Church News (Page 61)

By Not Known Recently my clan had to make our way to a family gathering held in the northern part of Singapore. It was not the first time ‘up north’, but we always had difficulty with the roads leading there. This time, we decided to use turn-by-turn (GPS) navigation on my phone. As we travelled, we obeyed every instruction from the ‘man’ in the…

By Not Known It is interesting that Mark did not begin the Gospel from the birth of Jesus Christ.  Neither did John when he began his Gospel from the beginning of time – when the Word “was with God in the beginning” (Jn 1:2). Instead, Mark began from Isaiah’s prophecy where the word of God foretold the messenger, John the Baptist preparing…

By Not Known Today is the sixth day of 2013. Have you had a meaningful start to the year? What did you do this last week? Let me guess… packing up last year’s Christmas presents, getting your children ready for their first school-day, getting into office early to clear backlogged emails, chasing up some post-Christmas sales…     The turn…

By Not Known Today is the second last day of 2012, and what a year it has been! I did a Google search for a listing of significant events in 2012. A cursory glance through a search result drew my attention to two words: ‘killed’ and ‘shot’. Events featuring ruthless politics, vicious wars, and massive natural calamities topped the list. I literally…

By Not Known Joy comes naturally from faith and is one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22).  Until the heart believes in God, it is impossible for it to rejoice in God.  On other words, unless we turn to God in repentance and receive Christ into our hearts by faith, there can never be true joy. When faith is absent, we are filled with fear and gloom…

By Not Known This is the third Sunday in Advent and it is traditionally associated with love.  We often hear about peace and hope at Christmas but love is what brought our Saviour to us.  For God loves us so much that he gave.  Love gives. A couple of years ago, a group of Christians were so perturbed by the distortion of Christmas that they started a…

By Not Known This is the second week of December. All around the shopping belt, the festive lights are up, the festive decorations are on the facades of shopping malls. On our personal calendars, there is much shopping to do, travelling, parties to plan and attend during this Christmas season. So many events, so many people to meet, so little time. Even though it is…

By Not Known The word advent derives from the Latin adventus, which is the translation of the Greek word parousia. The New American Standard New Testament Greek lexicon defines the latter word as “presence, the coming, arrival, the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold the last judgement, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom…

By Not Known Every believer has a personal testimony of God’s presence and power. If we have a relationship with God, there should be evidence of that relationship.  God works in all sorts of natural and supernatural ways, and we should not hesitate to give credit to Him for whatever He has done for us, whether in “big” or “small” ways.…

By Not Known “My master is so wonderful,” says the dog.  “He loves me!  He feeds me every day!  He provides me warm shelter, and he pats me!  He does everything for me and gives me everything I have.  Finally, it dawned on me:  my master must be god!” * “Interesting,” notes the cat.  “My master…