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December 24, 2017

Christmas: Jesus didn't come to condemn


What the world needs more than anything is hope: hope that there is an opportunity, hope that not everything is lost, hope that the past won't determine the future, hope that the dreams can come true.

Sadly, many people don't have that hope and live condemned by their errors and sins, or condemned to believe that everything will be the same for the things that happened to them. But Jesus came to change that.

Jesus was born to bring them hope. Many people think that God wants to give them what t...
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Published on December 24, 2017 16:17

Navidad: Jesús no vino a condenar


Lo que el mundo necesita más que nada es esperanza, la esperanza que existe una oportunidad, que no todo está perdido, que el pasado no determinará el futuro, que los sueños se pueden hacer realidad.
Lamentablemente muchos no tienen esa esperanza y viven condenados por los errores y pecados que cometieron, o condenados a pensar que todo será igual por las cosas que les sucedieron. Pero Jesús vino a cambiar eso.

Jesús nació para traerles esperanza. Muchos piensan que Dios quiere darles lo que se...
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Published on December 24, 2017 15:39

December 23, 2017

Bye 2017: You got to the other side


What a year!

Many things happened in 2017! It started with a very hot summer which was alongside with an even hotter politic situation: interpellations, accusations, debates for the gender ideology, ex-president Toledo's capture order, among other things. Right after that, mudslides in different parts of Peru leave desolation and pain for whatever they went, whose consequences are still far from being restored.

Then a tragic fire touched many Peruvians because it revealed the slavery situation...
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Published on December 23, 2017 21:03

Chau 2017: ¡llegaste al otro lado!



¡Vaya año!

En 2017 nos pasaron muchas cosas. Comenzó con un muy acalorado verano que acompañaba a una situación política todavía más acalorada: interpelaciones, acusaciones, debates por la ideología de género, la orden de captura del expresidente Toledo, entre otras cosas. Inmediatamente después, huaycos en diferentes parte del Perú dejaron desolación y dolor por donde iban, y cuyas consecuencias todavía están lejos de ser restauradas.

Luego un trágico incendio conmovió a los peruanos por poner...
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Published on December 23, 2017 16:56

Christmas: A busy Innkeeper


One of the characters that was part of the first Christmas that makes me reflect the most is, without a doubt, the busy innkeeper. How many of us can identify with him!

This man had the chance of assisting and hosting Mary, who was about to give birth Jesus! (Luke 2:4-7), but he didn't do it for being immersed in his business, which looked like to go well.
What could've the innkeeper thought? Maybe he justified himself thinking: "Wow, God's blessing me a lot, I have the inn full! I cannot be ir...
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Published on December 23, 2017 10:40

Navidad: Un Mesonero ocupado


Uno de los personajes que participaron de la primera Navidad que más me hace reflexionar es, sin duda, el mesonero ocupado. ¡Cuántos nos podemos identificar con él!
¡Este hombre tuvo la oportunidad de asistir y hospedar a María, la cual estaba a punto de dar a luz a Jesús! (Lucas 2:4-7), pero no lo hizo porque estuvo sumergido en sus negocios, los cuales parecen que le iban bien.
¿Qué pudo haber pensado el mesonero? Quizás se justifico diciendo: "Wow, Dios me está bendiciendo mucho, ¡tengo el m...
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Published on December 23, 2017 09:19

December 20, 2017

Vigilante y Expectante


No mucha gente celebró la primera Navidad. Es más, solo un pequeño grupo de personas pudo participar de ella: los pastores y los reyes magos. ¿Por qué ellos? Yo creo porque ambos grupos tenían una característica en común: tenían expectativa .
- Vemos en Lucas 2:8 que los pastores "velaban y guardaban las vigilias de la noches". El "velar y guardar" es un simbolismo de "estar atentos".
- En Mateo 2:1-2 vemos que los reyes magos (los sabios) "vieron la estrella" que guiaba al nacimiento de Je...
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Published on December 20, 2017 18:09

December 18, 2017

Anger problems? A glance to the inside


The prophet Nathan came to king David and talked to him using a little story. He said to him that there was a very poor man with two kids They were so poor that their only possession was a little sheep which they raised as part of their family. There was also a very rich man, with thousands of sheeps, and he offered a meal to a visitant that came over, but instead of taking one of his many sheeps, he took the only and beloved little sheep of the poor family.

When David heard that, the Bible sa...
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Published on December 18, 2017 16:04

¿Problemas de enojo? Una mirada al interior


Cuando el profeta Natan vino al rey David le habló con una pequeña historia. Le dijo que había un hombre que tenía dos hijos, y eran tan pobres que su única posesión era una pequeña ovejita la cual ellos criaron como parte de la familia. También había un hombre muy rico, con miles de ovejas, el cual ofreció una comida a una visita que le llegó, pero en lugar de tomar para su comida una de sus muchas ovejas, tomó la única ovejita del hombre pobre.

Cuando David escuchó eso, dice la Biblia que su...
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Published on December 18, 2017 13:24

December 17, 2017

Christmas: The answer in form of a seed


What would you like to receive as an answer of your prayer if you're going through a serious illness? Well, I want a miracle!, that in a blink of an eye I may be healed! I think that's what you'd like to receive if you're as the rest of us, isn't it? But, what is what we normally receive? A process, a seed that we have to cultivate, something little that we have to take care of little by little.

The same happen if, for instance, you're going through a crisis in your marriage. All would want th...
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Published on December 17, 2017 20:04