As a dissolute youth coming from a poor family, and who was apprenticed as a boy to a London hairdresser after his father’s death, Robert Robinson (1735-1790) had an unpromising beginning to life.1 Without a father to guide him, Robinson mixed with a notorious group of hoodlums and led a life of debauchery filled with […]
A Methodist missionary, the Rev W. E. Horley, reminds us that, be it ever so humble, an attap hut too, can be a holy place “where two or three are gathered in His name”. ‘A FEW miles from Ipoh, a unique Chinese Bible Class is held. Once a week the Chinese pastor, sometimes accompanied […]
The field of counselling suffers from an acute lack of locally-written material, so when asked to review Kirby Chua’s book The Bible’s Secrets to Counselling, I jumped at the chance. Kirby’s book makes an interesting read. Well-informed in various counselling models and theories, he discusses the practice of counselling not only as a clinician […]
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral is one of the most important contributions of Methodism to theological thinking. Although John Wesley did not systemise it, it was attributed to his genius. For centuries, Scripture was mainly interpreted through the eyes of tradition in the early Church. This kept the Church from making progress theologically, and affected thinkers and […]
Cross and dramatic sky We don’t usually link hymn-writers to politicians. As such, it is hard to believe that the author of the hymn ‘In the Cross of Christ I Glory’ was written by a Member of Parliament of Great Britain and a governor of Hong Kong. Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1854, Sir […]
Beautiful strains of music filled the auditorium in Kum Yan Methodist Church as the Methodist Festival Orchestra and Methodist Festival Choir led the congregation in worship at the annual Aldersgate Service on 24 May 2016, rounding off four days of lectures, panel discussions and a Worship Festival. From left: GC-WSCS President, TRAC President, ETAC President, […]
Unless God builds the family All effort is futility. Children are a gift from God, They are our reward. Like arrows in a quiver, Will our children deliver? Are they on target? Will we live to regret? Train a child the way to go, They will surely follow; If we offer a sample Of our […]
The boys enjoying a run with their father as our family gets ready for our annual participation in the Standard Chartered Marathon Kids’ Dash to raise funds for local autism charities. Our family fundraiser movement, which was set up in 2011, has raised over $42,000 for these charities. We are blessed beyond measure to run […]
Background picture by aslysun/Bigstock.com In August 2015, injured volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison received a face transplant in a 26-hour surgery performed by plastic surgeon Dr Eduardo Roderiguez and his team, a procedure which cost US$1 million (S$1.36 million). The donor was David Rodenbaugh, who had died in a cycling accident. The first person to receive […]
For the first time in the history of humankind, more than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. In 2008, the world’s population was evenly split between urban and rural areas. In less than 10 years, this percentage will increase to more than 57 per cent. It is expected that 70 per cent of […]
