TJ Gong

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“Better is the end of a thing than its beginning” (Ecclesiastes 7:8). Saul was chosen and anointed by God to be the first king of Israel. He came from the tribe of Benjamin, the youngest son of Israel, and from the most insignificant clan in that tribe as he responded to Samuel the prophet’s invitation to the congregation…

“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain” (Psalms 127:1).  As the apostle Paul was traveling on his mission trip, one night he had a vision in which a man pleaded with him to come to his country. Immediately he followed that vision to visit  one of the cities in…

Hezekiah king of Judah once became severely ill to the point of death and the prophet Isaiah also had a message for him from God, saying that he would definitely die and not recover. At this Hezekiah, turning his face to the wall, cried out bitterly and prayed to God how he had walked before the…

Many politicians in some respects are so good at arousing their audiences’ emotions that the people will stand up and vote for them as they listen to those campaign speeches. These natural-born politician employs various strategies in order to catch the people’s attention or even manipulate his audience at his disposal. We as the audience thus lose our self-awareness and follow…

The other day my wife and I consulted with a real estate agent concerning rental litigation. He is a seasoned professional in this area helping his customers with many lawsuits. He mentioned that the law is to protect those who understand or perhaps manipulate the law but not those who  are innocent. It sounds a little bit…

As God dictated to his people the Ten Commandment that they ought to follow obediently, they kept those laws blindly for ages, or oftentimes they obeyed the commands which were convenient to them. One day when Jesus taught in a synagogue, he saw a woman whom an evil spirit had kept sick for eighteen years. Jesus…

The Dalai Lama, a world well-known religious and spiritual leader, came to visit Taiwan a couple of days ago ona humanitarian mission. He went to some areas in the southern part of Taiwan which were severely hit by Typhoon Morokat and consoled the victims after they lost their families and homes. One of his itineraries also held a dialogue with…

Though King David made couples of big errors and offenses against God in his life, the Lord God “called him a man after his own heart” in Acts 13:22. What did David do to make God fond of him even though he committed adultery, a grave sin in God’s sight?How could he perceive God and please him greatly?…

In the book of Genesis man fell into the trap of the serpent by eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which had been forbidden to Adam and Eve, thereby causing death and separation between God and man. Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden and they never…