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  • 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…

  • Acts 17:16-32 The Gospel to the Pagans

    I observe while Paul is waiting on his men to come from Thessalonica what Paul does while he waits. Paul is focused on his mission from the Lord Jesus and will not be distracted…

  • Titus 2 — Sermon @ Second Birth Baptist 11/6/2022

    Theological Observation God wants his people to have the kind of lifestyle that attracts non-believers to the Gospel. I think a missing component in the average bible student is asking oneself, “what is God’s…

  • Matthew 1: The God Who Keeps His Promises

    What is the historical and literary background? The fundamental message of Jesus’ Gospel, according to Matthew, can be read and understood with little help. However, it is written for an audience that has a…