by Keith Jainga
God is love (1 John 4.8, 16). And God’s love is perfect. No one loves like God loves. If we want to know what real love is, we look to God … especially as he has revealed himself in Jesus Christ. “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so …
It’s long overdue, but I finally received it last week—the “Membership Agreement and Evidence of Coverage” for my new health plan. I enrolled in this new plan last year, which took effect at the beginning of this year. But it took all this time, and many communications requesting for it, before the document finally arrived. …
(This week we welcome Jon-Jon Ignacio to our Ponderings page. May his call to consider what love is all about enrich our celebration of love.) Ah, yes. Love is in the air. A few days from now it will be Valentine’s Day once again. The time of the year when retail stores are decked out …
(Once again, we welcome our Music Minister, Ron Orallo, as guest writer for this week’s Ponderings.) We often forget the many things God has done in our lives. We forget the answered prayers, we forget the miracles, we forget who Christ is and what He has done for us. Why is that? For me, after …
What made the early church a dynamic community of the gospel? No doubt, the Holy Spirit was (and continues to be) the primary driving force who propelled the followers of Jesus to declare and to live out the truth of the gospel in their personal lives and their life together. The coming of the Spirit …
I have been rereading Bill Hull’s Choose the Life and once again I am stirred even more toward pursuing a life that “embraces discipleship” and disciple-making. One particular paragraph caught my attention this week. It reminded me of Paul’s exhortation to the church: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” (Ephesians 5.21). The …
In 2006, a clam was dredged out of the icy waters off the coast of Iceland. This clam caught the attention of scientists because it is considered the oldest living creature ever discovered. Originally, it was calculated to be about 405 years old, beating the then existing record by about 30 years. But further research …
I recently was reading the passage in Romans about God’s wrath revealed against godlessness (Romans 1.18-32). God is not pleased when people, “although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened” (Romans 1.21). This foolish and darkened heart …
Just had a haircut. The person cutting my hair made a comment about some changes made since she started cutting my hair. Specifically, it’s shorter now than when I started with her. Later, on my way home, I started thinking about all the styles that my hair had gone through. As kids, we always had …
(We welcome our Church Music Director, Ron Orallo, as guest writer of the Ponderings for this week. Read, reflect, be challenged.) Fall semester 2013 has probably been one of the most difficult semesters I have ever experienced. I imagine my last three semesters at William Jessup to be no different. It was not just school …
