https://odb.org/2024/08/12/welcome-mat There are three concepts in Jesus’s teaching in Mark 9:30-37. The first is that Jesus needed to die first before He rises again. At that point, the disciples of Jesus didn’t understand what He was talking about. The second is that the least is the greatest, and it speaks of servant leadership in theContinue reading “Welcoming little children”
Category Archives: Community of believers
Unity in the body
https://odb.org/2024/07/14/better-together-3 Unity is probably one of those rather elusive concepts for the universal church of Christ as there is not a single body governing Christians except for the Roman Catholic church. Thus slightly less than half of the world’s Christian population are fragmentalised into various denominations and thousands and thousands of smaller independent churches. TheContinue reading “Unity in the body”
Philip and the eunuch
https://odb.org/2024/07/09/do-i-belong In Acts 8:29-39, there is this account of Philip sharing Christ with an Ethiopian eunuch of great authority who was in charge of the treasury of the Ethiopian Queen Candace, which I have read before but didn’t see its significance until today. The reason the story was significant is because eunuchs are looked downContinue reading “Philip and the eunuch”
Festival of Tabernacles
https://odb.org/2024/07/02/a-national-campout The Festival of Tabernacles is one of the celebrations instituted by God for the Israelites to remember the time their ancestors spent in the wilderness after God delivered them from Egypt back into the Promised Land. That journey was mostly spent in an oasis just south of Canaan called Kadesh Barnea. They lived inContinue reading “Festival of Tabernacles”
False teachers
https://odb.org/2024/05/31/mercy-through-pizza During the days of the early church, there was already the issue of false teachers. Perhaps it was understandable then as the faith itself was finding its footing. Over the centuries, despite differences in opinions, we are now settled on the tenets of our faith. For example, the bible is what we see today,Continue reading “False teachers”
Spiritual gifts
https://odb.org/2024/05/07/the-god-of-our-personality-and-gifts Romans 12 is the turning point in Paul’s writings in the book of Romans that targeted both Gentiles and Jews in Rome, as distinct from the Jews living in Jerusalem. Paul started by teaching on the salvation brought by Christ first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles. Of the Son of God already spokenContinue reading “Spiritual gifts”
A cord of 3 strands
https://odb.org/2024/04/22/strength-in-numbers A human being may live alone in a Robinson Crusoe context or in isolation despite being amongst a sea of people, but it is a sad and depressing situation. Without family, friends, and loved ones, we may end up immersing ourselves in a make-believe world of television, computer games, or other worse indulgences. Similarly,Continue reading “A cord of 3 strands”
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