Alexander Pope, a poet during the period of the Enlightenment, was said to be the originator of the statement, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” Though centuries old, it is still apt today. It is much easier to make mistakes than to forgive someone.
Do you know the new, internet meaning of a ‘sock puppet’? (No, not a woolly toy.)
Have you been confused to see an email from a person who signed off with “they/them/theirs” after their name?
Hakka Methodist Church (HMC), as its name suggests, was one of the churches established to reach out to the Hakka community after initial stages of outreach among the Chinese immigrants in Singapore started in 1885.
In 2013, God called David Chan to build a school without walls, to love the orphans and widows. In faith, David, his wife Jessie and their three children—Isaac, aged 14, Joy, aged 11 and Isaiah, aged 8—responded in obedience and moved to Timor-Leste in 2015.
The theme that the editors of the Methodist Message have assigned for this issue, “The Sphere of the Church”, provides an opportunity to discuss a phenomenon that is becoming more pervasive in evangelical churches in the United States, and which is just beginning to influence some churches in Singapore.
“I think you’re weird and I don’t want to be friends with you anymore!”
“I challenge you to a fight, you idiot!”
“You don’t care about how I feel! This is why we can’t be friends anymore.”
By December 2024, a total of 26 stories will be told in Our Stories, His Glory 2 (OSHG2), a legacy project by Wesley Methodist Church. Each story is a journey of faith that tells of God’s amazing love, and despite seasons where he is sometimes pushed aside, he is ever faithful, steadfast, merciful and gracious.
My parents separated when I was a young child. My late mum worked two jobs to raise me singlehandedly. As I was often alone and feeling lonely, she decided to let me attend Sunday school at Geylang Chinese Methodist Church located just across from our house, although she was not a Christian.
Every Christian aspires to obey God, avoid evil and do good. But some modern-day predicaments are not discussed specifically in the Bible. How, then, can we apply biblical principles to our lives? In this 9-part series, The Methodist Church in Singapore shares reflections on its Social Principles which, more than ever before, can help believers live by God’s firm principles in today’s volatile and complex world. This instalment discusses The Sphere of the Church and what it means to be a member of the faith community called the Church amidst rapidly changing social forces of our day.
