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Beating the Challenges, Seizing the Opportunities, and Doing Avodah Work!

June 26, 2024 Li Sean Talk about Life, Truth Monthly

By Pastor Peter Lau “Transform the workplace? Kidding? I couldn’t even SURVIVE!” It is the usual response I get when conversing with workplace Christians about bringing their faith to work. It’s NO kidding! Since the pandemic, we have all struggled with survival mode in our work. The Challenges of Work Recent research findings confirmed how difficult it is to survive work nowadays: Remote work has blurred the boundaries between work and private life, causing employees to prolong work hours to answer calls or emails, contributing to digital burnout.1 2 Technological advancements such as AI and automation, which result in shorter skill lifespans and the emergence of new occupations,

How to Feed Gen Z’s Hunger for Jesus

May 28, 2024 Li Sean Generation Z, Truth Monthly

Reprinting copy @ TGC, 2023 By KYLE RICHTER & PATRICK MILLER God’s Spirit is moving in the hearts and minds of Gen Z. College ministries and churches across the country have seen the impossible become reality: weekly gatherings and small groups bursting at the seams. In less than a year, our college ministry’s weekly attendance doubled in size. It seems to us the Holy Spirit is priming young adults to be more spiritually hungry than previous generations. Our awareness of these generational hungers led us to recalibrate how we evangelize and disciple Gen Z. While those efforts cannot entirely account for the spiritual renewal we’re seeing—that’s God’s work,

A Time for Resilience

April 30, 2024 Li Sean Generation Z, Truth Monthly

By Dr. Puiwing Wong The Angus Reid Institute’s new year survey reports that young adults are twice as likely than the general population to expect greater stress in 2024. The President of Angus Reid noted that, unlike what he had seen for many years, the current subgroup of young adults “is not only most pessimistic about their financial situation but, concerningly, their stress levels”[1]. This corroborates the warning from The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health that there is a growing mental health crisis, especially among young people, and the problem is global[2]. Unhealthy use of social media has been identified as a major cause[3]. Disruptions from the

The Presence of Christ – A Reflection

March 6, 2024 Li Sean Exegesis, Truth Monthly

Part 1 By Rev. Dr. Terence Lau, Zion Alliance Church On the Road to Emmaus 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him. 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. 28 As they approached the village to which they were going,

Eating God ?!

February 22, 2024 Li Sean Talk about Life, Truth Monthly

By Dr. Paul Zung So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53 …“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. John 14:23 Advent, 2023 Dear Reader, The thoughts I want to share may seem foreign to how many of us understand faith in Jesus Christ, even difficult to digest. However, my conviction is that they are essential, and I want to share

The Unfathomable Deep Space and Seas

January 9, 2024 Li Sean Talk about Life, Truth Monthly

By Pastor (Dr.) Pius Lee Follow the Money Man is an adventurous creature. In the pre-pandemic year of 2019 the US travel and tourism industry generated 1.9 trillion dollars in economic output. That was a startling 9% of the nation’s corresponding GDP of 21.38 trillion dollars in 2019. This astronomical amount of money spent by tourists globally will exponentially increase as space and deep sea tourism begin to enter into the arena of exotic adventures. Money invested and money spent reflects the heart of man. Space tourism is expected to be viable in terms of garnering a sizable customer base especially for near-earth suborbital, orbit, and lunar space

Fear Not, Shepherds!

December 27, 2023 Li Sean Talk about Life, Truth Monthly

Fear Not, Shepherds! –Luke 2:9-10 By Rev. Richard Choy It is Christmastime! Perhaps you’ve noticed that our TVs are already streaming shows and movies highlighting the spirit of the season. The stores we frequent have festive displays of products to make this time of year memorable. It is the season of good cheer and merry celebrations. It is the season of being thankful for family and friends. It is the season of caring and sharing our blessings. The world is caught up in the spirit of Christmastime, yet deep down, we realize that it is merely a varnish of sentimentality over the way things are. The reality

HUMAN FOREST

October 29, 2023 Li Sean Generation Z, Truth Monthly

By Dr. Paul Zung Suzanne Simard has produced research that has drawn our attention to how trees communicate with each other and share resources. We have learned that tree roots are interwoven with the delicate threads of fungal mycelium to form a vast underground network. Through this mycorrhizal network, trees exchange water, nutrients, and information about the environment. It is all happening right underneath our feet, below the forest floor. If you are new to this idea, please watch the short video link below summarizing what we have learned in the last few decades. It’s hard to resist seeing the trees as a metaphor for human society: These

[Good Questions] What is Truth? Part 2

October 11, 2023 Mak Samantha Good Questions, Truth Monthly

Rev. James Hung In the article I wrote last time, I shared three characteristics of truth with you. First, the truth is fact. Second, truth is trustworthy. Third, truth is correct. Besides these, truth has the following characteristics as well: Truth is enduring It is common sense that one plus one equals two. Is it a truth? Yes. Why? Because truth has the characteristic of being unchanging. One plus one equals two never changes. The Lord Jesus said He is the Truth. Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” After knowing Jesus, people would also testify that He is the Truth. He remarked,

[Good Questions] What is Truth?

October 2, 2023 Li Sean Good Questions, Truth Monthly

Writer: Rev. James Hung <Truth Monthly> publishes articles based on the truth, yet people may ask, “What is truth?” Now, let’s take a close look here. Rulers and religious people didn’t reason with the truth. “What is truth?” Pontius Pilate, the Governor who judged Jesus, had also asked this question. The Bible records that Pilate returned to the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?” “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have