Some of our photos
Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves
A personal lesson on the gospel and our heart As my teammate Liling and I work on program development for our upcoming mission trip, we struggled with this question: how much of the gospel are we experiencing personally? As one pastor writes: ”The more deeply we understand and experience law and gospel, the more capable we [...]
Reflections on the Gospel and the Polls
A week ago when the election date was announced and rallies started, I came across a friend’s Facebook post. I liked what he wrote so much that I’ve asked his permission to re-post it here, since I can’t publicly link to his Facebook note. — Reflections on the Gospel and the Polls by Tan Huai [...]
Session 4 of IDMC: The Rhetoric of Symbols and Structures
My notes from the sessions at IDMC continue. This is session 4: The Rhetoric of Symbols and Structures Seeing with New Eyes The prime symbol in the OT: The ark of the covenant – a symbol of the Presence of God with his people. In Joshua 3:16, why did God cause the water to rise [...]
Session 3 of IDMC: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) Biblical Narrative: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise We must learn to read the Bible at the level of the informed imagination — William Lane Imagination: Beyond a One-Dimensional View of the Scriptures Informed imagination, not a runaway-imagination, added Ps [...]
Session 2 of IDMC: Seeing the GOD-picture
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) Seeing God The whole purpose of the Scriptures is for us to know Him! Our view of the Bible must be theological. If we miss that we are only amassing knowledge so we can put a feather in our hats. [...]
女儿的名字：晨僖的意思和含义
Brief notes from the dictionary meanings of our daughter’s Chinese name, plus some motivations from the Scripture. In Mandarin only for now.
Dad-in-law on Internet and church
Something that my father-in-law said this morning really struck me. We were talking about my work helping to set up an online networking website to link all the marketplace Christian fellowship groups that have been around for decades, but never really collaborated for synergy. He was pointing out the occasional excuse people give for not [...]
Why I must pray even when I don’t feel like it
I’m feeling very convicted by what I read in Don Carson’s book, “A Call to Spiritual Reformation“. Some time ago I developed a very strange way to evaluate my prayer life that actually led me to pray less. Originally this helped to alleviate my feelings of guilt about not being as prayerful as the giants [...]
Applying the Gospel to my self-leadership
In my bible reading I have come to the passage in Ezekiel 34. The first 10 verses (Ezek 34:1-10) is a scathing condemnation of Israel’s kings. They are the shepherds of the people. And while this is about Israel’s history, I feel safe to make the generalisation: no one is righteous and good. For Israel, [...]
Lessons of a first-time husband
Married to Candy for seven months now, I can’t say it’s been as difficult and drastic an adjustment as what I’d imagined, going by the well-meaning warnings from married friends. I know, we’re probably still in our honeymoon period, and the inevitable clashes from two sinful individuals having to face their imperfections twenty-four-seven weekly may [...]
