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What Are We Looking At?
“Vociferous talks and music on the radio from the building across from our classroom could be heard distinctly or whenever we quieted down working on our in-class assignments we could hear the lecture from the next classroom. The Jiangguo Elevated Express is just situated on the west side of our campus. Throughout the day, sounds…
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Show Product or Show Girl?
As I walked into the Dazhi City library, a poster caught my eyes with a beautiful, smiling girl holding a No-Smoking sign attached to the glass entrance door of the library. At the first glance, what I noticed was not the anti-smoking sign the girl holds but the sweatshirt she wears revealing her lower body…
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Encouragement Cards
“What are you writing on those Bible verse cards?” I asked my older daughter inquisitively. “Those are encouragement cards to some of my classmates for comforting our loss in Taiwanese Middle School Class Relay Races.” I picked them up and read them one by one, words like, “Remember the days we’re running and laughing on…
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An Ambassador of Christ
Some of my friends were considering taking the Foreign Service Exam when they completed their studies in America and returned to Taiwan. Asked why they’re interested in being representatives to other countries, they all replied, “English proficiency is required for this type of job and our English is good enough to be qualified to serve…
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The Recabite Family
“What do you want to be when you grow up? Or what is your ambition in life” Both questions must have been asked again and again by our teachers, parents or maybe debating in our head since we were young. Some wish to become successful businesspeople, multimillionaires; others wish to become popular entertainers—TV or movie…
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Self-Actualization Or God-Actualization?
In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a human motivation theory, self-actualization needs top the rest of human needs such as ego, social and security needs (only lower than spiritual needs added later on) any human being desires to achieve. On this level, according to Maslow, where people know the purpose of what is to be done,…
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A Christian Major
College students choose their major as they enter university. A certain major requires its students to take certain required courses and some other elective courses so that they could receive their college degree in certain major after successfully completing those courses. For an English major student, for example, he or she must take English four-skill…
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Title Seeking Fallacy
At my church Sunday service there is always a time when those who first come to our church can introduce themselves and everyone else will welcome them with the clapping of hands. Sometimes a new friend will be given a more detailed introduction if our pastor has known him/her quite well or awhile. For instance,…
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Real Life, Real Battle
Like some believers I thought I would live a happy life when I came to Christ as though the prince and the princess did in the fairy tale. I would get a decent job after graduation; my family would love another without any argument or complaint; I would never endure any trials or trouble. I…
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God Is For Real
In 1979 when the U.S. severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan and switched its relations with Chinese, many Taiwanese emigrated to America or other countries in that they dreaded China’s invasion and took over the island. Later in 1996 China unprecedentedly launched toward Taiwan to intimidate the country and influence the presidential election. Similarly many…
TJ Gong
Walking With Him Until I Am Not
TJ Gong 