May 28, 2026 | Faith, Life Purpose
Based on John 10:27 — “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” One of the most quietly devastating things the institutional church did to an entire generation of believers was teach them — not always in words, but consistently in...
May 28, 2026 | Faith, Life, Life Purpose, Relationships
Based on Acts 2:42-47 — “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” When I first encountered the house church movement in 2008 in the Philippines, I thought I had finally found it —...
May 28, 2026 | Life, Life Purpose, Relationships
Based on 2 Corinthians 5:17 — “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” One of the most spiritually exhausting things I ever did was spend years trying to become something I already was. I...
May 28, 2026 | Faith, Life, Life Purpose, Relationships
Based on Acts 2:46 — “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.” It has been two years since Lois and I stopped attending the local institutional church. I...
May 28, 2026 | Faith, Life, Life Purpose, Relationships
Based on Ecclesiastes 3:11 — “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Japan does not yield quickly. Missiologists will tell you that Japan is one of the most resistant nations on earth to the gospel — less than two percent of the population...
May 27, 2026 | Life, Life Purpose, Relationships
Based on John 17:3 — “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” I spent years learning about God before I started learning to know Him. And for a long time, I didn’t know the difference —...
