29TH SESSION OF CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 16-19, 2004 THE Rev Khoo Cheng Hoot, President of the Chinese Annual Conference (CAC), has urged CAC churches to stay focused in three ways in the new quadrennium. In his Presidential Address on the opening day of the 29th Session of the CAC Conference on Nov 16, held […]
REPORTS ON THE CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRINITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE BY PETER TEO AND EARNEST LAU 29TH SESSION OF CHINESE ANNUAL CONFERENCE: NOV 16-19, 2004 Bishop’s sermon at CAC Ordination Service PASTORS are servants of Christ, stewards of God’s revelation, and spiritual fathers (and mothers) of the family of God, said Bishop Dr Robert Solomon. […]
THE Boys’ Brigade (BB) in Singapore, by the grace of God, has grown from strength to strength over the past 75 years. As it celebrates this landmark anniversary, it aims to start the year 2005 in prayer, together with the churches, friends and supporters. Thus, it will hold a BB Jubilee Prayer Week from Jan […]
PLANNING has already begun for the 2005 Aldersgate Convention, which will also mark the 120th Anniversary of The Methodist Church in Singapore. Scheduled from May 24 to May 28, the 2005 convention will gather three well-known speakers from the United States, the Rev Dr William Abraham, the Rev Dr Geoffrey Wainwright and the Rev Dr […]
Nearly 80 years ago, Ho Seng Ong, educationist and one-time Methodist Education Secretary, had some pertinent things to say about the aims of education. He made these points, still relevant today, as Schools Editor of the Malaysia Message. ‘… TO MY fellow teachers, I wish to address myself next. Our task is a noble […]
IF YOU see someone reading a mystery novel, and you have already read it, you are not supposed to tell him how the story would end. You are expected to let him enjoy struggling with every twist and turn of the story. As far as literary enjoyment goes, that is fine. In real life though, when […]
AT THE time of the American elections last year, there was a lot of talk about religion and politics. People grumbled that the evangelicals in the United States helped President George W. Bush win. “Keep religion and politics separate!” is almost like a mantra today, especially in Singapore. The whole idea is that religion is a […]
EPISCOPAL RE-DEDICATION SERVICE FOR BISHOP DR SOLOMON WHAT is in God’s heart? Bishop Dr Robert Solomon believes that there at least three things that the Word of God points us to as God reveals His heart to us through His Word: ■ We are called to be a Holy People; ■ We are called to […]
In the Scriptures, we are told about Mary, the mother of Jesus; but Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus remains a shadowy figure in the background. Some years ago I saw an unusual nativity painting: Mary tired after the birth, Joseph looking perplexed, as if he did not know what hit him. They are both focused […]
PART 15 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 IN A broadcast talk on Oct 1, 1939, Lord Randolph Churchill described Russia memorably as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. The writer of Ecclesiastes could have very well used these words to describe […]
