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  • Introduction to the Purpose of Marriage: Genesis 2; Ephesians 5

    Explanation of the Text Symbols in the Bible are prevalent and hold special meaning. Here we have the rib of the first man being used to make his wife. Sometimes it is difficult to…

  • Return to Taiwan 2025: August Update

    Since landing just a few weeks ago, we have already experienced two typhoons! Thankfully, we have remained safe and dry. The storms reminded us how quickly things can change, but also how steady the…

  • Bar – Nabas: Son of Encouragement

    Philippians 2:1-5 Not many know that Barnabas was just a nickname he earned. His real name is Joses, but he was called “Bar-Nabas” because of his great gift for encouraging believers. The Bible gives…

  • Hearts Ablaze for God–Luke 24

    “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?” (Luke 24:32) These two men used the word “burning” to describe…

  • A Mid-Year Ramble from the Walz Family

    Taiwan & Ohio July 2025 Edition Well, friends, the hour grows near when trunks are packed, passports (hopefully) arrive, and a certain family of six boards a plane bound for Taiwan once more. After…

  • 10 Stories in Ten Years in Taiwan: Story #2

    A New Beginning in Taiwan: Planting Gospel Seeds After our arrest in China, my wife and I were left perplexed. Why had God allowed this to happen? Hadn’t He called us to China? Didn’t…

  • 10 Stories of Ten Years in Taiwan: Story #1

    A Winter Morning in Harbin, China On a cold winter morning in Harbin, China, my wife and I stepped off the bus, the snow crunching beneath our feet as we walked toward the church.…

  • Psalm 101 Verse 2

    Lets review quickly by saying we are reading a “royal psalm,” meaning a song or poem read to the king by the levitical choir with singers and instruments. Before the king would begin listening…

  • Psalm 101 Verse 1, An Introduction to Psalm 101

    John Calvin–The Psalms are an “anatomy of the soul,” fully articulating every facet of the cost and joy of life with God.  Walter Brueggemann, The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary (Minneapolis: Fortress…