Why is it that on the first day of every seven days God’s children go to churches to listen to sermons but refuse to come to the Lord’s table to fellowship with Him? Why is it that God’s children seem to enjoy ritualistic ceremonies called “holy communion” conducted by a trained person but immediately feel uncomfortable when the true meaning of Breaking the Bread (i.e., remembering the Lord’s death) is explained to them, not to… Read More »Come to the Lord‘s Table
Men squander the earth and their own lives, but refuse to acknowledge the Maker of heavens and earth, even their lives; Men build alters and “high places” in their minds to satisfy their idolatrous hearts but deny Jesus precisely because of, not in spite of, Jesus’ “lowliness” of coming down from heaven to die for men’s sin. Yet it is the very same men who are very certain they are morally justified and do not… Read More »The Cross is man’s judgment
In ultimate sense, who takes the responsibility of your life? If you are a child of God, your Father does. It may surprise you, but being able to take care of you in Christ to the end without shame is a part of God’s eternal will in Christ. Years ago, I saw a scene in TV news that I could never forget. It was a cold winter day with heavy snow falling. A war broke… Read More »Our Father will not be ashamed on that day
I am a full-time professional and a business person, so I let work occupy a significant part of my life, for the time being at least. We should never look at our work life as something entirely separate or even contradicting to our spiritual life. Work-life is an integrated part of our spiritual life. What we do at our job is important because it is an important way God has chosen to accomplish many things… Read More »Work and Rest
“…Partakers of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4. Discouragement is common to all of us. When we are made aware of our shortcomings, we tend to have moments of self-pity. We start to look upon ourselves. The clearer we see ourselves, the less likable we are, and more self-pitiful we become. Sometimes we may even give in to self-pity and indulge in our misery so it becomes a prolonged condition in our life. It may… Read More »Self-Pity
Bible verses: Gen. 2:9-10; Gen. 3:22-24; Proverbs 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; Rev. 2:1, 7; Rev. 22:1-2; Rev. 22:14: ________________________________________________ 1: The Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden – eternal life, God’s supreme gift to mankind “And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward, and there put Man whom he had formed. And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and… Read More »The Tree of Life
Education is a very broad concept. Here I narrow my comment on mass education only, such as schools. Chinese place too much false hope on school education. Parents and the society expect the schools to make children successful individuals, and don’t realize that even the best school education is only a tool for children to learn some skills and knowledge. But this strangely high expectation is faced with the reality of a double failure: not… Read More »The Humble Function of Education
God’s elect, His Church, is part of God’s eternal purpose. We are directly related to God’s kingdom, power, and glory. Ephesians 3:9-11 “…and to bring to light what is the fellowship of the mystery which from eternity has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ; so that now to the rulers and powers in the heavenlies might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal… Read More »What do we have to do with God’s kingdom, power and glory?
Individualized education, or adaptive education, is an education system based on the belief that everyone has his own natural and right course of learning, and no one should be forced to learn in a so-called “standard way”. The individualization factor in the five i’s, namely interactive, intuitive, intelligent, integrated, and individualized. A realization of the value of individualized learning is, of course, nothing new and hardly a worthy motive to become a business. The biggest… Read More »Individualized education
The history of encyclopedia is extremely illustrative for the development of education. Just think about it: The history of encyclopedia: Printed encyclopedia (Britannica) >> electronic encyclopedia (Encarta) >> dynamic Web encyclopedia (Wikipedia and vertical web search engines) . The history-in-the-making of education: Conventional schools >> online education >> 5iX: interactive, intuitive, intelligent, integrated, and individualized learning (Xuexi 学习） The analogy is much deeper than the surface. The more you think about the concepts and the… Read More »The new education