Opinion

Most Christians do not spend enough time and trouble to study and understand God’s Word. Dr Olin Stockwell, who was a missionary in China and later taught at and headed Trinity Theological College, reminded us that effort is required if we are to benefit from it. ‘MOST Christians will agree that to read and understand […]

Imagine our world, minus the cross and the empty tomb. What sort of world would that be? The idea of parallel universes has been explored by writers such as the Australian theoretical physicist Paul Davies. In his book Other Worlds, Davies argues for the possible existence of countless parallel universes besides our own. The popular […]

WHEN Joshua and the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into Canaan, the waters parted so they could cross on dry land. Then God told Joshua to have elders from the 12 tribes go back into the river bed, gather 12 stones, bring them back and pile them up on the bank, so that “when your children […]

The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control Authors: Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge LIFE sciences is looming in importance for the future of Singapore. Unfortunately, much of it is in terms of economic development and viewed as an economic activity to replace industries in the production of goods. Religious people […]

PART 11 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ But it cannot be fully described within our framework ofspace and time WHILE much has been written on the resurrection of Christ, the literature on His ascension is very slight. Yet, the New Testament unequivocally testifies to the ascension of Christ into heaven […]

ON CLONING EMBRYOS FOR RESEARCH A RECENT article in The Straits Times announced the intention of a group of researchers at the National University of Singapore to clone a human embryo for research (Straits Times, Wednesday, Dec 25, 2002, H8). This announcement was made in the wake of a similar initiative to be undertaken by […]

  The Bible on Stamps: (1) The Story of the Old Testament (2) The Story of Jesus THESE two bilingual books (English and Chinese) are a young collector’s item of Christian art and literature. The two volumes will be books that will be taken from the shelf and read and illustrations admired from time to […]

If you are, remember, it is not the answer to your problems. It may offer some temporary relief, but problems cannot be gamed away.   HAVE you been gaming lately? With all the adrenaline pumped up, it is not surprising that you can be glued to the chair and the joystick for countless hours without […]

AJITH FERNANDO, author and Bible teacher, who said he has been grieving a lot about the state of the Evangelical movement in his country, Sri Lanka, shared a message recently with the staff of Youth For Christ in Colombo at their staff devotion. Methodist Message, which obtained a copy of his text, is reproducing it […]

[The Christian religion] teaches men both these truths: that there is a God of whom we are capable, and that a corruption in our nature makes us unworthy of Him. It is equally important for us to know both these points; for it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own […]

PART 10 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ ‘On the third day He rose again’ DURING the closing decades of the 8th century, German historian Hermann Samuel Reimarus wrote a treatise rejecting the Gospel account of the resurrection of Jesus Christ because of its incredulity to reason. Reimarus spoke on behalf […]

The Future of Success Author: Robert B. Reich ROBERT B. REICH, a political economist, was a distinguished public servant who served under three US Presidents and was the Secretary of Labour during Mr Bill Clinton’s presidency. As a member of the Cabinet he found his job better than any other one and loved it and […]