Worshipping God
By Not Known An important goal for the Christian is that the whole of life becomes a living act of worship (Rom 12: 1). This means that every thought, word and deed reflects our deepest admiration of God, our dependence on him and our love for him. God created us for this. God calls us to this (Dt 6: 5) Our sinful nature leads us to worship the creation instead of its…
Life in the Spirit
By Not Known Confusion often abounds when we talk about ‘life in the Spirit’. Some link this with the more spectacular signs and foresee a life of speaking in tongues, miracles and prophecy. Others have a noble vision of an ascending scale of holiness and intimacy with God, in which it is ‘ever upwards and onwards’ Galatians mentions the Spirit 18…
Freedom
By Not Known Freedom has been a powerful cry fro the last few decades. It has been applied to causes including racial discrimination, women’s liberation, democratic rights, anti-colonialism, religious freedom, sexual preference and such like. The range of these causes should make us stop and think. ‘Freedom‘ is a word that need definition and boundaries.…
‘Full-on’ for What?
By Not Known It’s almost a national hobby to want a full-on life. this is the person who works an 80+ hour working week; takes a laptop home on weekends and public holidays, cuts sleep to a minimum and crams every moment with some activity. Their favourite text is Eccles 9:10a and their hero is the evangelist Dwight L. Moody. Moody had a heart attack and was advised…
Dealing with Difference
The Water that Refreshes
By Not Known Water is vital for life! Much of our physical environment and much of our human bodies consist of water. Without it, plants and people die. With it, life thrives, We are very conscious of that in Singapore. The popeline from Malaysia is crucial to national survival and we are concerned to supplement it through local catchments, NEWwater and even desalination.…
Seize the Opportunity
By Not Known Some people say that history repeats itself. I agree. In fact, it repeats itself many times. Look at the Israelites, God has spoken to them many times and yet they seemed not to have understood what God had said about their repeated mistakes and disobedience. God has to repeat his warnings and punishments through his prophets. Positively speaking, history…
The Beautiful Game
By Not Known Football is a beautiful game. Over the past five weeks, the entire planet was treated to one of the best exhibition of this beautiful game. It was a great spectacle for football fans. However, “ugly” gamesmanship had marred it. Gamesmanship in its pureset form means the art of winning games using tactics to gain an advantage over an opponent. In…
Falure Breeds Success
By Not Known Mike Markula, a former vice-chairman of Apple Computer once said, “I believe the overall quality of work improves when you give people a chance to fail.“ Among the most vocal and most visible apostles of Jesus was a man named Peter, whose name meant the rock. It meant strength and stability. It meant solid foundation, unshakable. Yet he was one…
Gospel Plus?
By Not Known Like the foolish Galations, some of us cannot accept the fact that we can gain salvation by just taking god at His word! Believing in Christ Jesus who died for our sins and rose again from the dead for our salvation just isn’t good enought! Surely it can’t be that simple – there must be a catch some where. There must be some illegible fine…