THREE TRUTHS Taking shelter in the wounds of Jesus — Three important truths: § The truth of God’s forgiveness; § The truth of God’s protection; § The truth of God’s empathy. A SUDDEN STORM would make people run for shelter – in a building or wherever they can be shielded from the pouring rain. In […]
ACT COURAGEOUSLY “ Failure is not sin; faithlessness is. ere is always a time to act courageously. We have this challenge too: Always do what is right and leave the rest to God.” IN MY MINISTRY AS A PASTOR, it is common to meet persons who are deeply discouraged by the various situations in their […]
Other Methodist churches celebrate anniversaries of note TAMIL METHODIST CHURCH (TMC) in Short Street is celebrating its 125th Anniversary this year with a series of events. It was the second Methodist church to be established in Singapore, two years after the founding of Wesley Methodist Church in 1885. It is one of several Methodist churches […]
NEW YORK – By allowing the Spirit to move in creative ways, the Methodist Church in Cuba is dancing, singing and spreading scriptural holiness over the land. Since 1999, the church has grown from 8,000 to 36,000 members. Bishop Ricardo Pereira encourages congregations to live out their Wesleyan theology in ways that are uniquely […]
Rejoice, the Lord Is King (UMH 716) Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore; Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, Lift up your voice; rejoice; Again I say, rejoice. Jesus the Savior reigns, The God of truth and love; When he had purged our stains, […]
DR NALLA TAN (May 12, 1923 – March 27, 2012) DR NALLA TAN, the first Singapore woman to have served in the World Methodist Council (WMC), died of pneumonia on March 27, 2012. She was 88 and left a daughter and two sons. She was a widow; her husband, Dr Tan Joo Liang, a general […]
Peter Abelard (1079-1142) THE FIRST HALF OF THE 12TH CENTURY produced many outstanding theologians and writers, whose works continue to influence Christian theology in one way or another: Anselm, Peter Lombard and Bernard of Clairvaux (to name just a few). e most colourful figure in this period is surely Peter Abelard. Born in Brittany in […]
IN A LOCAL COMEDY FILM, one scene showed some seniors lamenting that they were “san deng gong ming” or third-class citizens. The pun hinged on the reference to “deng chi, deng shui, deng si”, literally translated as waiting to eat, waiting to sleep, and waiting to die. While intended to provide comic relief, this […]
CHEN JING YI is the top ACJC student and the top science student, scoring eight distinctions at the 2011 GCE A-Level Examinations including a distinction in H3 Contemporary Physics. In addition to her stellar academic performance, Jing Yi made positive contributions both within and beyond the college. She was selected for the ACJC Science Research Programme […]
ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE (ACJC) is happy that the class of 2011 has achieved excellent results for its GCE A-Level,outperforming the previous four cohorts under the revised curriculum. Based on the Ministry of Education (MOE) indicator of “percentage of candidates obtaining at least three H2 passes, with a pass in GP or KI”, 96.1 per cent […]
