Opinion

YEARS ago, during my army Basic Military Training, we green recruits had to learn the SAF’s Code of Conduct. There are six official statements but we were jokingly taught a seventh unofficial Code, “C.O.C. 7”. It has, since then, stuck in my mind: “Do what you want, but don’t get caught.” It was a big […]

PART 9 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ THIS statement is one of the most perplexing in the Creed and is omitted in some versions although it is found in the oldest versions. Christ’s descent to hell must not only be understood together with His suffering and death on the Cross […]

  The Education of Highly Creative People (Armour Publishing) By ACS “O” Level Class of ’64 “A” Level Class of ’66 Edited by: Kenneth Lyen, John Tan Yew How, Winston Tan Tien Hin, Vincent Chen I HAVE been a teacher and parent for 40 odd years and having read these letters from “…Dad to Son”, […]

EVERY newborn baby, observed a wise man, is a sign that God has not given up on us. I suppose the same is true when we enter a new year. God has not given up on us. The annual covenant service is a uniquely Wesleyan contribution to the worship and spirituality of the church. The […]

PART 8 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ ‘Crucified, dead and buried’ AS WE turn now to the sacrificial death of Christ on the cross, we ask what is the significance of this death, and why is it necessary to reconcile man to God. The Christian understanding of the death of […]

  The message of Christmas for us A CHRISTMAS carol tells us to “Deck the halls with boughs of holly … ’tis the season to be jolly”, but the mood for many people this Christmas is far from jolly. Many wonder if ” … happy days (will) ever return” (Straits Times, Oct 20, 2002). Robbed […]

The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World Authors: Richard A Horsley & Neil Asher Silberman NEW TESTAMENT scholars are piecing together the findings of a number of archaeological sites in the Middle East to construct a picture of the origins of early Christianity. They are […]

WHENEVER I have to tell someone my denominational affiliation, I usually receive one of the following reactions: “I don’t believe it! You don’t fit the bill. You should join the Anglican Church” (or the Methodist Church, or whatever church to which the inquirer belongs). My response to their well-meaning suggestion is that I happened to […]

PART 7 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATIONS ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’  ‘ … Suffered under Pontius Pilate’ THE Creed appears to leapfrog from the account of Jesus’ virginal birth to the final phase of His earthly life when in the next statement it refers to Jesus’ suffering under Pontius Pilate. Although it is the […]

IN ORDER to work in Singapore as a domestic help for a two-year period, an Indonesian woman has to fork out 7 million rupiahs (S$1,400) to a maid agency. However, she does not come out with the cash upfront. The moment she lands in Singapore, the family whom she will be assigned to pays the […]

  Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition Author: Simon Chan IN THIS book, the Rev Dr Simon Chan has given a highly academic and technical study of Christian spirituality. It is his contribution to the scholarly Journal of Pentecostal Theology known as the Supplementary Series of major theological explorations by leading Pentecostal theologians. Chan, […]

THE devil came up with an unsolicited and tempting suggestion. He urged Jesus to climb to the highest point of the temple and throw Himself down (Mt. 4:5-6). According to his devilishly shrewd logic, if Jesus was the Son of God, then God will surely command His angels to make sure that Jesus was not […]