Impression is important. To be precise, the impression you give about yourselves to others. It’s one thing we say people can exaggerate or belittle themselves, but it’s way more difficult to give a fair assessment of yourself. Just this week, I’ve had responses about my work from 3 people. The…
Rules, rules, rules. No yeast, no honey. That’s what Leviticus 2:11 says. God wants you, yourself, no embellishment. Not how much you have “risen” in school grade, career ladder, seniority at work or even in wider family, bank account, or the ‘senior’ in senior pastor. How much you are influential…
Do you play the drum in your worship team? Flute? Harp? Bass guitar? Cello? Or do you sing? Worship leader? On the audio-visual? Maybe the saxophone? Organ? Violin? Rhythm guitar? I usually play the piano, but I very much prefer to play the drum set. There are more I can’t…
Over the course of the past few months I have been learning some basic programming on an online application. My aim was to build up a system where I can repeat almost all the steps to send an email to about 50 people, and that there is one place in…
It’s such a super idea we have a day devoted to our one loved one. Nothing replaces giving somebody your utmost attention. Nothing replaces companionship, friendship, commitment. Or love. Indeed Jesus is the greatest friend. He saves you before you know him. There are too many philosophical debates over that…
Series starts here. The cost you pay to run an online church is huge. It might cost you some money, but how long, just how loooooooooong, have you spent doing something to get it suitable for use in online church. It’s far beyond what we have done for a single…
The finest flour is the best of yourself in God (see previous blog). It is not quite taking all improvement exercises, methods in mindfulness or self-emptying, wellness enhancement such as balanced diet, deep breath, or wholeness; or any such combinations of the above. Some of these are good. The point though…
The Holy Spirit is the enabler for us to worship God in truth. Leviticus chapter 2 speaks about Holy Spirit in the form of oil and frankincense. The use of oil sounds like anointing, a kind of seal, that our worship is acceptable to God. The use of frankincense speaks…
Making choices is nothing new – even this statement is a little strange, everybody makes choices all the time. For example, you can watch a film about a story when a book form is also available. You might prefer to go this way so you can also enjoy the…
All things online don’t work well for churches. Church is about people. Having a church online goes against what you want to do as a church. The whole point about reaching out to people is they come to learn and share about the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is about…
