For many of us, it is difficult to put the preaching of forgiveness into practice. When the Saints Church in Alexandria was bombed this past New Year’s Day, it was hard to forgive the perpetrators. The fears and frustrations of the Coptic Christians opened the floodgates of their anger and caused
01.9.2011| The Fish Tank | Ruirui Kuang
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is how to love, and be loved in return - The Sitar that Speaks the Truth, Moulin Rouge In Romans 12:3, Paul calls us to look at ourselves with sober judgment – to think truthfully and honestly about who we are. Then he calls to love one another, and specifi
06.18.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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"Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19 "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one t
05.2.2010| The Fish Tank | Judith Huang
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Recently, a friend emailed me asking for help because his girlfriend has been having trouble accepting God's grace. Over my short time as a Christian, I have met many guilty souls who struggle with grace. I spent the greater portion of the last year trying to figure out grace. Most of the time, I fa
03.30.2010| The Fish Tank | Jordan Monge
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Tim Challies’ article “Show All History” in Christianity Today, reminds us of AOL’s disastrous mishap in 2006. Dr. Abdur Chowdhury accidentally released to the public a compressed text file containing twenty million search keywords for over 650,000 users over a 3-month period. Though AOL
03.12.2010| The Fish Tank | Roshni Patel
6 CommentsI believe in resurrection. I believe, of course, in the Resurrection - "that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day" (1 Corinthians 15.3b-4a). That much is unsurprising. But it is only the beginning. For I believe
02.12.2010| The Fish Tank | J. Joseph Porter
2 CommentsIs regretting our sins and crying out for forgiveness true repentance? I used to think that a dinnertime prayer of “Dear Lord, I’m sorry. Please forgive me,” was sufficient. But repentance is more than just the right words in a prayer. It’s even more than a regretful spirit. Consider th
10.12.2009| The Fish Tank | Jade Luo
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