By Pastor Peter Qiu “Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…” (2 Corinthians 2:14, NKJV) Isn’t it wonderful to know that God promises to always lead us into victory? That means no matter what is going on in your life...
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Evil is not the same as sin in Biblical terminology. Sin means ‘to miss the mark’ and evil is ‘a bent to harm.’ For example, nicotine addiction is an expression of sin, but promoting or selling cigarettes is evil because...
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The Lunar New Year, the most celebrated festival in the Orient, also known as the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival. It resembles in many ways with the biblical feasts. It is most similar to the Jewish Passover. The original message of...
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Our teaching series “Finding Freedom” continues this weekend as we discover keys to freedom in the framework of the Lord’s Prayer. It is found in Matthew 6:9 and Luke 11:2 with words so simple a child can learn it yet so...
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Discipleship involves leading an examined life. Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. – Psalm 139:23-24. It is easy to become...
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“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7, NLT) Sometimes, people get discouraged in life because things didn’t turn out...
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The transition from one year to the next is often a time for reflection. Have you paused to count your blessings in 2017? During a conversation this week that was spiralling downward with complaints, criticism, and negativity, I ask if we could...
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The unknown author of this carol tells the story and guides our response: Away in a manger, no crib for a bed / the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head/… Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay / Close by me forever, and love me I pray...
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Since the beginning of the end, they had been waiting for the promised Messiah. Thousands of years pass before Mary learns her child will be Emmanuel – God with us. A choir of angels announce Jesus’ humble birth to local shepherds and a...
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Have you ever been challenged to do something that feels very uncomfortable, awkward, and perhaps evening frightening? So much so, in fact, that you’d rather drop a large and gnarly rock on your toe, then actually follow through on the request? ...
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On one of the sunny afternoon, as I drove to OAC to prepare for our upcoming ELL program, I was impressed by the Holy Spirit to take the route through Hastings. As I was making a left turn on to Main St., a strange view was caught by the corner...
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On Oct 31, 1517, a German Roman Catholic monk named Martin Luther could not hold it in any longer: the church’s practices and beliefs were corrupt and he had 95 points of contention that were being ignored. And so taking matters into his own...
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