In late 1990s, then not as famous theologian Kevin Vanhoozer told his class: the white coat replaced the priest’s robe. His point? As enlightenment dawned upon civilisations, it was no longer popular or trustworthy “to ask your priest” …

I am now a grandfather of a two year old boy. My grandson reminds me of how I was once a father of my son and daughter. I remember the best and the worst moments as a father, with respect to one particular aspect: how the state of my children affected me …

Just opening minds by debates and asking questions. Always polite, probing, and people loving. Charlie Kirk was gunned down. He can’t ask questions now. Why couldn’t he be allowed to?

I am dying. A 120 year old man. 40 years of work without MPF. Oh boy the work was an unending obnoxious hardship. I did the job though not aced it. But at least I finished. Now I am at the cusp of the land promised to my ancestors …

Why must an Israelite temple be automatically transformed into a Protestant church of the Gentiles? Why must a house of prayer in Jesus’ world be automatically transformed into prayer meetings in a Hong Kong Protestant church? It’s been so uncritically examined and still unchallenged …

What’s in those eyes? It would be difficult to imagine a rough-on-the-edges guy like Peter would even admit he was wrong. But here after meeting Jesus’ eyes, Peter went out and wept! And not just wept, but bitterly. It must have impacted him so strongly that he had to leave …

Wouldn’t it be acceptable to overlook the colorful story of the rich man and Lazarus, and the former’s conversation with Abraham for a greater purpose? Yes it’s very difficult to resist the temptation of these juicy bits. Overlook them? But to focus on what then?

The episode took place when a lawyer of the Mosaic Law asked Jesus about what to do to inherit eternal life, which eventually led to the famous parable of the Good Samaritan. Is it about getting to heaven? Or is it about defining boundaries for love? Or is it …

I never understood why people tend to be obsessed with the assumption that whatever Jesus did or said, as recorded in the Bible, must function as a Swiss Army knife. Perhaps people highly esteem Jesus. Or the Bible. There must be multiple wisdoms. Like a Swiss Army knife …

Doesn’t matter what it is. The script stays the same. Heroes, individuals or corporations. The same. Books and videos about struggles, success, and legacy. Hardly any look into their “unknown” years. What I label as “silent years”. Just consider …

I was raised throughout in Catholic schools. So it was no big deal to see a “statue” or so-called “idol” of crucified Jesus on the cross, blood dripping from ribs and thorny crowns gripping into the forehead. That changed when I found Christ through Protestants …

There’s an American TV series called Manifest. It talks about a mysteriously disappeared flight reappearing five years later. It is Flight 828. It has a slogan “all things work good” …

I have always had problems with rank and seniority though ironically I made my career in government where it was the most rank conscious. Anyway, it roils me anytime if I am presented with a scenario where there could be classes of Christians in heaven …

A three legged stool must have three equally long legs. Otherwise it feels wobbly. Jesus once told three parables … Reading these three parables gives one a wobbly feeling. No doubt all three talked loss. All three talked found. All three talked …

I used to do morning jogs along Shatin Shing Mun River. People were walking dogs. Old folks. Maids. Mainly. Not often but every now and then poo was right on where it shouldn’t. It’s annoying. Hazardous too. I kept jogging but mental computations began …

I am not a Jew. So whenever the Bible says “you”, I’d never read it with a Jewish lens. I thought it must have meant “me”; nothing more. Never thought it could have been spoken from the perspective of a Jew towards a non-Jew! Similarly …

Abraham: lousy husband …Moses: murderer & fugitive …Paul: murder accomplice … Who is so useless to waste his or her remaining days?

He was alone. Family all left. Wealth all left him. Wrestled with an angel, all by himself. No other help. Then … It was at this point …

I used to think that the moral of the Gen 32 story is that God has a soft spot to pleading. That’s why a weakened Jacob could still prevail and exacted blessings. Now I sense the coarseness of it …

I always wondered if Potiphar’s wife was really that ugly. Or she was like Angelina Jolie or Scarlet Johansson? Then, I would know if Joseph was really upright. But guess I would never find out …