AFTER Sadhu Sundar Singh had completed a tour around the world, people asked him, “Doesn’t it do harm, your getting so much honour?” The Sadhu answered, “No. The donkey went into Jerusalem, and they put garments on the ground before him. He was not proud. He knew it was not done to honour him, but for […]
FLEMMING ROSE just doesn’t get it. Flemming Rose is the Culture Editor of the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper that printed 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on Sept 30, 2005. As I write this, Rose has crazy plans to even things up by printing caricatures of Jesus. That will calm people down for sure, especially as […]
THE Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) will launch the highly successful evangelistic course, Christianity Explored, here. The 10-week programme will be introduced to Methodists at a full-day seminar at the Aldersgate Convention 2006 at Methodist Centre, Barker Road, on May 27. The DISCIPLE Agency of the MCS, which is headed by the Rev Paul Nga, […]
Guest-of-Honour Mr Ong Kian Min giving away the prizes, while the principal, the Rev Dr John Barrett, looks on. – ACS (International) picture. A perfect end to an exciting year A SENSE of anticipation hung in the air as every one of us waited in our seats, smartly decked out in our formal attire. […]
METHODIST MESSAGE PICTURE THE Rev Teddy Kalongo, General Secretary of The United Church of Zambia (right in picture), and the Rev Samson Lowa (left), Moderator of The United Church of Papua New Guinea, paid a courtesy call on Bishop Dr Robert Solomon recently. They were in Singapore for a meeting of the General Secretaries and […]
DR AJITH FERNANDO I WAS once at a meeting of preachers, and they were discussing the problem of having inadequate time to prepare their sermons. One person said that given all the things he had to do, it was impossible for him to give much time for preparation, and therefore he usually went to preach without much preparation. I was shocked by what […]
President and Mrs Nathan with members of the dinner organising committee. – MHF picture. THE “Thanks For The Memory” dinner organised by the Methodist Hospice Fellowship (MHF) on behalf of the Singapore Hospice Council was one of the programmes held recently during the Hospice and Palliative Care Week. One of the objectives of […]
A LITTLE boy grew up in a family of five in a one-room rental flat in Toa Payoh. He was brought up by his grandmother while his parents went out to work. They saved enough to support his medical studies. He was grateful to have made it with his average grades. He had become a […]
Methodist Message is launching a new column, “Now That’s A Good Question” with this month’s issue. Readers are invited to send in their questions on any topic, and we will answer them where possible. Write in to The Editor at this email address: [email protected] CAPITAL punishment is a divisive issue today, even among Christians. Fundamentalist Christians […]
The Rev Dr Clarence Lim (right) and his family at his Retirement Service at Trinity Methodist Church. — TRAC picture by DANIEL LIE. TRAC delegates at morning devotion. — TRAC picture by DANIEL LIE of Barker Road Methodist Church. THIS issue’s Centrespread provides some highlights, in pictures, of the 30th Session of the Chinese Annual […]
