Church News (Page 67)

By Not Known One of the most poignant scenes in Acts 2 is when the listeners of Peter’s sermon are described as being “cut to the heart”.  They then responded to the apostles: “Brothers, what should we do?”  Peter’s reply was “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of your…

By Not Known When I completed the last paper of my PSLE, I thought I was getting nearer to be a fighter pilot as I always wanted to.  I loved to fly even though I had no idea at that time where the airport was even situated.  I had only seen planes on TVs and movies.  After two years, that ambition gave way to being a professional athlete when I took up…

By Not Known I remember a TV documentary some time back when a male German Shepherd came running to its owner after wandering off to the field. It would run toward him and then off again and then back several times until its owner realised that it was trying to get him to follow in its direction.  He did, and found another dog with its leg severely wounded by a…

By Not Known In 1856, God worked through some Scottish expatriates as they founded this church. Since then, we could see how God has been with us. With every generation carrying and building on from the last, from a small congregation of a few, we now have many. From what little resources the early generation had, we now have plenty.  Indeed, let us give thanks to…

By Not Known What is the difference between fervent petitioning and faithless nagging on God? Jesus describes the latter, in the case of the Pharisees, as an endless babbling and an empty showmanship (Matt 6:7). While many of us would also frown upon that, it is worth examining our own intercessory life. Why do parents nag their teenagers? Why does a wife nag her husband?…

By Not Known Many possibilities associate themselves with the exclamation – “Thank God!” From simply a self-congratulatory relief to a heartfelt gratitude to God, this phrase has by and large lost what its words literally mean – Thank You, God! “We always thank God… when we pray for you…” (Col 1:3).  The faith of the…

By Not Known Having been told that his wife will take legal action against his stubborn stance, an unrepentant husband who had strayed said, “Up to you lah… Take legal action lah. Sell it (the flat). Do whatever you like.”  This is an example of a person who has allowed his sin to go spiraling down further.  Instead of acknowledging his…

By Not Known For the Jews, the temple was everything.  It still is.  It is for them the symbol of God’s presence in their midst.  When the woman of Samaria said to Jesus (John 4:21-23) that she perceived that he was a prophet, she was referring to the destroyed temple at Mount Gerizim just about a hundred years before.  This Samaritan temple was…