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By Not Known Some countries believe that a beautiful face opens up opportunities for a better future so their citizens invest in plastic surgeries. We can change our outward appearances but how do we improve our inner beauty? The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern His direction for us,…

By Not Known A careful study on the Word of God caused Daniel to turn to the Lord God and to plead with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. The portions of God’s Word carefully studied by Daniel were most probably Jeremiah 25:11-12 and 29:10-11, which mentioned the seventy years of exile in Babylon. The death of Belshazzar brought to an…

By Not Known The memorable Rio Olympics had come and gone.  It was made more memorable because our nation took home a gold.  But for me, it was even more memorable when I watched the 4x100m relay races.  I remembered this event well; for as a school boy, the memory when we set the combined schools record cannot be erased.  Still, we almost did not make…

By Not Known Recently, Pokemon Go (a mobile game app described as a “free-to-play, location-based augmented reality game”) was launched. This has viralled into a global craze of over 20 million daily users, with the app designers reporting earnings of over USD$200 million in revenue, with an average of USD$10 million a day. In Singapore, you might have noticed in the past…

By Not Known For some, Daniel 7-12 can be very exciting as it deals with some not-so-simple views into apocalyptic literature. For others, these chapters can be confusing and even disturbing. As Christians who love our Bible, we can’t avoid these passages of Scripture. What do they mean and how do we understand them today? Apocalyptic literature is a genre that has some…

By Not Known The very first thing I learn after moving to Texas was what a tornado warning sounded like.  When the alarm goes off, residents are advised to take shelter without delay. Tornadoes are scary even when the people are prepared for it.  On 9 May 1986, meteorologists in Dallas county, central Iowa indicated severe weather warnings.  At…

By Not Known To some people, God’s mercy should be shown to everyone without conditions. All should be saved no matter what sin a person has committed. God should be merciful and forgiving all the time. But our God is sovereign and all knowing. He has said, “…I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Exodus…

By Not Known Since several weeks ago, we have been studying through the sermons delivered on the pulpit that the Israelites were once in exile in Babylon. The Babylonians did not worship the One True God. Instead, they worshipped many false gods and idols. Their king, Nebuchadnezzar, was a very powerful man who also worshipped false gods and idols. However, God had a plan…

By Not Known We are creatures of aspiration. We often search for personal significance in our aspirations. Some find fulfilment in their families and so line their work desks with family photographs. Others find security in their achievements and so also in their display of certificates, medals and trophies on shelves and on walls. Still others repeatedly recount…

By Not Known Daniel 2 records one of many dreams mentioned in the Bible. King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream which he used to test all his wise men, asking them to tell him his dream and interpret it, or else all the wise men in Babylon were to be put to death. The patriach Joseph was sold into slavery because he shared his dream of his family bowing down to him in worship.…