Fake news has become so prevalent that even reputable news outlets must check their sources and their sources’ sources. Some falsehoods, however, are hard to uncover as they may contain a grain of truth, seem rather logical or may long have been taken as truth. I call them myths. Over my decades as a marriage counsellor, I have uncovered some marital myths.
Worship band CityAlight was in Singapore for a one-night only Worship Night, “One in Christ”, on 30 September 2023 at The Star Theatre. The Worship Night, and Workshops held on the Sunday after, were co-organised by Trinity Annual Conference (TRAC), Adam Road Presbyterian Church (ARPC) and Redemption Hill Church (RHC).
Rev Leslie Lim is the MMS Country Director for Vietnam. He and his wife, Linda, have served as missionaries in Vietnam for more than 8 years. He shares about what it is like to be serving in the mission field with one’s spouse.
I remember distinctly the day I became a Christian. It was while I was reading the Bible as a teenager during family prayers. I was so overwhelmed with God’s love for me that
tears rolled down my face as I read.
“I want a divorce.” Those words uttered by 35-year-old Ava (not her real name) to her husband of five years were met with cold, stony silence. His answer came days later … through a phone call from his lawyer.
This is the true story of Jane (not her real name), who worships at a Methodist church. She shares this raw account of her traumatic life as a victim of verbal, physical and sexual abuse in the hope that it will help any reader who is facing the same ordeals. We have used a pseudonym to keep Jane’s identity a secret. Reader discretion is advised.
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. Galatians 4:13-14 (NIV)
One of the most influential voices in the Word of Faith Movement is that of the late Kenneth Hagin, who has been described as the father of the movement.
It was early spring and the temperature was unusually cold for this time of the year.
Sadly, we had received a request to arrange a funeral for Sister Z, an 87-year-old church member. She had been suffering from liver failure and the doctor told her family that she had only a few days to live.
As a former Malaysian, I served in the West Malaysia Chinese Annual Conference under the Methodist Church in Malaysia as a part-time journalist for their bi-monthly publication, Southern Bell. I also had a work stint in Hong Kong for about five years and served in one of the oldest Methodist churches in Hong Kong—the famous red brick church at Hennessy Road.
