As Christians, how should we view the various people from aboard who have come to the shores of Singapore to work and live? Singapore receives these immigrant friends to this beautiful land as fellow Asians who will contribute their skills and talents to the country and in turn be blessed. Those who come aspire to […]
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 The date 25 April 2015 will be etched into the minds of all Nepali. That fateful day, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the central region of Nepal, just 80 km north-west of Kathmandu. Two weeks on (at […]
Boundless Love Why God became a Man by Robert M. Solomon Published by ARMOUR Publishing Pte Ltd, 160 pages Available at: Armour Publishing’s showroom (1003 Bukit Merah Central #02-07 S159836, opening hours from Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), or via delivery from www.armourpublishing.com, or at Wesley Methodist Church’s BookNook. Retails at […]
December 19 2014 – Singapore: Singapore business zone cityscape with number 50 by using 20000 white spheres and 5000 red sphere over river to celebrate over 50 years of independence on December 19, 2014 in Singapore, marina bay “After we became independent, the point that he (the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew) always reiterated was […]
Wisdom “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV) “Now this is the commandment… that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments…” Deuteronomy 6:1-2 (NKJV) If any of you lacks wisdom, […]
Lightning rods or conductors don’t often draw our attention. They sit on top of every building and even on some trees marked for preservation at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. They are a protective device that seeks to channel the huge heat and electrical energy surge of a lightning strike to the ground safely. Nowhere is […]
The doctrine of the Trinity, deeply entrenched in Church tradition and staunchly embraced by the likes of Gregory of Nyssa, St. Augustine, Jonathan Edwards, and even John Wesley, was a much-debated topic between Trinitarian and Unitarians through the centuries. Hymn-writers through the ages had played their parts in educating worshipers about the Trinitarian doctrine by […]
Education is not ultimately about training people to be clever or successful, but about discovering what it is to be the human beings God fully intended for us to be!1 A recent UNESCO policy paper revealed that 58 million children aged six to 11 are not attending school. As if this were not bad […]
The research study also revealed that, contrary to popular belief, these families in chronic debt are primarily intact families with four or five family members in the household, making up 69 per cent of the programme participants. A significant majority of Singaporeans in chronic debt have $100 or less in savings, a research study […]
In his 2011 book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker argues that “violence has been in decline for long stretches of time” and that “we may be living in the most peaceful era of our species’ existence.” Describing the 800-page tome as a “masterly achievement”, the Princeton ethicist Peter […]
