By Not Known I am fascinated by architecture, especially old churches adorned with stained-glass windows.  Every time I walk into one, I feel a sense of profound reverence and awe.  Surrounded by wonderful acoustic in its ornate form and aesthetic structure, that feeling is magnified many times when a service is going on particularly with…

By Not Known It’s been 501 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg Germany on 31 October, 1517, instigating the Protestant Reformation. He never intended to start a new church, but he wanted to reform it. He had an acute sense of his sin and…

By Not Known As Christian Education emphasis month draws to a close today, and as we reflect on the topic of raising the next generation, it is worthy for us to consider this verse that was chosen as a focus for this sermon series. “Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do…

By Not Known Few would claim to begin their studies, their careers, their businesses, their marriages, or their families with the intention to fail. People fail not because they lack good intentions, but because they give too much of their attention to the wrong things. What we give our attention to will inevitably define the…

By Not Known And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up (NLT, Deut.…

By Not Known At the wake service of my aunt last month, a pastor from her church whom I knew asked me a pointed question during our brief conversation, “What do you think Christians say to each other in church?”  I had no idea why he asked me that question to begin with.  Nonetheless it…

By Not Known “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us … For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (Jn. 1:14, 17). Much has been debated recently regarding Singapore’s Penal Code, in particular Section 377A, following the recent decision by the Indian Supreme Court to rule…

By Not Known 1 Tim. 1:3-7 “Teach Truth. Love Well” is the motto or tag line of Dallas Theological Seminary. It conveys the ideal that biblical truth, when properly understood, is best manifested in Christian love. Yet Christians struggle with the apparent disconnect between faith and practice in our lives. In 1 Tim. 1:3-7, we…

By Not Known “Crazy Rich Asians,” a Warner Brothers adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel has taken the world by storm since its premiere in mid-August. In 3 weeks, the film has become the most successful Hollywood studio romantic comedy in nearly a decade at the U.S. box office, topping the charts for the third…

By Not Known We learnt in Acts 9 that the Gospel changed the life of Saul.  He was tracking down all the followers of Jesus Christ in Damascus so as to persecute them.  Instead, the Lord Jesus confronted him.  In the encounter, he was blinded and when he was healed, he became a changed man. …