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what is a Christian?

Posted by tim gustafson on November 14th, 2011 | 8 responses

Under “religious views” on her Facebook profile, my wife lists the simple phrase “Jesus-follower.” She uses that explanatory term to avoid political and cultural connotations associated with the word Christian. In... read more »

looking at the american church from an asian perspective

Posted by pohfangchia on November 10th, 2011 | no responses

A church in America The title is intended to be misleading. For honestly, there is not much of a difference. I’ve visited churches in China, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and recently America, and my hunch is that all over... read more »

knowing Him

Posted by an odj community member on October 25th, 2011 | one response

Knowing HIM is . . . OVERWHELMING (to say the least)! This is a good “overwhelming”, of course, but nonetheless, overwhelming! I couldn’t help recently revisiting the song Be Thou My Vision over and over again. Most... read more »

bored? come and play

Posted by pohfangchia on October 18th, 2011 | 3 responses

It is a Sunday afternoon. Most of the church members have left the building after the morning service. However, a group of 5 to 8 young people is hanging around. What’s going on? They have an appointment which they... read more »

we have the mind of Christ

Posted by an odj community member on October 7th, 2011 | no responses

Proverbs 25:2: It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them. In Isaiah 55, God told Isaiah to prophecy to His people; He wanted them to know that their ways were not His ways, and... read more »

the right heart

Posted by tom felten on October 4th, 2011 | 10 responses

Having grown up in a musical home, I started writing songs at an early age. Some have taken months—even years—to compose. Others have come together in minutes, as the lyrics leaped onto the page. One day, after... read more »

down here

Posted by K. T. Sim on September 22nd, 2011 | 4 responses

Last October, the world rejoiced with the people of Chile as they celebrated the successful rescue of 33 miners who had been buried 700 meters (2,300 feet) underground. The miners, who had been trapped in a copper-gold mine... read more »

the art of friendship

Posted by an odj community member on September 21st, 2011 | 2 responses

According to the New American Webster Handy College Dictionary, art is the application of knowledge or skill, it is works designed to give intellectual pleasure (as music, sculpture) and pictorial representation, it is a... read more »

a part or apart

Posted by pohfangchia on September 8th, 2011 | 9 responses

In The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church, Reggie McNeal writes, “A growing number of people are leaving the institutional church for a new reason. They are not leaving because they have lost faith. They... read more »

reconciliation

Posted by K. T. Sim on August 26th, 2011 | 7 responses

Jacob conned his older twin brother and got his birthright (Genesis 25:29-33). Then he cheated Esau a second time when he tricked their father into giving him the blessings that belonged to Esau—the firstborn (Genesis... read more »