Gentleness in the 21st Century
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Eric Tan In the 21st century, life has become so fast paced, with information right at our fingertips. However, it’s amazing how we still get communication mixed up. Words take on a life of their own and often carry multiple meanings. This is so true of the word ‘gentleness.’ In today’s world, gentleness has come […]
Disqualified
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As summarized by Charlotte Carreon “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” – 1 Samuel 15 : 22 – Unfit. Ineligible. Disqualified. Whether assessing one’s performance in school, applying for […]
Kindness and Goodness
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By Yasmin Marquez Villar “ 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5 : 22 – 23 (NIV) From the verse above, you might imagine these nine virtues as different fruits, like apples, oranges or pears. […]
Persecution – The Cost of Christianity
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As summarized by Charlotte Carreon “Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12 (NLT) Persecution is defined as punishment or harassment, usually of a severe nature, on the basis of race, religion, or political opinion in one's country of origin. We have all […]
Self-Control
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By Eric Tan Self-help, self-empowerment, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-concept… these words, so prevalent nowadays in many circles, have permeated our culture and are very common concepts to us. A known, but less popular and somewhat opposite concept to all these is the concept of self-control. In contrast to the other concepts, self-control seems to deal with […]
Patience
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"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." Colossians 3:12 No downtime. 24/7 availability. Zero errors. Absolute efficiency. Lightning-speed response time. These are the productivity or efficiency benchmarks of our age. Almost every industry in existence today embraces these slogans. For example, with the advent […]