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Why did John use “Word” in John 1?
Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit
What does “obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5) mean?
Reflection on Psalm 106 (Week 31, 2026)
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I am just curious: why the author wrote “Word”? Was John trying to point us to the book of Genesis where God said “let there be…..” If the writer doesn’t tell us why then we can only guess. But if he uses the same word in another context then at least we may be able …
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I actually started to wonder what does “obedience of faith” (as found in Romans 1:5 ESV) means. I mean last time, I was taught by my Christian Fellowship during my college time that obedience is a consequence of our faith in Christ, but I still don’t know what it means. Because my view of obedience …
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“We always talk of his love and his kindness but the reality is that our sin will meet his anger and judgement. We never know if we are in God’s good books or his bad books. And we never know when he actually lets go of our hand as we walk through life. It frightens …
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I have been a Christian since young but have never really done anything much to develop my own growth as a Christian apart from attending youth meetings and worship services. I think it is high time I take some responsibility for my faith. I have attended some programmes the church organised but I find it …
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A friend sent me this short article by Edmund Chen and I thought it reflects my concerns but very nicely prescribes good habits to strengthen our spiritual health. Unfortunately I find that churches almost never dwell on how we should maintain our spiritual health, not even regularly encouraging members to faithfully practice daily devotions and …
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My Christian friend took a shit on me for enjoying time and laughing at crude jokes with some friends, even calling me a sinner. “Lord, I want to get to know people but it’s challenging to wrestle with our differences. You hold yourself to the highest moral values, yet because you loved us so much, …
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Firstly, let me just say that it is a mouthful but I deliberately avoided God because in common usage he is defined within a religion and my intention is to talk about God outside religious constructs. This came out of my little article yesterday about making life choices even though there is no certainty about …
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This came up—well, not exactly as I’ve framed it but I thought it expresses the question well—in a conversation with someone today. We were joking about earning brownie points with “the one who determines our fate” and she asked, but what if there is nothing and death is the end, how would you decide? I …
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I don’t see the value of a church. All I see in them is hypocrisy and Sundays seem to be days when Christians come out “hypocriting”. Churches are communities of sinners who have been saved by grace and commanded to love one another. This provides opportunities to love and be loved but also opportunities to …
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I’m struggling with excessive masturbation as well as a carelessness about myself resulting in actions that endanger myself as well as being dangerously overweight. I have tried to take control and regulate my habits but every now and then things happen and I’m back to square one. I need to remind you again, this is …
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