Category: Footprints
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“I Believe Therefore I Am.”
One of the sentences the students often come up with as I ask them to make a sentence in accordance with the subjective mood in English grammar is this: but for air, water, and food people could not live. Three major elements keep humans alive for thousands of years. As space programs started to develop…
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People Skills Or God Skills?
This world has its own way of dealing with that which it requires. Politically a democratic system is favored so that the leaders of such democratic countries will push very hard to win the hearts of their citizens. The power of leader comes from endowment of the public; that is, the ruling authority is derives…
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A Visionary Christian
“He interrupted with a shout: ‘Paul, you’re crazy! You’ve read too many books, spent too much time staring off into space! Get a grip on yourself, get back in the real world!’” (Acts 26:24) As Paul took his defense against the accusations from the Jewish leaders and priests, in front of King Agrippa, he expounded…
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The King’s Friend
Apart from the Levites who were responsible for the Temple of God, David established his kingdom by appointing suitable leaders to be in charge of his administration. Anyone who was a mighty warrior would be in charge of a certain military division, who had accounting skills would be responsible for the financial affairs of the…
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Religion Or State?
There has been a continuous controversy over the separation of state and religion in the United States. The opponents declare that the U.S. has been founded in Christianity where God is the highest authority and his word, the Bible, should be the guiding principles for the government as well as the people. On the contrary,…
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Casting Lots
When King David set up gatekeepers or security guards to maintain order in the temple of the Lord, he chose them from the family of Korah belonging to the tribe of Levi. We read in 1 Chronicles 26:13 that they were assigned for guard duty at the various gates of the temple, whether small or…
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Requirements For Serving God
“And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening, . .” (1 Chronicles 23:30). When King David became old, he had his son Solomon succeed him as king over Israel. He also summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and the Levites and had them…
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An Encountering With Him
“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…
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One Thing Still Needed
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…
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Not A Gentile Anymore!
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…
TJ Gong 