Category: bible
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Learning Coaching from the Psalms: Psalm 41
Psalms is a book packed with personal feelings and emotions from a psalmist. Most of them are tied to other biblical stories in other parts of the Old Testament, but the Psalms provide a unique insight into the psalmist’s heart. Reading the Psalms is like piercing into the heart of a coaching client who is…
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Lent Reflection: The Resurrection and the Redeemed Meaning of Life
In a previous post (Reflections on Ecclesiastes), I explored how the book of Ecclesiastes can be read as a portrait of the Teacher’s life—from youthful ambition to a sobering confrontation with death. In this post, we return to the prime of the Teacher’s life and examine his reflections on work and the meaning of life…
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Reflections on Ecclesiastes
“Meaningless, meaningless,” says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”— Ecclesiastes 1:2, NIV There’s a quiet question that sits under the surface of life:“Does this matter?”In the rush of deadlines, the pursuit of dreams, the weight of bills, or even the beauty of fleeting moments, we all long to know—is this enough? Is this worth it?…
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Learning Coaching through the Book of Job
There is something ancient and hauntingly beautiful about the story of Job. A man devoted to God, upright and blameless, suddenly finds himself stripped of everything—his children, his wealth, his health, his dignity. All this not because he sinned, but because he was chosen. In a realm unseen, God had allowed Satan to test Job’s…
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Sim Chen Xing 