Stock Investing Or Gambling ?

If believers dabble in the stock market, not with the intention of long term investing but merely to speculate on short term price gains, they are likely to lose more than they gain over time.  At worst, such speculation could lead to serious financial losses and even financial ruin.   Let …

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The Lord’s Supper

In the first century context, the Lord’s Supper (Greek : kuriakon deipnon, “the Lord’s meal”) was a full communal meal, not just a symbolic ritual with a wafer and wine.  It was deeply relational, not just lithurgical.  Paul’s rebuke in 1 Cor 11:20-22 wasn’t about how sacred the elements or …

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我的灵渴望祢

Verse 1

我的灵 渴望着祢
如同干地渴求雨水。
没有喜乐 能长久,
没有平安 感到完整

副歌:
主啊,求祢靠近我,
我不过是呼吸,
除非我在祢里面
得安息。

Verse 2

祢的爱 满足我心,
如同活水流入我灵。
世上一切 都会过去,
唯有祢是我所渴慕。

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First Love

In Rev 2:4-5 on the Ephesus church,  “the love you had at first” is best understood as the church’s former love for Christ expressed in wholehearted devotion to Him – a love that had once animated its obedience, service and relationship with Him.  The striking thing is that Ephesus had …

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