CAC stalwart dies

MR TAN JIN HONG MR TAN JIN HONG, a Chinese Annual Conference (CAC) stalwart, has passed away. He was for many years CAC’s Lay Leader. Mr Tan was CAC’s Associate Lay Leader until he died of illness in the early hours of Jan 23, 2002. He leaves his wife, a son and two daughters. He […]

Stations of the Cross

1. Jesus Is Judged 2. Jesus Receives His Cross 3. Jesus Falls For The First Time 4. Jesus Meets His Mother 5. Simon Of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry His Cross 6. Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Brow 7. Jesus Falls For A Second Time 8. Jesus Talks To The Weeping Women 10. Jesus Is Stripped Of His […]

‘Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal’

Daniel 12 DAHLIA was a beautiful woman with a wonderful husband and two adorable children. A family to die for. A family now dead. She had been out that fateful night. Teaching English for a group of neighbourhood kids. When she returned home, she found her husband and children tied up and gagged, dying in […]

A tree and its fruit

PART 27 OF THE SERIES OF REFLECTIONS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT ‘Good tree’ = disciples of Christ, ‘Bad tree’ = false prophets Special discernment needed to identify false prophets in ‘sheep’s clothing’ Matthew 7:15-23 IN THIS passage Jesus used the metaphors of trees and fruits to help His disciples to discern genuine discipleship. […]

DISCIPLE reaches out to new frontiers

THE year 2002 marks the start of the second decade of the DISCIPLE Bible Study programme in Singapore. To launch this new stage of DISCIPLE work in the region, the DISCIPLE Agency has launched a promotion offer of “Buy One Set, Get One Set Free” for all DISCIPLE I training VCDs at a standard price […]

‘Always do good, help the poor and be disciples’

GC-WSCS leaders with the Chinese painting given by CAC President Khoo Cheng Hoot. From left, GC-WSCS Vice-Presdient, Mrs Dolly Chia, Dr Teo Li Bee, GC-WSCS President Laureen Ong, Mrs Patricia Khoo, Mrs Linda Chew and Mrs Irene Ang. — GC-WSCS picture. OUR Methodist women have been challenged to be disciples, to “always do good and […]

JUST FANCY THAT!

APPROXIMATELY 70 per cent of the earth is covered with water. Only 1 per cent of the water is drinkable. * The sun is at least 6,000 million years old, has a diameter of 1.38 million km (865,000 million miles), and is 1.48 million km (92.86 million miles) from the earth. * The moon has […]

Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem?

ON THE first Easter morning, two of Jesus’ disciples were walking along the dusty road to Emmaus. They were completely absorbed by what happened in Jerusalem in the past few days. As they were discussing the events leading to the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus in Jerusalem, a stranger drew near to them. While […]

Watch that Razor!

Christians should use the Word of God as lamps unto their feet, rather than Occam’s Razor to cut out thinking and discernment DO YOU know what Occam’s Razor is? What is known as Occam’s Razor was actually a common principle in medieval philosophy and was not originated by the English theologian, William of Occam (1285-1349), but […]

Saved from Chinese bandits

The Rev Dr R. L. Archer, one-time missionary in Medan, Sumatra, and first Methodist Bishop of the South-East Asia Central Conference, told the story of a remarkable experience of a prayer answered. Saved from Chinese bandits ‘AT ONE of the prayer meetings held in the Methodist Church in Medan some time ago, one of the […]