by NILO | Dec 3, 2017 | blog
Would modern Christians still consider themselves to be #blessed without their valuable possessions? If God struck dead their family, tore down their home and car, and inflicted them with diseases, would their love and unwavering loyalty to God remain...
by NILO | Nov 29, 2017 | blog
The Bible is filled with warnings on greed. Even King Solomon, who acquired a massive quantity of both divine wisdom and wealth, wrote, “He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity,” (Ecclesiastes...
by NILO | Nov 26, 2017 | blog
The Christian understanding of the equality of all people finds its origins in the creation account in Genesis 1, where God creates man in his own image. This understanding is furthered in the Pentateuchal code, where God lays down the law for how foreigners should be...
by NILO | Nov 15, 2017 | blog
Jesus was very much aware of how human nature worked when he said, “Let anyone with ears to hear listen” (Mark 4:9 NRSV). Initially, you might think, “obviously, you have ears to hear, then you can listen.” By that statement, Jesus meant that listening is not usually...
by NILO | Nov 12, 2017 | blog
If you look at God’s choice of small nation Israel, of stuttering Moses, of the youngest son David, or of the teenager Mary, then you would see that the people whom God have chosen to portray foolishness and weakness according to human standards. The social standing...
by NILO | Nov 12, 2017 | blog
No one is a follower of Jesus if he has not—in the fullest sense—entered this new life with God. No man can ever share his life with God and remain the same. His life would reflect an overflow of God’s love. God’s love, according to Rauschenbusch, “flow[s] out,...