“Christ the Lord is Risen Today” (UMH 302) is a classic hymn that is sung by both the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. It is published in 982 hymnals. The original Latin version of the hymn by an anonymous poet is traced back to the early 14th century. The text was later translated to German, […]
Mention “prison ministry” and often the first thing that comes to mind would be: Why do I want to help people who have committed a crime when there are so many others that I can help such as the sick and the handicapped? So, why Prison Ministry? Elder Dr Lee Soo Ann of Prinsep […]
In his insightful book entitled Contending for the Faith, Ralph Wood, Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University, describes a sweatshirt on sale at an annual Christian Book Fair designed by a Christian T-Shirt company called Living Epistle. Labelled “The Lord’s Gym”, it depicts Jesus Christ as a muscle-bound body-builder. He presses himself on […]
At Holland Village Methodist Church (HVMC), we’ve decided to focus on becoming a church of disciples who are disciplers. We want to be a mosaic of disciples – a faith community that calls persons of all walks of life to believe and follow Jesus seriously, where loving God and loving others matter. HVMC is almost […]
Ms Cindy Ng (right) began the Family Development Programme out of her passion to help her clients clear their debts and pull themselves out of poverty, which she has personally experienced. Ms Cindy Ng is a social worker who knows first-hand what it feels like to be poor. Now the Assistant Director of Covenant […]
The Methodist Church in Singapore has had a long history of missions and is itself the product of missions. It has received abundant blessings, and for close to 130 years, has forged a rich spiritual, educational and social heritage. It was on the foundations of this very heritage that the Methodist Missions Society (MMS) […]
In a world where good is called “evil” and evil is called “good” (Isaiah 5:20), we need a group of disciples who will turn the world upside down (Acts 17:6) As a student, I always had burning questions about human life and the postmodernist philosophy and culture, which often seem to stand directly opposed to […]
I am reminded of a short chorus that goes: “There’s a river of life flowing out from me; makes the lame to walk and the blind to see; opens prison doors and sets the captives free!” I cannot forget the scene. There we were, about a dozen social workers and counsellors mulling over […]
But if Christian unity is the icing, then Jesus has a sweet tooth. Many of us tend to think of Christian unity like my wife thinks of icing. It’s nice and sweet, and it’s a luxury, therefore not really essential. It might even be detrimental (too much sugar!) to the real work of evangelisation and […]
METHODIST MESSAGE (MM) IS HONOURED TO HAVE THE REV DR DAVID LOWES WATSON, OUR SPEAKER AT THIS YEAR’S ALDERSGATE SG 2014 CONVENTION, GIVE US A PREVIEW ON “SALVATION AND DISCIPLESHIP”, THE SECOND OF HIS THREE LECTURES THIS COMING MAY. A PREVIEW OF HIS FIRST LECTURE, “BORN OF THE SPIRIT”, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 2014 […]
