The End of the End
By Not Known The Bible gives enticing picture of what things will be like at the end. Paul puts it this way: … God will be all in all (1 Cor 15:28). This does not mean that creation and its people will lose their identity. The heavens, the earth and its people will still ‘be’, but will have a renewed ‘shape’. Isaiah is one of many who draws a…
Easter for all people
An I for Grace
By Not Known A book of simple mentat experiments urges us to be self-aware of our I. Our I is unseen and indefinable, yet it shapes every thought, word, action and moment of self-consciousness. The search to know their I has driven many to existential anguish as it eludes ‘capture’ again and again. Paul has a clear sense of his I. Note the number of…
The Easter Gospel
By Not Known Messages bombard us every day. Emails, SMS, IM and Face Book posts are a digital tsunami that threatens to swamp us. Let alone web sites, newspapers, government announcements, junk mail, phone chats, post-it notes, memos and even face-to-face talks. Many of these messages are spam. They have a momentary significance that passes with a digital stroke or a…
Steady As You Go!
By Not Known Our spirits are often trapped by restlessness and change is our only constant. Thus we seek whatever is new or different. This may be the trivial pursuit of the latest mobile gadget, the vain pursuit of a new ‘look’ , or,the ‘green grass’ pursuit of a new job. Or perhaps our search for the new makes us wistful for a new home, a new…
Truly Good News
By Not Known Some of us came from non-Christian families and followed another faith before our conversion. Others came from Christian families, but had a period of wandering from God before Jesus became ours in a very personal way. Others again have periods of wayward backsliding. Either way, we all have ‘baggage‘. There are things in our past of which we are…
The Lord’s Reunion Meal
By Not Known New Year is a time of reunion meals. These are times to remember the past, celebrate the present and anticipate the future. At these meals we cement the ties that bind us to loved ones and re-launch our family for the New Year. The Old Testament Hebrews had a similar annual meal in the Passover festival (Exo 12:1-20). Passover was a great occasion when people…
The So-Called Christians
By Not Known By now, we would surely begin to see a better picture of what the Corinthians are really like. It is so easy for us to point our fingers and say, "These people give Christianity a bad name!" Before we point our accusing fingers, let us remember Jesus’ words, "Let him who has no sin, cast the first stone." (Jn 8:7). In 1 Cor 5:11,…
In celebration of a Multi-… City
By Not Known We presently have some reminders of the multi-cultural and multi-faith aspects of Singapore. The colourful spectacle of Thaipusam reminded us of the Hindu community. The upcoming Lunar New Year testifies to the power of traditional beliefs in those following the lunar calendar. And so it continues with the festivals of the Moslem and Buddhist communities at…