Forgiveness
Derrick Duong
Forgiveness is not one of the moral virtues that we can learn, practice and develop over time, nor is it a good deed we do to others. Rather, it is a grace we receive from the Lord and then choose to give it to our offenders. How we receive it has something to do with our spiritual perspective. Read more →
Self Worth: Depreciation vs. Appreciation
Rev. Alan Lee
We are living in days in which we have become lovers of ourselves. Our society has become self-centered and satiated with self-fixated words like self-esteem, self-fulfillment and self-actualization. Read more →
Discerning: True or False
Rev. Ted Kang
I have a very nice watch that I received as a wedding gift from my in-laws. One day, I spotted the same watch being sold for no more than $40 in one of the night markets of Bangkok. It had a remarkable resemblance to the genuine watch that I own, down to the smallest details. Most people wouldn’t have been able to discern the fake from the real thing. But it didn’t take long for me to know that it was a well-crafted counterfeit. The weight was off. The hue and the texture of the dial was ever so slightly too dull. The complex engraving on the back case was exactly the same as the one I had, but its depth was deceptively shallow. If the watch was any other brand or model, it would’ve been impossible for me to know it was a knock-off. But I was able to tell almost instantly because I had worn my watch for the last 20 years and had come to know it by heart. Read more →