Independence Day / LIRS By Pastor Leo E. Longan In honor of Independence Day this year, I’d like to lift up one of the most important ways that the United States government encourages, supports and pays for Christian ministry. Maybe you think the government doesn’t Read More …
In the title song and dance number of the movie “Singing in the Rain”, Gene Kelly is caught in a torrential downpour as he walks home in the evening. It is drenching wet and he is catching a cold, yet although there are storm clouds Read More …
Nicodemus Moved by the Holy Spirit By Xuming Sun This year’s Easter season, I learned about a Biblical person, Nicodemus, through Pastor’s teaching and our children’s lovely performances. On the second Lent Sunday, our gospel reading revealed this well-known quote from Jesus – • For Read More …
A Post Lenten Devotion By Muriel Davis Even though Lent has passed and we are now in the season of Easter, I decided to share with you this inspirational devotion given to me by Linda Seubert, a member of Trinity who moved upstate but still Read More …
On Buddha’s Relics and the First Easter By Pastor Emmanuel Ilagan While I was working with the Christian Conference of Asia (the umbrella organization of churches and church councils in Asia) I had the opportunity to visit several Asian countries. These countries take pride in Read More …
He must have been around five (5) years old, but he had never experienced the joys of childhood. He is the boy who was pulled out from the rubble caused by an air strike in Aleppo in strife-torn Syria. There are girls and boys like Read More …
So I’m going to tell you a secret about us preachers today, but don’t get your hopes up, it’s nothing very juicy. Whenever we open up the lessons and find out that we have to preach about demons, it is, as we used to say Read More …
When Paul wrote the following admonition to Timothy the Jewish people were under Roman rule. Rome allowed the Jews to pray for the Emperor’s health without praying and sacrificing to him.
I have recently come across a Christian blog post entitled, “Killing the Church with Sunday School”. “Oh no!”, I thought. How can Sunday School be bad for church? What could we be doing wrong? I had to read. Luckily, the point of the post is Read More …
Devotional for April 2016 By Pastor Noel ILAGAN It was a late winter morning and I was riding on the 6-line subway train from the Bronx to Manhattan in New York. The passengers on the train were doing their own thing – either trying to Read More …