By Not Known Our celebration of National Day is a good occasion to reflect on civil government through God’s eyes. Singapore is not a Christian country. Our majority population is not Christian. Neither is Christianity our main cultural legacy. Nor is Christianity given a privileged position by legislation. However, this is a country with a…
By Not Known Our culture is fascinated with appearances. Our media is saturated with images of outwardly beautifully people. Advertisers urge great attention to all aspects of physical beauty and promise the world to us if only we use their products or services. The Bible speaks much about beauty but has little concern for physical…
By Not Known It is a common human desire to ‘fit in‘ with those around us. Most of us dislike being different to others and prefer conformity. Against that we must consider God's call to live as aliens and strangers in the world (1 Peter 2: 11). This is not a call to be different…
By Not Known In the beginning, God made Adam and Eve, and put them in the Garden of Eden. Adam was to work and take care of the garden. Eve was to come alongside and help him. It was a beautiful picture of a man and a woman in holy wedlock, each submitting to God’s…
By Not Known Mt 7:1 has long been used as an alibi by many Christians to cover up a multitude of sins. We erroneously interpret it to say that no one can judge nor possess the right to judge. Even mere criticism is sometimes deemed to be unbiblical. This is aggravated by the spirit of…
By Not Known Several years ago, a popular fiction movie has this touching line, “ET go home…" There seems to be nothing attractive enough in this world that will make ET forget about its true belonging, and stay on earth for as long as it desires. The opposite however is true for many people, even…
By Not Known Leonard Sweet related this story from the Gulf War (1990-91) of three British soldiers stumbling in the desert. Separated from their troops in the fighting, they were lost, hungry, and searching for help when they bumped into a four-star US general. Excitedly they blurted out, "Do you know where we are?" The…
By Not Known It was once simple to be a dad. You went to work from 9am to 5pm and then came home. There you found a stay-at-home wife who kept the household running smoothly, looked after the children and was waiting for you with a loving kiss and a delicious meal. It’s different now.…
By Not Known How do we come to know God? The Old Testament figure of Samuel gives us a glimpse of this issue in a particular setting. Like many of us, and our children, Samuel grew up knowing about God and surrounded by religious life. In his case, he literally grew up in God’s sanctuary,…
By Not Known Christian mission takes a wide variety of forms today. Just think about these present examples from within ORPC: Paul Johnson using his computer skills in the full-time, life-long work of supporting Bible translation. A member using some of her present school holidays to serve in a Christian orphanage in inland China. Another…