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SUKKOT, or better known as the Feast of Tabernacles, comes on the fifth day of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). It is a Jewish festival that lasts for seven days (Leviticus 23:42). This special occasion commemorates the period of wilderness experiences after the exodus of Israel from Egypt. The Israelites were commanded to live in […]

A Biblical Approach to Chinese Traditions and Beliefs Author: Daniel Tong THE book, A Biblical Approach to Chinese Traditions and Beliefs, discusses the sensitive topic of Christian faith and Chinese traditional practices. It is a book on pastoral care and discipleship as well as an instruction manual all rolled into one. It is a guidebook […]

PART 11 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12 Whoever loves money never has money enough; Whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income (5:10) THE subject that the Preacher addresses in this passage is not wealth per se, but insatiability. The modern […]

“For other FOUNDATION can no man lay that is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” – 1 Corinthians 3:11 AN EVIL is in the professed camp of the Lord, so gross in its impudence, that the most short-sighted can hardly fail to notice it. During the past few years it has devel-oped at an abnormal rate, […]

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road … that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. — Acts 8:26ff. IT HAPPENED again […]

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, with the revival of the institutional church in China after the Cultural Revolution, some painted a very bleak picture for Christians there: widespread persecution, heresy due to a lack of Bibles and teaching, a cowed official church. But nobody could deny that there was a great hunger for the Word in China. […]

PART 9 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘WISDOM TO LIVE BY: MODERN REFLECTIONS ON AN ANCIENT TEXT’ Ecclesiastes 4:7-16 ONE of the most poignant songs by the country-rock group Eagles is the 1973 hit “Desperado”. It portrays a lonely, desperate man who spent his entire life chasing after fame and wealth, not realising that […]

The People Called Methodists Editors: Peter Teo, Earnest Lau, George Martzen Publisher: The Methodist Church in Singapore 182 pages Hard cover $35 Soft cover $19 Available at Methodist Centre, 70 Barker Road Tel: 6478-4780/4781 Also available: A Study Guide for the book: $2 PUBLISHED by The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) to commemorate the tercentenary […]

Importance of passing our faith to the young AMONG my many Sunday School teachers in the past, I remember one for his unusual methods. He would make his students stand in a line and then ask us to recite the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and so on. He would […]

The Rev Dr Douglas E. Wingeier, who had lectured at Trinity Theological College, visited Singapore recently, and preached a sermon at Kampong Kapor Methodist Church on Feb 22, 2004. Below is a summary of the sermon. WHEN Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem on his last fateful week, he exclaimed, “If you had only […]

WHENEVER the question of church growth surfaces among pastors or church leaders, it presents an opportunity for either boasting one’s achievement for the church or defending the existing condition of the church. Statements like “We have experienced phenomenal growth under my leadership”, “stability is the key to our membership” and “quality is more important than […]

FOR the mighty hands who have united the seed of the man with the soil of the woman, For the womb of the woman who gave us shelter and fellowship in his life, For the heart of the woman who comforted us and set the rhythm of life in our soul, For the pains of […]