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A Homily for Boh Boh’s Funeral

February 27, 2020February 10, 2022 Andrew Ong 4 Comments death, funeral, grief, grieving, hope

On Tuesday, my family held an Asian funerals and buried my 90-year old grandmother, who died in the living Christ.

Like Father, Like Son

October 10, 2019June 15, 2022 Larry Lin 5 Comments abraham, absence, Asian American, china, Communism, Cornelius Plantinga, creation, Cultural Revolution, faithfulness, father, generational sin, genesis, God, grace, grandfather, Hong Kong, immigration, Isaac, jacob, Jesus, marriage, sin, son, work

Two years ago, I became a father myself. The pregnancy process was marked by joy and excitement, but underlying it all were deeply embedded fears. What if I become like my dad? What if I follow in the footsteps of my dad, just like he followed in the footsteps of his dad?

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Becoming What You Behold

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 Grace 0 Comments beauty, failure, gratitude, Holiness, new year, sanctification

A lesson on the beauty of holiness.

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Pursuing Ministry While Reformed & Chinese

June 21, 2018September 4, 2019 Andrew Ong 9 Comments Asian American, asian american psychology, chinese american, chinese american psychology, ministry, Presbyterian, psychology, pursuing ministry, Reformed

The psychology of a Chinese American Presbyterian deciding between ministry opportunities in Asian or non-Asian churches, suburban churches or urban churches, Reformed churches or broadly evangelical churches.

Personal Testimonies Spiritual Growth Theology & Scripture

Repentance That Goes Unanswered

May 11, 2018December 20, 2018 Grace 0 Comments gospel, hope, repentance, sanctification, sin

Why does God seem silent in my repentance? What instruction might he have for me in Peter’s denial?

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Radical Inclusivity Within the Church: A Story from the Margins

November 14, 2017February 6, 2020 Larry Lin 0 Comments Asian American, gospel, hospitality, inclusivity, Reformed, reformed theology

Personal reflections on Larry’s journey to the gospel, to Reformed theology, and to the gospel again.

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Where We’ve Been: A Two-Year Retrospective

September 12, 2017 Marcos Ortega 0 Comments Anniversary, celebration, Reformed Margins, retrospective

We had a birthday! A look back at some of the posts with the greatest impact on our readers.

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A Ministry on the Margins: Sunny’s Story

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Andrew Ong 0 Comments campus ministry, campus mission, china, china outreach ministries, chinese, chinese church, chinese international students, chinese students

A Chinese international student with a PhD in psychology gets saved and falls in love with Reformed theology in America. Find out what happens next!

Personal Testimonies Theology & Scripture

Chutzpuh pt 2: Losing to Win

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 Joe Kim 0 Comments chutzpah, losing to win, luke 16, parable of the dishonest manager, shrewd wisdom, youth group

Intro: Is Chutzpah really Holy? For better or for worse, Korean churches tend to be heavily revivalistic. Just about every

Personal Testimonies Spiritual Growth Theology & Scripture

Too Wise to Err, Too Good to be Unkind

March 3, 2017April 13, 2017 Faith Chang 0 Comments children, faithfulness, God's character, hope, miscarriage, pregnancy, reformed theology, Suffering

There is deep comfort to be found in the truth of God’s kindness and wisdom. Pregnancy, miscarriage, new birth, and Spurgeon– here’s a recent chapter from the story of God’s goodness in my life.

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