Introduction Reading has always been an essential part of my life, shaping my thoughts and enriching my understanding of various topics. This year, I explored a variety of books, including theology, biography, psychology, and classic literature. I want to share my thoughts on each book I read in 2024. 1. The Strategy of Satan by …
Seven years ago today, I was ordained as the Senior Pastor of Slavic Baptist Church in New Hampshire. I thank God for a privilege to serve Him and His church. This is the highest honor that God gave me in my life. Throughout my life, I have worked in small companies, the corporate world, as …
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Please, please, please and again, please. Don’t date for fun. Dating for fun can lead to a broken heart, transmitted sexual diseases, unwanted pregnancy, unwanted child and broken life. Some things in life are not just done for fun. You don’t speed on your car or motorcycle for fun, because you can hurt someone or …
What’s the most disturbing painting that you’ve ever seen? I think Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 painting by Russian realist artist Ilya Repin does it for me. It’s just everything disturbing about this painting, the blood that flows from the temple’s of his son. The father’s eyes of despair …
Sometimes you just want to read short and concise books. I chose these three books because they are short (less than 100 pages) and right to the point. One of the reasons why we struggle in this world as Christians is because of not understanding who we are in Jesus Christ. We don’t understand our …
(Source Wikipedia) by Francis A. Schaeffer The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Catholicism, nor the threat of communism, nor even the threat of rationalism and the monolithic consensus which surrounds us. All these are dangerous but not the primary threat. The real …
Dietrich Bonhoeffer preached this sermon on January 15, 1933, shortly before Hitler came to power. Matthew 8:23–27: And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. A windstorm arose on the sea, so great that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him up, …
Do you like biographies? Biography is a person's worldview and theology in practice. That is why I really enjoyed reading the book Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas. What I really liked about this book is how Eric picked seven men, who are entirely different and gave brief and in-depth …
If you are looking for books that are showing some weak points of Calvinism I would like to recommend you a couple. Many people today embrace Calvinist theology because of gifted and popular teachers like John Piper, R.C. Sproul, Albert Mohler, Mark Dever, and John MacArthur. All these men are great teachers, pastors, and ministers …
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Francis Schaeffer is one of the reasons why I enjoy museums, art and classical music. He is one of rare intellectuals in Christianity like C.S. Lewis who helped me realize that Christianity is an intellectual faith that is very relevant to the world we live in today. If we want to bring people to Christ …
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