The Daily Memo | February 8, 2024 | How Do We Know It’s God’s Voice
Jesus said of those who follow Him: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and […]
The Daily Memo | February 6, 2024 | Courageous Speech
“Courageous speech has always held us in awe. From the first time we spoke back to our parents as angry, stuttering teens, or had to stand tongue-tied before a roomful of people, feeling naked as the day we were born. There is, after all, something bare and revealing about speech. Perhaps because we intuit the […]
The Daily Memo | February 1, 2024 | Interfering With Our Lives
I love the story of a certain man whom Jesus interfered with, much to his initial chagrin. Remember when Jesus met the man possessed with many demons in Luke 8? So they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who […]
The Daily Memo | January 31, 2024 | God’s Name: “I Am.”
Moses was apprehensive about accepting God’s invitation to liberate the people. During the dialogue, God chooses to reveal His personal name to Moses. God says His name is, “I am.” In Hebrew, the meaning comes across with much more meaning. Let’s unpack this for a moment. When God speaks His name, the Hebrew word is […]
The Daily Memo | January 30, 2024 | Precious to God
As a boy, Ming found his father harsh and distant. Even when Ming was ill and had to see the pediatrician, his father grumbled that it was troublesome. Once, he overheard a quarrel and learned his father had wanted him aborted. The feeling of being an unwanted child followed him into his adult years. When […]
The Daily Memo | December 20, 2023 | Unlocking Revelation
It stars Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando. Set in the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now is a 1979 epic war film. The use of the word ‘apocalypse’ is based on the popular misunderstanding of the word as ‘destruction’. The Greek word apokalupsis, translated ‘revelation’ (Revelation 1:1), is made up of two Greek words – apo (out […]
