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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon

By Ekombe Hau -
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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Every time a new year comes close, something in me start feeling that weird mix of excitement and heaviness. Maybe you know the feeling too—like you’re standing at this invisible doorway. One foot in the old year (the stuff you want to forget but somehow still sticks to you like stubborn glue), and the other foot stepping into something you still can’t see clearly. And sometimes you’re hopeful, sometimes you’re scared, sometimes you’re… well, both at the same time. I was thinking about all that while reading some Scriptures again, and honestly, it hit me harder this year. Maybe because life been kinda loud lately, or maybe because I’m tired of pretending everything always makes sense. But the Bible does this thing, right? It sneaks into the parts of your heart you thought you cleaned up, and suddenly you realize God is trying to talk to you again. Even if it feels like you weren’t exactly listening. S...
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Today's the church in Euorope

By Ekombe Hau -
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Today's the church in Euorope Photo by sfmmy on Unsplash I'm glad you’re here—it feels good to settle in and reflect together. Today I want to write about the church in Europe , piece by piece, letting our thoughts wander and our hearts lean in. I’ll try to go verse by verse—well, more like themes and scriptural rhythms, because the “church in Europe” isn’t just one verse, but a living story of faith, history, hope, struggle. And yes—I’ll admit: I’ll let the grammar fall a little here and there, let the sentences bend, because we’re human. Real life is not always polished. Setting the Scene Before we dig into specific verses, one quick bit of context—just so we can root ourselves. Europe, as a continent, carries an enormous Christian heritage. According to the document Ecclesia in Europa by Pope John Paul II, the Church in Europe is called to a new conversion, even while acknowledging the great role it’s had through the centuries. vatican.va +1 I imagine the church there n...
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The Book of Acts – Introduction, Commentary & Explanation Bible Study

By Ekombe Hau -
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The Book of Acts – Introduction, Commentary & Explanation Bible Study Photo by Sunguk Kim on Unsplash You know, the Book of Acts has always felt like one of those parts of Scripture that breathes. It doesn’t just tell stories — it moves, it sweats, it bleeds with life and fire. When you read it, you can almost smell the dust of Jerusalem, hear sandals slapping the stone streets, feel the nervous excitement of the early believers who had no idea what was coming next but believed Jesus was real enough to risk everything for Him. And I think that’s why I love Acts so much. It’s not polished like a storybook. It’s messy, full of travel, arguments, miracles, imprisonments, laughter, shipwrecks, and tears. It’s human and divine all tangled up. It’s like the church’s baby photo album — full of joy and confusion, wonder and weakness, but still so full of God’s fingerprints. So, let’s walk slowly into it together. Not like scholars trying to pick it apart, but like friends sitting aroun...
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John Chapter 21 – Commentary and Explanation Bible Study (Verse by Verse)

By Ekombe Hau -
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John Chapter 21 – Commentary and Explanation Bible Study (Verse by Verse) Photo by  Liu JiaWei  on  Unsplash There’s something so tender, so final yet fresh, about John chapter 21. You can feel the quiet morning air, the smell of the sea, that soft sadness mixed with peace that comes after a long storm. The disciples are tired, uncertain what’s next after Jesus’ resurrection. Everything’s changed but life keeps going — that strange feeling when the world feels brand new and yet you’re still sitting in the same old boat. Let’s go through this chapter verse by verse, or more like — heartbeat by heartbeat. Verse 1–3: “Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way…” Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the sons of Zebedee (that’s James and John), and two others — they’re together again. Peter suddenly says, “I’m going fishing.” And just like that, the others go, “We’ll go with you.” It’s such a normal thing to say, isn’t it? After al...
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John Chapter 20 – Commentary and Explanation Bible Study (Verse by Verse)

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John Chapter 20 – Commentary and Explanation Bible Study (Verse by Verse) Photo by  Liu JiaWei  on  Unsplash There’s something about John Chapter 20 that just breathes hope right into your chest. It’s like standing outside before dawn, shivering in the chill, waiting for the first light to break through after the longest night. You can almost smell the damp earth, feel the heavy silence, and then — a sudden tremor in the air, something’s changing. This is the chapter where everything shifts. The cross looked like the end, but this… this is the beginning of beginnings. Verse 1 – “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.” Still dark. That phrase always hits me. It’s not just a time description; it’s emotional. “Still dark” — that’s how grief feels, doesn’t it? When something dear has died and you still wake up early, still go looking, but your world hasn’t yet ...
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