Keni

Ole was in the park panhandling. I paid him to pose for me. He told a sad story. I told a good one… about Jesus.

There’s a real estate boom going on unlike anything we’ve seen before. The parcels are not measured in acres, but pixels. The real estate is digital and the plots are the screens of millions of mobile smart phones around the world.

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Manchester Blvd. & Vermont Ave. in Southcentral Los Angeles

When you seek the lost on street corners near bus stops, never interfere with people waiting for the bus, or getting off the bus. They are often in a hurry, and your attempts to share Christ with them may do more harm than good.

If, however, you are involved in an activity that draws them to you, then feel free to talk to them or hand them a tract. I have found that standing aside while quietly painting the scene across from the bus stop will bring plenty of visitors.

A caution: don’t do something wacky to get people’s attention; like holding a sign telling them that they are bound for hell. The scriptures state that the goodness of God leads to repentance. Give them something positive to take with them on their bus ride.

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Many people, whether they be Christians or not, have heard of ‘the mark of the beast’. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s a little information: In the book of Revelation of the Bible, there are seven scripture passages that mention the ‘mark’. The ‘mark’ is first mentioned in Revelation 13:16. The preceding verses refer to the ‘beast’. Here is how the Bible describe it: Continue Reading →

Once there was a church that had a lot of employees. They hired a professional psychologist and asked for his advise. So he advised them to conduct interviews with employees in certain departments. The employees were told that their interview was a sort of ‘employee satisfaction’ survey. So the psychologist and some administrative staff met with those employees and asked some probing questions of each employee. The employees, thinking that their frank answers thoughtful suggestions would lead to a better workplace, shared from their hearts. Continue Reading →

The buzz word for the week is ‘Broken Government’. A more accurate term would be ‘Broken Governors’. By ‘Governors’, I’m not referring just to those who hold high office in individual states, but everyone who governs; from the President of the United States to the county supervisors, city mayors and their assistants. Everyone who receives taxpayers money for their pay is responsible. Continue Reading →

Read adventurously, read scientifically, read romantically; but most importantly, read godly.

Read the Bible.

I often listen to a podcast called ‘This American Life’ hosted by Ira Glass. The episode I heard today was about a chimpanzee named Lucy and the people who raised her. Continue Reading →

I began reading the gospel of Mark in the Bible today. The first chapter is packed with enough of Jesus’ activity to write an entire book.

There are a number of places in the scriptures that Jesus was not trying to be a celebrity, even though He remains the most popular person to ever have walked the earth.

Even when he left the city for the desert, people came to Him from everywhere.

I think a sign of being Christ-like is that non-Christians want to hang with us.