A group of guests and Boys’ Brigade officers, led by the Brigade President, Mr Choo Gim Kang, travelled to Siem Reap, Cambodia, in June to witness the dedication of the Boys’ Brigade Learning Centre (BBLC).
THE more I listened to him and his church leaders the more I was impressed. Pastor Gopal has poured his life and his own money into building the Mahima Church. For the past three years, the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) has been working with him to develop the Caleb Bible Institute. He has proved […]
The thoughts of a young Methodist woman missionary, Grace Webster’s, first impressions of Singapore, and her first day as a teacher at Fairfield School bear consideration. Apart from being captivated by the romance of a strange and wondrous tropical island, she shares her faith in the Lord to help her tackle a job that appeared […]
JESUS encountered many individuals during His earthly ministry. One such person was the unnamed Samaritan woman who had the great privilege of meeting Jesus alone at a well in Sychar in Samaria (Jn. 4:4-42). Jesus invited her into the kingdom of God and she gladly accepted His gracious invitation. In the course of their conversation, Jesus also taught her about true worship. We can […]
MANY Christians are familiar with the hymn “Come Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace”. The second stanza begins: Here I raise my Ebenezer Hither by thy help I’m come. There is a revised version found in Anglican Church of Canada’s hymnal Common Praise. It goes like this: Here I make faith’s […]
METHODISTS from around the globe have been urged to be “agents of reconciliation and peace” in this fragmented world. The clarion call came from world Methodist leaders at the 19th World Methodist Conference in Seoul from July 20 to 24, 2006 in the midst of heightened tension on the divided Korean peninsula and the unrest […]
Should Christians endorse Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) as an option for transsexuals? I THINK it is best if we begin with a working definition of transsexuality. A transsexual person is someone who is uncomfortable with the behaviour required for his or her chromosomal gender. In other words, a transsexual is someone who rejects his or her biologically and genetically determined sex, […]
FROM the Heart to the Heavens – A Symposium on Worship will be held on Aug 25 and 26, 2006 at Trinity Theological College (TTC). It is sponsored by Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW), Grand Rapids, Michigan together with the Methodist School of Music, the Anglican Diocese of Singapore, the Presbyterian Church in Singapore […]
NASHVILLE (Tennessee) – When band leader Lawrence Welk tapped Ralna English to sing his favourite hymn on his musical television show, the young performer had no idea that “How Great Thou Art’ would become her signature song in a career spanning decades. The song – and her album of the same name – brought […]
In this new series, “Servants of The Lord”, we shall focus on a category of (generally) nameless and overlooked characters in the Old Testament – the servants. In the social and economic structures of the day, households were large establishments, comprising the family, together with the extended family of siblings, relatives, concubines, children and a […]
