TJ Gong

“Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth.’” (Luke 22:14) As the Lord appeared to Paul and caused him to be blind on the way to Damascus, he told Paul to enter Damascus where…

Realizing that he couldn’t build the temple for God due to his shedding too much blood, David instead stockpiled a large number of construction materials for his son David who would be the person God had assigned to build the temple for him. God told David that he would make his son Solomon have rest…

The word “Gentile” refers to a person who is not a Jew, but originally an early Christian member who follows Jesus as contrasted with a Jew who belongs to Judaism. For Jewish people, the Gentiles were uncircumcised and unclean people with whom the Jews should no associate—eat or drink. Peter was criticized by his Jewish…

Why do bad things happen to good people? If God is caring, how can he let good people suffer and even be tormented by scoundrels? When Joshua led the new generation of Israel into the city of Jericho, God commanded his people to destroy everything including men, women, children, and animals as an offering to…

“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 21:13) Paul once was the person who tenaciously observed Jewish traditions and persecuted the followers of Jesus. He would follow Jesus’ disciples and…

In the days when David began to reign in Jerusalem he continued to fight against his surrounding nations. But wherever he went, God made him victorious. David knew the victory came from God alone, so he dedicated the plunders taken from the enemies to God. In Chronicles 18:11 we read, “These also King David dedicated to…

Many years ago I went down to Taiwan to take care of my father as he was hospitalized due to his heart disease. Next to his bed stayed a veteran in his seventies who looked physically fit and his wife accompanied him alone without their any children and relatives. I had a short conversation with…

My family had lived in a two-bedroom apartment since we had moved in ten years ago. I’d thought little of buying a new house because the housing prices here were extremely high and the rent we paid at a reasonable price. Until one Sunday morning as I was listening to the pastor’s message in my…

While Paul was spreading the good news of Jesus Christ throughout the whole region of Asia province, some Jews often stirred up the crowd against him and his companions. They confronted him and the gospel because of the power they were afraid to lose if the people were converted. There was another group of people outside…

After David brought the ark of the Lord back to his city and placed it in the tent that he pitched, he assigned some Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to give thanks, and to praise the Lord (1 Chronicles 16:4). David realized after many years of long-suffering journeys that God…