HE JUST could not stop talking. His face was beaming. In less than one year his school, which receives poor students from the surrounding farming community, has been transformed. Morale among teachers and students is at an all-time high. * A TOTAL of 980 of his students whose families live well below the poverty […]
Bishop James Thoburn’s sister, Isabella, who founded the women’s college in Lucknow, India, remembered their mother’s strict training which stood the family in good stead through hard times. Preferring a low profile but always ready to render Christian service, she was a pillar of strength, a worthy tribute for Mother’s Day. After her husband’s business […]
THIS year Methodists all over the world celebrate the 300th birth anniversary of Charles Wesley – God’s poetic gift to the Methodist movement and the larger Body of Christ. Charles was a gifted poet and song smith, the psalmist who inspired the early Methodists to have faith in Christ, and to go on to Christian […]
IN RECENT years there has been a dramatic increase in the number of mission trips to poorer countries neighbouring Singapore. This prompts us to ask, “What is it that helps towards an effective mission practice?” There are three elements that can be identified as essential in good mission practice, namely, the head, the life […]
CHARLES (top) AND JOHN WESLEY: They created many thousands of hymns in their life time THE Wesley brothers, as we are all familiar with, never did leave behind for their constituents a crystallised systematic theological understanding of their faith expressions. Unlike John Calvin who wrote Institutio Christianae Religionis (Institutes of the Christian Religion), […]
NEW YORK – A United Methodist-related concert at New York’s Lincoln Center honoured hymn writer Charles Wesley as it raised funds for relief work. The 2007 Wesley Choral Festival, presented by Music Celebrations International, commemorated the 300th anniversary of Wesley’s birth. Events began with a Feb 15 gala dinner in Little Italy and culminated […]
THERE is yet another attempt, with media hype and all, to try to destabilise the foundations of Christianity. In a new Discovery TV documentary, Hollywood producer James Cameron who made the movie “The Titanic”, and Jewish director Simcha Jacobovici attempt to prove that Jesus’ burial cave and body were discovered near Jerusalem. They further cite […]
THE Scripture Union campsite on Sentosa was alive to lively fellowship, study and reflection on the weekend of Jan 26-28 when about 40 Methodist students at Trinity Theological College (TTC) converged for their annual retreat. Bishop Dr Robert Solomon spoke on the topic, “At the Crossroads: Listen Before You Leap”, encouraging the theological students to […]
1 Chronicles 22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD should be of great magnificence and fame and splendour in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” So David made extensive preparations before his death. Dedication Service to […]
What should be the Christian attitude towards abortion? WITHOUT a doubt, abortion is one of the most divisive and controversial issues of our day. People have strong views about abortion because it is never merely an issue of social preferences. For some the abortion issue has to do with personal autonomy, while for others it has to […]
