SHE LOOKED straight at me in the eye and asked the question most marriage counsellors dread to hear, “So, do you think that there is any hope in saving this marriage?” There is one thing one needs to know about marriage counsellors and that is we never give a straight answer. How can we, given […]
In a post-war newsletter, the Rev (later Bishop) Hobart B. Amstutz recalls the harrowing days that followed the surrender of Singapore in February 1942 and the experience of being interned as a prisoner-of-war. ‘THE INTERNMENT ORDER … was to bring clothing for 10 days and meet at the [padang in front of the present City Hall]. […]
A WITNESS IN THE WORLD “The church as the Body of Christ and an expression of His Kingdom is called to separate itself from the world and yet be a witness in the world as light and seek to effect positive changes and prevent social and moral decay (as salt).” THERE were several organised […]
SURRENDER & OBEDIENCE “Grace is all God’s work … However, the Christian life is not all about God’s work. When God acts, He expects a response. God’s grace and our works go together. The old-fashioned words here are surrender and obedience.” AT THE END of one Good Friday service, a woman approached me. She was […]
The challenge of ministry to youth in the Methodist Church today WITHIN the last 25 years, our world left behind the typewriter and Cyclostyle machine, and embraced the social tsunami waves of the personal computer and Photostat machines, the Internet and email, laptops and broadband, mobile phones and PDAs. Today we co-exist between the physi-cal […]
PLANO (Texas) – His Sunday school teacher 50 years ago at Waples Memorial United Methodist Church in Denison, Texas, remembers him as Chesley. His sister refers to him by his middle name, Burnett. A prominent woman clergy member of the United Methodist North Texas Annual Conference knew him as Burney, her rival for first-chair […]
SIBU – The first General Conference Executive Council (GCEC) meeting of The Methodist Church in Malaysia (MCM) for the new quadrennium (2009-2012) was held from Feb 12 to 14 in Sibu under the leadership of Bishop Dr Hwa Yung. Among some of the matters discussed and decisions made were the following: The MCM will […]
BEYOND WORDS: The Remarkable Story of Paul and Nathalie Means Edited by: Laurel Means Published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd 376 pages, $25+ GST This book is available in major Christian and general bookshops THIS book, edited by Laurel Means, traces the life and ministry of Dr Paul and Mrs Nathalie Means, Methodist […]
How would you evaluate the basic tenets of Open Theism? THEOLOGIANS throughout the centuries have wrestled with the question concerning the sovereignty of God and the free will of human beings. Profound theological tomes have been written on the subject in conversation with Scripture and the doctrinal tradition of the Church. Most theologians would maintain […]
THE 12th Anniversary Service of the Methodist School of Music (MSM) was held in the cosy setting of the Barker Road Methodist Church sanctuary. Although there were people from various backgrounds attending – from church leaders and a visiting conductor from the United Kingdom to the faculty and students of the MSM – there was no […]
