Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Spiegel & Grau, 2014) It has been a while since I’ve heard or read about a life so impressive as Bryan Stevenson’s, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. His chosen line of work, or...
House of Prayer: Social Justice in the Old Testament Sanctuary
Updated and revised. A continuation of the thoughts in a previous post, Human Strudel. Studying the Israelite sanctuary system is like opening a treasure box. There are many glowing things to behold, and each time something different shines more brilliantly than...
A Year with COTA
Leading up to GYC: Before Men and Angels, it seemed more than fitting to embark on a year-long project to read the Conflict of the Ages (COTA) series. Hence, back in January 2013, the time when all resolutions were made, I began reading Patriarchs and Prophets with...
The Most Impossible Thing
There is something to be said about asking. When we ask for something, we put ourselves in a vulnerable place, because the answer to the request may be a “No.” The aftermath of that answer may send us to a whirlwind of disappointment and hurt, and at the next...
Am I Blind?
Ever wondered if the colors you were seeing were the same colors everybody else saw? My favorite color is green. It has always been green since I was in my mother’s womb—I am convinced of it. Green is the color of life, the essence of any beautiful scenery. In fact,...
The View From My Neighbor’s Shoes
Isn’t is a wonder that it doesn’t take 20/20 vision, glasses, or contact lenses to notice the tiny faults in other people? Out of all the faults ever existed in the universe, the hardest ones to see are my own. There’s this really wise saying that asks a cute...
2012: Blog Highlights
Year in Review, part 3. Because I read a lot last year, I could write a lot. I had a personal target on the number of blog hits, and thanks to the endorsement of some popular friends, I surpassed that target by a few hundreds. I write to clarify my own thought...
God’s Humility
Before Men and Angels, part 1 Thoughts from reading the Conflict of the Ages (COTA) series. Join the COTA in a Year reading group on Facebook. In the opening chapter of the series, Why Was Sin Permitted, the stage for the controversy between good and evil is set. In...
GYC 2012: What I Could Give
I’ve been an attendee. I’ve been a volunteer. Now I reflect on another role: a seminar presenter. But before that, some other highlights from GYC: Star struck… by Dr. Hasel | Adam Ramdin’s Sabbath sermon – simply awesome | David Shin’s last evening devotion –...