Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Transformers!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Lock-In
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
No image of God
“James, he was a very handsome man like you.”
“James, he was a very kind man.”
“James, he was a famous musician.”
“James, he wears a pair of glasses.”
“James, he is exactly like you.”
You know what?
But people told me, “Hey, James you look like your mom.”
Then when I was in college, one day I found a picture from my mother’s purse. That’s was my father’s picture that I never seen before. Unfortunately, he was not a celebrity. He was not Beethoven. He was none of my imagination.
Sometimes, we think about our God in a way that we have experienced. If you have a loving father, then you can easily imagine the God of love. If your father was scary, you probably imagine that God is also scary. But the second command teaches us not to make ‘self willed image’ of God like the Israelites. On top of that, we don’t need the image of God because we have the Bible in our hands. It’s better for us to faithfully read the word of God than we wrongfully create the images of God. I am sure that wen we go to heaven we all will be surprised when we see the Lord Jesus Christ because he will be none of our imaginations that we see from the pictures.
In Exodus 32, the reason the Israelites made the calf and worshipped it was that they felt that God was unreachable. Since Moses was gone for 40 days and nights, they strongly felt that God was also gone with Moses. Probably there were afraid of loosing their God. Probably their hearts were completely broken. By making an image of God in a golden calf, they wanted to make sure that God’s covenant was still with them.
We cannot see God. We cannot touch Him. We cannot understand Him. We cannot control the power of God. Well, however, all these things do not mean that God is unreachable. We should understand that we are not the ones who keep the covenant. But God is the one who keeps the covenant. God’s covenant has already been fulfilled by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And Jesus says, “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Mt. 28:20)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Do Hard Things
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Grace oh! Grace
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My MacBook Story
When I was in college, I had an Apple desktop computer. That was about 18 years ago, whew~. I still remember that an Apple commuter was very expensive at that time. Then, how did I get one? Was I rich? Well, I don't know...maybe... My mother bought an Apple desktop computer to encourage me.....to be a good college student. So I kept my apple computer until I graduated from my college.
Unfortunately, however, one day a burglar broke into my house in Detroit, Michigan and that person stole my laptop. Well, actually that person (probably two or three people) stole almost everything from my house. Because I was a student, I needed a computer at that time. Well, I wanted to buy another apple laptop or desktop computer. But I couldn't because it was so expensive. So I had to give up my dream and got a PC.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Pre Teen Pizza Party
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nike and Nice
Genuine Nike
When I was in middle school, every body wanted to have a pair of Nike shoes. I don’t know why, but if we saw our friends were wearing those Nike shoes, we just praised them. “Oh, you look so gorgeous. You walk like an angel today. Wow, it’s beautiful! Can I touch your shoes?” Compared to the 21st century young people, it was like having a brand new I-pod or multi functional cell phone. Maybe for us grown-ups, it was like having a brand new car or jewelry or clothing. Anyway, people became cool and gorgeous, if they wore a pair of Nike shoes when I was young boy.
However, unfortunately, not every kid was able to have Nike shoes because those shoes were incredibly expensive. The regular price of Nike shoes was around $ 15.00 U.S dollars at that time. Well, it was twenty five years ago. They could now be more than $ 150.00 dollars. Anyway, because they were so expensive, we were not able to have them at all. Yet, all of sudden many of the kids in the school began to wear those expensive shoes. I was not an exception. I wanted to be gorgeous and cool, so I also wore those shoes like other kids.
Was I rich? That’s why I got the Nike shoes? No. not at all! Unfortunately, my mother didn’t want to use her money to buy those expensive shoes at that time. Then how did I get my lovely Nike shoes? Here is the story. I and my friends got the fake Nike shoes from a local shoe store. Even the name of our shoes was not Nike at all, but it was “NICE.” Smart, isn’t it? Only one letter was different, but almost everything was the same as the genuine Nike shoes. It was so popular so everybody wore those NICE shoes at that time.
However, although we loved out ‘NICE’ shoes, there was one truth that we could not deny it. “Nike shoes always won.” Although we wore those fake Nike shoes, we were not proud of ourselves if we saw a person who wore the genuine Nike shoes. We pretended to be cool (what’s up! Yo man!), yet we were not cool anymore if we saw the genuine Nike shoes around us.
I guess the 21st century Christians created many false gods everyday. A theologian says, “People nowadays can make idols out of almost anything, the desire for power, reason, nature, tradition, hobby, sports, and money.” Incredible, right? I think he is right. We can make idols from almost anything. What is my idol.....I feel sorry to God.
Dealing with temptation/ Pastor Andy Stanley
Dealing with temptation Part One
Dealing with temptation Part Two
Dealing with temptation Part Three
Holy Hip Hop?
The Batman!
Check this out! Click HERE, then you will see the Batman.
summer camp 2008
summer camp 2008
Originally uploaded by Trinity CRC
This picture was taken last year when we opened our house for a five-day homestyle VBS. Around 20 children came to the camp each day. If you want to see more pictures about the Bible Club Kids (both Airport Heights Elementary and Russian Jack Elementary), click Trinity CRC.
Are we crazy?
The video clip shows how my young people play, not always but usually they play like that. Many people say that my young people are so tough and crazy. Well, I think so, too! They are so rough, tough and crazy. The followings are what they do and don't.
Peter The Jumper!
I took this video clip when we had lock-in. They jumper's name is Peter Lugo. He is the president of the Trinity Youth Body.