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...

Bible Verse–Colossians 3:14

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection.

God’s Word Guided Me to Put Aside My Grievance Against My Neighbor

By Xiaowu He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he” (Proverbs 14:21). To get along with others, apart from being tolerant and patient, what’s even more important is to understand: “And be you kind one to another,...

By Relying on God, I Was Saved by God in My Life-and-Death Moment

By Ping’an, China My name is Ping’an and I am 65 years old. At midnight on December 11, 2015, I suddenly had a heart attack. My heart started pumping very fast and I suddenly got short of breath. After a while, it felt as if my heart stopped beating for ove...

Why Do We Need to Experience Hardship and Refinement?

By Xiang Yang One day, I read a fable. There was once a farmer who hoped that his wheat would not be affected by any terrible weather while it was growing, but would grow tall and strong in light winds and sunshine. But when his wish was realized and the ti...

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

By Yaning 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...