By Not Known Trusting God With No Bread or Water: My Experience with Chronic Illness The past month has been quite exciting for me.  I celebrated my first Christmas in Singapore, my 26th birthday, and the start of a new semester.  Unfortunately, in the midst of the many celebrations, I was hospitalised for a week…

By Not Known Our sermons series on Exodus finally takes us to the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. It was three months since God’s people journeyed out of Egypt. They had seen various displays of God’s power, and witnessed His presence as He descended on Mount Sinai. Israel was undergoing a unique faith-building process. At…

By Not Known It is now just over a month since I had heart surgery. Since coming home, I have been walking daily along a 660m track within our HDB estate.  Along the track there is an exercise station, and on the instruction board these words are included I suppose, as an encouragement to exercise-needy…

By Not Known The ‘Church’ can be variously defined. One such description is found in Exodus 19:5-6 – “Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” What do we make of this definition? The institutional monasteries of the early Christian Church built high walls…

By Not Known My grandfather disinherited me when he discovered that I had become a Christian.  I was his favourite grandchild, but to him, becoming a Christian means turning my back on the 5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage.  A slogan popularized by the Chinese intelligentsia in the 1930s had been: One more Christian, one…

By Not Known Trusting God With No Bread or Water: My Experience with Chronic Illness The past month has been quite exciting for me.  I celebrated my first Christmas in Singapore, my 26th birthday, and the start of a new semester.  Unfortunately, in the midst of the many celebrations, I was hospitalised for a week…

By Not Known Bowling was hot in the 70s.  It was fun and challenging but most of all it was about camaraderie and having a great time.  Many bowling alleys today have folded.  But those who still bowl choose to bowl at a certain time and only with certain close friends.  Leagues are out of…

By Not Known Following my sermon last Sunday on the importance of discipling others, and my article on giving personal attention, I would like to further encourage each of you not to underestimate what you can contribute to the spiritual well-being of others.  It is my belief that each of us owns precious lessons which…

By Not Known [Excerpted from “Down to Earth Discipling” by Scott Morton]   You possess a powerful resource for ministry. Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, speaking at a conference in 1999 told his audience who was gathered to help economically deprived young people: “It’s more than just throwing computers at them.” Organizing programmes…