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Fall?

March 29th, 2025| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Fall?

Falling out of love, you say? And you think it is all happening rather unpredictably? Betrayal, fight, drift, distancing, breakup?

You may be wrong, assert social scientists from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz the University of Bern in “Terminal Decline of Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships: Evidence from Four Longitudinal Studies,” published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology recently.

Researchers analyzed data from four major longitudinal…   Read more →

Fresh!

March 22nd, 2025| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Fresh!

Fruits are perishable. They turn soft. They turn brown. They become moldy. Yup, fruits are perishable. Especially bananas.

But no more, said Gilad Gershon, chief executive of Tropic, a Norwich (UK)-based biotech company, thanks to whom we might be getting bananas that stay fresh for several hours post-peeling. Declared Gershon triumphantly:

No more slimy, brown bananas!”

Enzymic browning is the main culprit behind those “slimy, brown bananas.” Fresh fruit and vegetables…   Read more →

Happiness!

March 15th, 2025| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Happiness!

The right to happiness is hardwired in us (and enshrined in the US constitution as an “unalienable right” of humans “endowed by their Creator”). It is an obsession stoked by promises from the gurus of bliss, the influencers of Instagram, and the campaigns of corporations, all seeking to empty our bank accounts as we go all out to be happy.

Not a good idea, declare researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the University of Sydney Business School in…   Read more →

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2 Timothy 2:14–26

April 1st, 2025| Topic: 2 Timothy, aBeLOG | 0

2 Timothy 2:14–26

God’s people, his possession, obtain honor by pursuing righteousness and being beneficial for God, ready for good works, even correcting opponents by clearly and graciously expounding the word.

Dealing with the immediate need to counter false teachers, this passage is an explication of the Christian leader’s character in the face of opposition, particularly with regard to doctrine and grounding in Scripture. Yet there is hope for those apostates, for Timothy is to “remind…   Read more →

Devotional on Psalm 21

March 4th, 2025| Topic: aBeLOG, Psalms | 0

Here’s a devotional I did online for my church (Ninth and O Baptist Church: they call it a “Devotionable”) the other day. On Psalm 21.

2 Timothy 2:1–13

February 4th, 2025| Topic: 2 Timothy, aBeLOG | 0

2 Timothy 2:1–13

The servants of God, strengthened by God’s grace and entrusting the work of God to faithful people of God, face potential suffering, but seek only to please their faithful God and to further his cause—undistracted, upright, and industrious—thus gaining great eternal rewards.

This passage continues Paul’s appeal to Timothy that he be willing to suffer for God and for the gospel.

What Timothy has “heard” publicly from Paul, “in the presence of many witnesses”…   Read more →

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

    • April 6 and June 29, 2025 Ninth and O Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky
    • July 13 and 20, 2025 Northwest Bible Church, Dallas, Texas
    • October 5, 2025 Grace Chapel, Englewood, Colorado

Past Speaking Engagements

    • January 15, 2025 Boyce Chapel, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
    • January 10–11, 2025 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Singapore, SINGAPORE
    • January 6–7, 2025 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Hong Kong, CHINA
    • January 5, 2025 Yan Fook Church, Hong Kong, CHINA
    • November 26–27, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Bengaluru, INDIA
    • December 1, 2024 Grace Bible Fellowship, Bengaluru, INDIA
    • November 29–30, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Hyderabad, INDIA
    • November 26–27, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, New Delhi, INDIA
    • October 2–3, 2024 Pastoral Ministries Lectureship, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois
    • September 15, 2024 Grace Baptist Church, New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
    • August 11, 2024 First Baptist Church, Pikeville, Kentucky
    • August 4, 2024 Grace Chapel, Englewood, Colorado
    • July 27, 2024 Houston International Christian Fellowship, Houston, Texas
    • July 7 and 14, 2024 Northwest Bible Church, Dallas, Texas
    • June 27–28, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Hosur, INDIA
    • June 24–25, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Hyderabad, INDIA
    • June 23, 2024 Hyderabad Baptist Church, Hyderabad, INDIA
    • June 23, 2024 Grace City Church, Kochi, INDIA
    • June 21–22, 2024 CliniX Preaching Seminar, Kochi, INDIA
    • June 9, 2024 Bayou City Fellowship, Houston, Texas
    • May 28–June 1, 2024 Sams Lectureship, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, S. Hamilton, Massachusetts
    • March 17, 2024 Grace Chapel, Englewood, Colorado

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