A Kitchen Tale

By Liangliang “Do you think I’m handsome? What do you say?” asked Chef Erpang abruptly in the back kitchen. He stood 1.7 meters and weighed nearly 90 kg. We roared with laughter and said jokingly, “Yes, yes, yes. You’re so good-looking. …'' After laughing, ...

Bible Verse–Matthew 12:36

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Bible Verse–Psalm 34:17

The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Bible Verse–Psalm 55:22

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

King Solomon’s Trouble: Emptiness

I felt very puzzled every time I read the Book of Ecclesiastes; it says: “I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do...

Experiencing God’s Salvation in Times of Peril

By Gangqiang The year when I first went to work in the city, one of my relatives persuaded me to believe in Bodhisattva, saying that Bodhisattva would protect me in disasters if I believed. I thought at that time: I just want to find a reliance that will sa...

The Lord Rebukes Job’s Friends: Job 42:7-9

The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends (Job 42:7-9) Job prays for his three friends7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you h...