HOPE OFFERED “It is really torturous to be in this situation. Without the church or Jesus, there is really no hope.” EIGHT MONTHS AFTER coming to Singapore to work, Mr Li* found himself caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. The 40-year-old native of Hei Long Jiang, China, had his left thumb […]
And finally in Jerusalem we walked the 14 stations of Via Dolorosa (“Way of the Cross” or “Way of Suffering”) through the narrow streets of old Jerusalem, the path taken by Jesus carrying the cross to His crucifixion. As we paused and prayed at each station, we remember the love and sacrifice of our Lord […]
THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL LEGEND about a king who decided to set aside a special day to honour his greatest subject. When the big day arrived, there was a large gathering in the palace courtyard. Four finalists were brought forward, and from these four, the king would select the winner. The first person presented was […]
JESUS OF NAZARETH was a person of a particular time and place, whose saving deeds were accomplished in time. The Christian reckoning of time therefore focuses on the events of Jesus’ life – His birth, baptism, ministry, arrest and trial, death, resurrection and promise to come again. Our calendar is actually comprised of two overlapping […]
TWO RIVALS, Ah Tan and Ah Goh, meet at an international conference. eir countries had just acquired nuclear capability. Ah Tan said: “So, your country is now a nuclear power. What are you going to do with your nuclear capability?” “We will use it for peaceful purposes.” “What peaceful purposes?” “We’re going to send […]
MORE THAN A HUNDRED Methodists in Singapore have gone on pilgrimages to the Holy Land and countries steeped in early Church history over the last seven years from 2005 to early this year. Many have been on more than one. The pilgrimages were planned and led by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon, who travelled with us […]
WE IN SINGAPORE live in a relatively peaceful corner of the world. We have been reasonably blessed with harmonious relationships in our interaction with the various segments of the community. Our last civil strife was in the 60s, beyond the living memory of most of us. The state of harmony, however, cannot be said […]
Beware of Satan’s great distortion THE FIRST GREAT DISTORTION Satan introduced into the mind of the human race is that the most important human quest is to know something as opposed to knowing Someone. God placed the first couple in His paradise, giving them all they needed and inviting them to know Him as their […]
GOD AND NATURE “Nature in all its forms has a special way of reminding us about God.” AT OUR WORSHIP SERVICES, we often sing these lines: “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.” ey are from that beautiful hymn by Cecil […]
Methodist Girls’ School celebrates 125th Founder’s Day A FATHER-DAUGHTER DUET during the Methodist Girls’ School’s (MGS) 125th Founder’s Day Service and Graduation Ceremony became a serendipitous illustration on the importance of listening carefully. Dr Kevin Ong and his daughter, MGS student Nathania Ong, sang “ The Prayer” at the school’s celebrations at Sophia Blackmore Drive […]
