Gamaliel’s Merits and Shortcomings - Bible Character Study

According to Acts 5: 34-39 in the Bible, “Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said to them, You men of Isra...

What Is the Meaning of the Parable of the New Cloth and Old Garment?

One day, after a meeting, a sister asked me, “Brother, the Lord Jesus said, ‘No man puts a piece of a new garment on an old; if otherwise, then both the new makes a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agrees not with the old’ (Luke 5:36). Do you ...

Testimony to God’s Grace: I Recovered From Illness Due to God’s Wondrous Protection

By Xinzhi When I was young, my family was poor. My mother had mental illness, so the heavy burden of my family fell upon my father alone. He had traveled many places to seek a cure for my mother’s illness but to no avail. At that time I thought: I must stud...

Job 2 – Job Loses his Health and Job’s Three Friends

Job Loses his Health Job 2:1-10 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered th...

What Should She Do Facing the Roommates Who Troubled Her a Lot

By Chenxi It was freezing cold in winter. The whole city was like a big icehouse. In the evening, Chenxi was on the way to the self-study classroom. Pulling up her collar higher, she rapidly put her hands into her pockets. She thought, how cold it was! Two...

Bible Verse–John 3:17

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.