By Not Known Promises are made every day by many people in many places and on various occasions. Couples promise to marry and stay faithfully married till death separates them. Contractors promise their clients to deliver what they have been contracted to do on time. Children promise their parents never to misbehave again. But we…

By Not Known Paul reserved some of his strongest language used in the Bible for his Letter to the Galatians: But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a Gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned (1:8).  Then repeating in 1:9: If anybody is preaching…

By Not Known Some people claim Rene Descartes’ words, “I think therefore I am” to prove their existence.  Others reiterate “I feel therefore I am” to affirm that feelings are just as important. We need thinkers as much as we need to be emotionally stable to function well.  Some would assert that we must always…

By Not Known Each of us has a story to tell. Scripture informs us that our story is one of transformation; from old to new, from darkness into light, and from death to life. It is a story of who we were before we ‘met’ Christ, and of our journey that led us to Him.…

By Not Known During his National Day Rally speech, our Prime Minister urged Singaporeans and newcomers to work at integration, saying “We may be a small island but we cannot be small minded…we must also be a caring, generous and decent people.” He also urged us to have a heart for our fellow human beings. …

By Not Known Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, How excited I am to be writing this message to all of you! I feel blessed that God has called me here to minister to and alongside so many wonderful people! My faith journey has molded the person I am today.  I believed in Christ since…

By Not Known It is not glorious to surrender! In a warring context, to surrender means subjection to hostile forces. In a sporting contest, to ‘surrender’ means losing to a better competitor. In a relational conflict, to ‘surrender’ means admitting to an error of sorts. These moments make one feel disarmed, disenfranchised, or even disgraced…

By Not Known There are good leaders and there are leaders who lead followers astray.  Good leaders lead from the inside.  Leaders who lead others astray lead from the outside: leading by their performances, driven by their achievements and celebrating only their own successes. Good leaders, on the other hand, keep their followers away from…

By Not Known When we read about Abraham we think of him as a Biblical super-hero – a man of tremendous faith who left his homeland to venture into the complete unknown, simply because God said so.  He also demonstrated great obedience ― when God tested Abraham by telling him to sacrifice his only son…

By Not Known The Jews at Jerusalem were described as “cut to the heart” after hearing Peter’s sermon at Pentecost in Acts 2:37.  The Greek here means “to pierce through” – not making merely a surface cut but effecting a deep cut.  In other words, the word of God through Peter’s message had pierced the…