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I am enjoying this book and agreeing with it (like "yes!", "write on"...laughing that Jesus wouldn't get hired because he was single...silly but prob would be true). There are some parts that uses particular language to describe leadersh...
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Security in Challenging Times – Acts 11:27-30-12
How to deal with these difficult situations? In today’s passage we saw that even though the church, the Christians, had already enjoyed some time without being persecuted for their faith, this was not the case with some of them. During the persecution instigated by Saul or Paul, the entire church had fled except for the […]
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Understanding Suffering Through the Life of St. Paul
After having taught the book of Acts, I have learned a lot about the Apostle Paul. One very important aspect of his life was suffering. St. Paul suffered a lot. 1 Corinthians 11 gives the list of Paul’s experiences as an Apostle: 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like […]
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The Wounded Healer
I have just started reading a book titled “The Wounded Healer” by Henry Nouwen. This book’s title has always captured by attention so I finally bought it and started to read it. The introduction asserts that if we (e.g. ministers, pastors) are to serve others, we need to be the “wounded healers.” In other words, […]
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Called to Suffer…Even More, A Reflection on 1 Thessalonians 3
No one likes suffering. I certainly don’t. Yet everyone suffers to some degree. We are all part of what we Christians call fallen humanity and a fallen world. Much of the suffering we experience is a result of the consequences brought about from sin, a broken, imperfect world. Suffering isn’t normal. It is the result […]
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