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PSALM 145:8-21 One night, a thief was trying to break into my friends’ apartment. When he called the police to tell them about it, the operator reacted in an unusual way: “You have to call back in the morning. We are too busy right now.” Too busy? Busy doing what? The young man had done the … [Read more…]

LUKE 12:22-34 Sandcastles are models of castles (made from sand) that are usually built by children while they are playing.  When we were children, some of us spent hours building impressive sandcastles without thinking that it was only a matter of time before they broke up and all of our hard work will be over. We often … [Read more…]

HEBREWS 5:12-6:2 Have you ever tried baby food? I have. It is sometimes awful. But babies have no other choice because they do not have strong teeth. They certainly cannot eat a good juicy meat! Unfortunately, some Christians are okay with spiritual baby food. They like to skip the simple truths of the scriptures and cannot go … [Read more…]

PROVERBS 6:20-23 Saint Cyprian of Carthage, while talking about the unity of the Church said: “No one can have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother.” This may seem like a strange description, but it is true. Indeed, the Church is the bride of Christ who awaits the glorious day when … [Read more…]

1 JOHN 2:18-27 Bank tellers are trained to identify counterfeit bills. To find them, they should look for the differences between the genuine and the fake banknote, not the similarities. The apostle John helped protect believers from heresy by showing them examples of false Christians and false teachers. One of the signs of the last days is … [Read more…]

1 TIMOTHY 4:7 It was October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther approached the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany and began to hammer his 95 theses on the heavy wooden doors of the Church. Luther’s protest was not directed against ghosts and goblins or children who were disguised to deceive or treat. He chose All Hallow’s Eve because … [Read more…]

JAMES 4:1-3 War is expensive. In addition to spending money, it also causes economic hardship, as well as the destruction of lives and property. Both soldiers and civilians pay the maximum price, which is multiplied exponentially by the pain of the survivors. When believers go to war with each other, the costs are also high. In our … [Read more…]

JEREMIAH 20:7-13 Jeremiah was called “the weeping prophet”. Perhaps he had a sensitive and melancholic disposition that was compounded by his fear of God’s judgment on disobedient Israel. His sense of pain is amazing. As if the pain of his nation was not enough, Jeremiah was haunted for his prophetic message of judgment. In one case, he … [Read more…]

ROMANS 12:19 One of my best subjects in school was Literature in English. In literature, poetic justice is an ideal form of justice in which good characters are rewarded and bad characters are punished by an ironic twist of fate. It is a strong literary notion that all forms of literature must impart moral lessons. When … [Read more…]

JOHN 13:34-35 We are usually told to smile before someone takes a picture of us, but in some parts of the world it is a rule not to smile when taking a picture to get your driver’s license. But why not smile? The face is more easily recognised if a person has a neutral facial expression. … [Read more…]