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Christianity

  • It matters whose side you’re on

    Opinions are everywhere. And they are often shaped by your beliefs, your values, and perhaps, your upbringing. You may not share the same views with those you’re with, but it doesn’t mean you have to throw yours away so that you’d blend in with the majority. I remember a movie poster describing how horrible a… Read more


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  • Mourning and a hope for tomorrow

    I was at a funeral earlier. It felt like being in two places simultaneously, like between life and death. Indeed, being reminded of death is humbling. We are drawn back to the reality that our lives here on earth will soon end. That no matter how far our dreams for the future go, we still… Read more


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  • A day in Your courts

    For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready… Read more


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  • Eventually, you’ll be found out

    We’ve been taught how the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart. But I wonder, is there a way around it? Can you pretend to be someone you’re not, and no one will ever find out? Or when will the slip-up happen? Where you cannot keep it in any longer, and your true… Read more


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  • Burdens you carry

    They consume you and seep through your thoughts until they are the only thing you can think of. They affect how you relate to people who hurt you, lied to you, and made a fool out of you. It feels like waking up from a bad dream, that you never want to cross paths with… Read more


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  • My future hope

    There’s a kind of heaviness that no immediate pleasure can quench. And when you allow yourself to dwell in this kind of persisting sadness, it’s easy to wallow and drown in it. I can remember how the police corporal from the city station told me that the world never went out of problems and thought,… Read more


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  • Can you remember the widely known saying, “Love your enemies?”

    Jesus even expanded it further in Luke 6:27-30 (MSG): To you who are ready for the truth, I say this: Love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the supple moves of prayer for that person. If someone slaps you… Read more


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