By Tito Pel   Christians are blessed with the privilege of coming before the throne of God. Of course, our worship of God will always be found lacking. Even when we desire to worship God properly, certain things can become barriers to our worship. Simple things like hitting the wrong note while singing, a malfunction […]

By Tito Pel   Having been in the ministry more than 20 years, I have heard many different comments after a Sunday worship celebration.  Here are some of them:  “I enjoyed the singing.”  “I enjoyed the preaching.”  “I appreciate the prayers.” “I liked the Communion meditation.” “I was blessed.”  “Your message kept me awake.” If […]

By Tito Pel   In studying world history, I learned that some ancient emperors actually ordered certain people to commit suicide. The subjects submitted and took their own lives for fear their lives would be taken anyway by the emperor’s executioner. Such power, to order someone to take his own life, is mind-boggling.  Many ancient […]

 By Tito Pel   After my wife and I were married in 1986, we lived in an apartment complex near a golf course. I wasn’t interested in golf back then because I was a basketball guy. A seminary friend was also living in the apartment complex, and one day he asked if I wanted to […]