Dead Sea Scroll background …and the angels sang; all Nature stood on tiptoe, and Man for whom He came sat in wide-eyed wonder speechless at His commencement as He, the desire of all Israel proclaimed the fulfillment of this prophecy made six centuries earlier in this acceptable year of the Lord – a man, the […]
Teens often hear of the biblical ‘forbiddens’, but they rarely hear of the wondrous nature of human love in God’s divine plan. Christian chastity – it’s really important, but we really don’t like having to deal with it. Chastity is conforming our body and our sexual self to God’s vision of human sexuality […]
On a typical Sunday, there will be three categories of people making up the church congregation: members, non-members with no church affiliation, and non-members who belong to another church. There is one more category, but they are not in church. They are the missing members. Where have the missing ones gone? Some may be happily […]
By the end of the month, The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) will have a fresh new look – online! Our homepage at www.message.methodist.org.sg is currently undergoing a thorough revamp to make it more engaging, less text-heavy, and with a more dynamic and contemporary feel. This will give a better reflection of what it […]
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 (ESV) Déjà vu. Same old same old. We have been here before, at the turn of the year. If we are more than a year old, this is […]
A volunteer helping to raise funds for The Salvation Army’sprogrammes through the yearly Christmas Kettle Appeal. Mary’s* husband was convicted for drugs and imprisoned in 2010. Being a mother of three school-going children, Mary felt stuck in a rut, left alone to take care of them while still making a living. “Shame, fear, anxiety and […]
Dr Ho Boon Tiong is Lay Leader at Bedok Methodist Church, and is married to Diana with three children. Christmas: The Rescue Mission 30 Daring Devotions About God Saving the WorldDads Lead Series: Devotions for All Dads to Lead by Stephen Chan Published by Genesis Books (2014): An Imprint of ARMOUR […]
John Wesley referred to the Lord’s Supper as the chief of the ‘means of grace’, an outward sign of God’s saving grace. Jesus gives the bread to a beggar on beige background In the second of a two-part series on the topic of Holy Communion, we address deeper questions about the who, what and when […]
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen… By faith we understand that the worlds Were framed by the word of God… But without faith it is impossible to please Him, For he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder […]
“Hark, how all the welkin (heaven) rings!” That was the original text that Charles Wesley wrote. Under the title ‘Hymn for Christmas Day’, it was published in 1739 in the book Hymns and Sacred Poems. It had 10 four-line stanzas. However, George Whitefield, a contemporary of Charles Wesley, selected six stanzas, altered the first […]
