Church News (Page 39)

By Not Known One of the cardinal sins of man is his lust for more. Despite living in a palace with beautiful gardens, King Ahab of Israel was unhappy as long as he could not have Naboth’s vineyard (1 Kings 21). Likewise, Prophet Nathan exposed David’s sin by telling him the story of how a man with many sheep took away the only sheep of a poor man. Hearing the story, David…

By Not Known In the Old Testament, the word sacrifice contains numerous implications.  Sacrifice is a word used to describe the Israelites’ worship practice (Gen 8:20, 22:2). Sacrifice represents the offering (of bulls, sheep or birds) that the worshipper must bring when they come to God (Lev 1:2). Sacrifice symbolises the transference of one’s guilt.  “When the…

By Not Known This year marks the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, where on 31 Oct 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg. That sparked a movement that has continued throughout the centuries, and today, our church is a recipient of what the Reformers stood for and sacrificed their lives for. As much as there…

By Not Known “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3 In our Mission Emphasis Month, we emphasise on the reaching out to the lost through evangelism and mission.  The Apostle Peter reminds us in the Scripture that we…

By Not Known How should we approach the Book of Acts? Even as we consider God’s promises and commands to us in this Book, note that it is the second volume of Luke’s work, addressed to Theophilus, after the Gospel of Luke. Various titles have been suggested for it: “The Acts of the Apostles”, “The Acts of Peter and Paul”, “The Acts of the Holy Spirit”, or more…

By Not Known I read this Pastor’s Reflection recently and felt compelled to share this with you. This afternoon I visited a man, Mr. Tan, in hospital. He picks and sells discarded things. He is what we call a karang guni man. His late wife left him with 3 young children. They got back together only for the wife to pass away because of cancer. This man, in his late 40s,…

By Not Known But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead….” (Philippians 3:13b) Undoubtedly, there are always things in our life that we remember; both beautiful and bad experiences. There is one thing, however, which we should always remember, and that is, not to forget God! Being in the sinful flesh, we have the tendency to forget…

By Not Known Do you enjoy eating bread? Whether it’s the traditional kaya toast, the 6-inch sandwiches, French baguettes, or the more recent fusion salted-egg croissants, there seems to be all types of bread to suit all preferences of taste and texture. Imagine eating the same type of bread for 40 years. That’s what happened to the Israelites where their…

By Not Known “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.”   2 Thessalonians 1:3 What are the dangers when our faith in Christ is not growing? Let us explore two of the possible reasons. Paul warns us not to remain an infant in our…

By Not Known Sickness is never far from anyone of us. At any time, most of us do know of someone we love who has fallen ill. Sickness can disrupt our lives, prevent us from accomplishing our dreams, or simply stop us from doing what we enjoy. Sickness can bring long-lasting pain and torment to our minds and bodies. The strongest and the richest among us are not spared…