Category: Footprints
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Saving the Lost, Seeking the Lord
The people of Israel lived in the foreign land of Egypt around 430 years since Joseph brought his brother and their households down then and escaped the famine in Canaan. At the end of that period of time the life of the Israelites became bitter and intolerable because a new Egyptian king came to power…
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Christian Ethics
“What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.” (1 Corinthians 9:18) As Christians share the good news with their relatives or friends and ask them to attend cell groups or church activities, the actions they…
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God Manners
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:7). Human beings share one same attribute after they were created: they seek God or some sort of deity whom they could worship or inquire of. Obviously…
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Is He Only A Foreign God?
In Greek’s culture gods and goddesses are ubiquitous from the highest heave to the lowest underworld; everything and everything in it could be worshipped by human beings. Therefore, the seasons can be representative of four kinds of gods; Muse,one of the nine goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences, become the root word of…
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Like a Berean
The apostle Paul traveled from place to place proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. Sometimes the Holy Spirit took him to a particular place where he could share the Gospel; other times he had to free from the oppressors. But wherever he was he wouldn’t budge and boldly preached Jesus the Messiah who died on the cross…
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Taking It By Force
“From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12). After Saul had died, all Israel assembled before David requesting him to be king of Israel. David consented and made a covenant before the Lord with all the leaders and elders of…
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Inquiring of the Lord
“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…
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His Work But Not Mine
“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…
TJ Gong 