God of history: On this evocative Sunday I pray to you. I confess I am a sinner, full of transgressions, some I knew and repented of, some I am still struggling with, and some I don’t even know …
Bread Alone
It’s long been used as a proof text. That the Word of God is paramount. Then slide over to the thesis: read the Bible. Word of God=Bible. Unassailable. No room for doubt. This piece is to challenge that almost sacrosanct assertion …
Concerning Sermons: Hearing with Heart (2): Mentolatry
Senior Pastors from mega churches of the Alliance and Evangelical Free denominations all committed a cardinal mistake. Cardinal, because it sets the wrong path for many sermons to follow …
The Name of Jesus
I have all the respect in the world for Christians who have a passionate reaction towards the utterance of “Jesus”. Some sincerely believe that name is sacrosanct, shouldn’t be named in vain. I respect that. Others equally …
Concerning Sermons (1) : Hearing with Heart
It’s a struggle, perennial one. Heart vs mind. Such a false dichotomy. Such an imposition of phantom categories. Still rearing it’s head though in fact, it was torn apart ages ago, by Paul and …
Clean Prayers
It is almost as obnoxious as the shrieks of pigs being slaughtered in hidden rooms in the Temple. Such prayers give God goose bumps! Prayers for Ukraine suddenly became in vogue. “Pray for Ukraine!” …
Clean Christians
Why then the eerie silence in Hong Kong from priests, Protestant in particular, on matters of blatant injustice and overreach of police powers? What is to stopping a HK Christian lawyer from, in their private capacity …
Clean Para-church
You knew about Clean Church. You should know about Clean Para-Church. How many academics in theology in HK dare to stand up? … Other organisations are even purer, as they tend to limit themselves to teaching Bible …
Called to be a minister?
“You said you are called by God to offer yourself as a minister. You want me to believe that!” I mean no disrespect. I judge not their calling by their ensuing personal life or career success …
Reverence (2)
Irreverence increases with attending Sunday services. It is natural. When it wasn’t possible to worship at church, we turned to the internet ...
Reverence (1)
Irreverence increases with attending Sunday services. The Pastor who presided over the service thanked the LORD for dying on the cross. Don Carson would have a heart attack ...
Clean Church
You wouldn’t have noticed. No, you wouldn’t. By that I was referring to the increasingly plain and painful fact, that sitting thru Sunday services, on line or in person ...
Lament of a Baby-boomer
What can you do in a hotel room for 14 days? Thank God the internet was working. But things have changed in the few weeks since I left. No more familiar faces on YouTube ...