We thank God for another season of Lent to be observed. It starts on Ash Wednesday and ends the day before Resurrection Sunday (Easter). Sundays are not counted as it was the day our Lord was resurrected. It is a day of celebration. During Lent, we remember the sufferings of Christ on the cross, the […]
or lose them over time In January, Christians in Singapore were jolted by news of a “self-radicalised” 16-year-old “Protestant Christian” who had planned to carry out a violent attack on Muslims at two mosques.i We know little of the context or causes that led him to such ideas and actions. This troubling news is an […]
Suet Ehr (right) brings Chinese New Year cheer to Mdm Chan The circuit breaker to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was a period of social isolation. Many of us could not see our loved ones in person and had to adapt to attending church service online. But Mdm Chan Ah Choo’s […]
Annalisa Daniel is a Christian Ministry Staff at Anglo-Chinese Junior College and a member of Ang Mo Kio Tamil Methodist Church. Love God and love your neighbour (Matt 22:36–40). This is the greatest commandment as laid out by Jesus. It is through The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) that I have grown to understand and […]
Are there only 144,000 saints? Introduction COVID-19, for all its menace, serendipitously uncovered the presence of South Korean cult Shincheonji in Singapore.i Shincheonji proclaims its founder Lee Man-hee has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the day of judgement. Rather ironically, it reached a point when […]
Each of us is unique. Our differences are marked by our race, culture, language, denomination and religion. These are manifested through our individual disposition, mindset and opinions on various contexts and issues surrounding our everyday lives. How do we navigate our lives with so many people different from us? Be it at home, work, church, […]
The migrant workers taking part in team building Christmas themed games Christmas 2020 was a very special one for the Emmanuel Tamil Annual Conference (ETAC) Board of Social Concerns and some of the migrant workers who live in dormitories. Bro Solomon (Singapore Telugu Methodist Church [MC]), Bro Barnabas (Tamil MC [Short Street]) and Bro Satish […]
A refrain often heard in our world plagued with unceasing conflict is “let’s agree to disagree”. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to agree to disagree is to decide “not to argue anymore about the difference in opinion”. It is a declaration of a truce of sorts—a resolution by the parties concerned to leave the unsettled […]
Melvin Dineshraj Balakrishnan Being a Methodist means that I am part of a large and exciting movement that believes that Christ died for all of humanity, and not just for a select group. This simple truth brings meaning to what John Wesley’s famously said: to “do all the good you can, by all the means […]
Chapel of Love @ Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home A pioneering Social Concerns project of Wesley Methodist Church, Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home provides needy children between ages four and 14 years from broken homes with Christian nurture and prepares them for useful citizenship in a home atmosphere. It is a registered charity […]
