Posts by Rev Dr Clive Chin (Page 2)

Luke 11:5-10 Monday is usually my day off when I try to get away and rest. By “get away,” I mean turning off my phone after answering early morning text messages. This last Monday, however, I received a slightly above average number of messages from members of the congregation. One concerned member mentioned about our church’s need to send out more full-time workers into…

Paul writes, “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” I recently read an interesting article entitled, “Can You Question the Resurrection and Still Be a Christian?” Quite a provocative question. In it,…

I have been a Christian now for 40 plus years, with 34 of those spent in full-time Christian ministry. I have witnessed many tragedies and heartbreaks among fellow believers of Jesus Christ. And I have experienced many trials and hardships in my own life. So, I often wonder why I am still Christian today in spite of everything. On the one hand, I’m still a Christian…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin As the Christian church around the world marks the 504th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, there is a desperate need to renew our commitment to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. The gospel is at the heart of the Reformation, because it is the key to Jesus’ teaching: “‘The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God is near. Repent and…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin What is biblical discipleship? Those who follow Jesus by faith are known as his disciples. Scripture does not make a distinction between Christians who are “normal believers” and disciples who are “super Christians”. We are either following Jesus as his disciples or we are not; there is no middle ground (Matt. 12:30). I believe that discipleship flows…