The Forum on Religious Harmony, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), was held on the afternoon of 3 July 2018 at Furama RiverFront Hotel. This was not long after an evangelism conference in Singapore during which an American preacher had made statements that were deemed to create a “Christian-Muslim divide in Singapore”.1 The […]
Lord, grant me a simple faith Unfettered by my wandr’ing mind A faith that shines with burning light That men, through me, might You they find Lord, grant me a simple faith That stands against my questioning soul To heal the brokenness inside So I might once more be made whole Lord, grant me a […]
“In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and the material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. […] All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.” Thomas […]
In the second century, pagans in the Greco-Roman world accused Christians of atheism, cannibalism, and incest. Christians were accused of atheism partly because they refused to worship the Roman gods, and partly because they had no shrines or temples, and no altars or images. Christians were accused of cannibalism because the pagans thought that they […]
While holidaying in Strunjen, Slovenia, I saw salt pans where salt has been extracted for seven centuries. In its heyday, demand was so high that the sea salt was called ‘white gold’. I could not help but think that salt is now so widely available that we take it for granted. We notice it only […]
Dr Sean McDowell is a household name in Christian apologetics. Together with his father, Josh McDowell, he spoke at the Reasonable Faith Conference (covered in the June issue of Methodist Message). Methodist Message had the pleasure of chatting briefly with Dr Sean about apologetics and its significance. Methodist Message (MM): Christian apologetics is more […]
Over 4,000 individuals participated in the recently concluded The Giving Methodist campaign, which was jointly spearheaded by The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) and Methodist Welfare Services (MWS). Over 1,000 people volunteered their time; nearly 3,000 gave their voice; and over 380 donors contributed over $260,000 to help the poor and those in need. The […]
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” (2 Tim 4:3-4, […]
As the yearly keynote event of The Methodist Church in Singapore, Aldersgate SG regularly brings the Methodist family together to celebrate the values of compassion and discipline in our rich Wesleyan heritage, and to inspire us anew to serve God through social action, evangelism, and discipleship wherever we are. This year’s Aldersgate SG, comprising a […]
Thailand was one of the earliest mission fields for the Methodist Missions Society (MMS). Starting in 1995, the ministry in Thailand has grown from strength to strength. We now have 28 churches and preaching points. Our major focus has been in church planting through our community development programmes. One major success is the Vineyard Methodist […]
