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If He is with me…
In my hometown a large graveyard lies behind my house. As I was a child, every summer my brother and I would fish frogs at the rice field which was adjacent to the burial ground. Out of fear we would sing out loud while walking to the field checking on the fishing rods at night. We…
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All I need…
Do you worry about what you are to eat or what you are to wear? Probably not for most of us living in Taiwan. Few people are indeed struggling to make ends meet in modern Taiwan. Yet, many of us are not satisfied with what we have. We are seeking a prosperous life, with gourmet food,…
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Better is a funeral than a party
Many leading academics and scholars yesterday attended Dr. Wu’s funeral service, former education minister and Academic Sinica research fellow. They offered their condolences and praised Wu’s contributions to Taiwan’s education reforms — creating and promoting multilateral channels for admission into the colleges and universities for high school graduates, and reinforcing vocational education. We read in…
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Knowledge itself is power
In Hosea 4:6 it says that my people was destroyed for lack of knowledge. “My people” here represents God’s people, the Israelites. They reject God’s commands dictated by Him through Moses; therefore, they were captured and exiled to Babylon, a pagan nation. Today, people are learning all the time in order not to fall behind…
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Meet with masters
The 2007 Asian Science Camp wiil be kicking off this coming Sunday on Aug.5. The camp organizors has invited the speakers or lecturers who are all internationally renowned scholars and scientists. The participants mostly comprised of high school graduates and college students must meet strict qualifications, e.g. having a good command of English. Acoording to the…
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Complaint or compliment, a way of thinking
The JCEE pass rate hit the record high this year at roughly 95 percent released by the Joint Board of the College Recruitment Commission, which means that almost every student who tooke this year’s examination are able to get accepted into one college or university. Some critics have blamed the highly rising acceptance rate over…
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Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
A young Korean pastor who led a team of Christian workers on a humanitarian aid mission to Afghnanistan was shot to death after several days of kidnapping in the hands of Afghan fighters. Afghanistan is a Muslim country under the Taliban; namely it is illegal to spread the Gospel. One will be put to death…
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Whose life is more precious?
That An ex-con man was suspected of beating an NTU professor to death Monday morning draws much criticism from the public, particularly from th opposition party that fingerpoints the government’s amnesty policy and its negligence of protecting the innocent. First of all, I would like to offer condolence to the victim’s family. My heart goes to the professor’s wife because…
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Compromising faith
An Episcopal priest claims herself to be a Muslim. “I am both Muslim and Christian, just like I’m both an American of African descent and a woman. I ‘m 100 percent both,” she said. Can a follower of Christ be also of other religions? In the world of pluralism. we often liken singleness to narrow-mindedness. Most…
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My shepherd will supply my need
Last night I was invited to watch the annual senior play titled The servant of Two Masters. To quench his ever-present starvation, the servant Truffaldino eventually served two masters, who happnened to be lovers. The play is comedy, which ends up with a happy ending. But in the process of serving his two masters at…
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Walking With Him Until I Am Not
TJ Gong 