Matthew Chapter 15 – Spiritual Gut Health
We are what we eat, how we eat, where we eat, when we eat, and whom we eat with. Intimately personal, food consumption is when we are at our most vulnerable and truest. Many healthcare professionals have…
Matthew Chapter 11 – Be Great by Being Small in a Light and Easy Way
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:29…
Jeremiah Chapter 34 – Setting Free Through Rest
It was not until in Jeremiah 34 that I realized how strongly God felt when the Israelites failed to liberate their fellow brothers and sisters. In Ex 21.2 and Deut 15.12, God commanded the Israelites to set…
Jeremiah Chapter 33 – Towards Restoration
Chapter 33 of Jeremiah describes the excellence of a restored nation. It is a utopia that God has ultimately promised to the Israelites. Yet the oracle was certainly a far cry from the everyday reality that Jeremiah…
Hebrews Chapter 11 – Genealogy of the Faithful
Genealogy is a collection of personal stories linked through blood relations. We recount genealogy for different reasons. A historian is interested in genealogy because family history epitomizes the larger national and regional history. It shows the workings…
Mark Chapter 13 – Prepare, Cherish, and Pray
“…the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.” (Mark 13, 24 and 25) Few weeks ago, I felt…
Mark Chapter 12 – Greater Things Above
In the Book of Mark, as well as other gospel books, we see people constantly ask Jesus questions. To eat or not to eat with sinners? (Mark 2:16); to fast or not to fast? (Mark 2:18); to…
Isaiah Chapter 35
Chiaroscuro – the Darker the Despair, the Brighter the Hope Reading the book of Isaiah reminds me of chiaroscuro in sketching and painting. I first came across this idea as a child. In the studio of my art teacher, she would arrange some fruits on the table…
2 Corinthians Chapter 13
Finally… “Finally, brethren, farewell. Become complete. Be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.” (2 Corinthians 13:11) The word ‘finally’ temporally denotes the…
Romans Chapter 8
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Written approximately between the late 55 and 57 AD, the book of Romans is considered one of Paul’s most complete epistles in its doctrinal discussion. At the time…