By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva Friends Magazine Hong Kong March 2011 edition     How many times have we read Genesis 1 and simply dismissed it as an inevitable introduction to the universe’s elaborate plan of grand creation? Before we continue to mindlessly thumb through the Bible’s pages, it is important that we pause and…

By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva Friends Magazine Hong Kong May 2011 edition   One day, a teacher gave her pupils a lesson about magnets. The next day, she gave them a written test that included the question, “My name has six letters, beginning with the letter M, and I pick up things. What am I?”…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva November 2011 Edition When it rains, it pours.  Here’s a saying that never grows old to us. Probably, it’s because we have somehow come to terms with the fact that there are just seasons in our lives when one blow seems to naturally come after the…

By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva Friends Magazine Hong Kong February edition   It is not always easy to live a good and godly life. Daily, we are confronted with various circumstances that try our character, test our integrity, and tempt our morality. The bottom line is, we must not be held hostage by peer pressure…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva August 2012 Edition I know nobody who doesn’t want to be blessed.  In fact, in our moment of direst need, we often turn to God for miracles. This is a good thing because only God can turn an impossible situation around. There are times, however, when…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva March 2012 Edition   A story was told about an old, wise emperor from the Far East who searched for himself a worthy successor.  Instead of choosing one of his assistants or one of his own children, he decided to do something different. The wise emperor called out…

By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva Friends Magazine Hong Kong April 2011 edition Even before the appointed time for God to realize His grand plan of salvation for mankind came, “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva January 2013 Edition   When the clock strikes twelve on the midnight of a brand new year, to some of us, there seems to be an invisible lock inside of us that automatically snaps then sets into motion an internal “rebooting” of our senses.  Wittingly or…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva December 2012 Edition   It’s Christmas time!  And by now, the items on your long shopping list are probably all crossed out as your gifts find their way under your fancy Christmas tree.  But while everything is perhaps just about ready for the most celebrated annual…

Friends Magazine Hong Kong By Bro. Eddie C. Villanueva April 2012 Edition When someone messes up, we all know the drill. We tell them things are going to be fine because God can turn around their messes into miracles. And this is not unfounded.  Joseph, the second most powerful man in Egypt next only to Pharoah, after he…