Opinion

HAVE you ever regarded children as being very bothersome? I have and I know many who do, at least sometimes. To the poor eking out an existence, the coming of another child means another mouth to feed. To some young couples, having children means setting up impediments to reaching their goal of a high-flying career. […]

PART 6 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ Miraculous event fulfilment of Isaianic prophesy that ‘a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel’ WE CONTINUE our reflection on the Creed by examining its statement regarding the virginal conception of Jesus Christ. The Creed declares […]

  Is there such life? If it does exist, it must be seen as part of God’s good creation ON THE 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s phenomenally successful “E. T. Extraterrestrial”, there appeared a thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, whom Newsweek has slated to be the next Spielberg, called “Signs”. Based on […]

Spiritual Theology: The Theology of Yesterday for Spiritual Help Today Author: Diogenes Allen THIS book is an insightful analysis of spirituality which helps readers to know what is meant by awareness of God and the way of achieving it. Diogenes Allen, the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton Theological Seminary, an influential theologian and an […]

PART 5 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ How we understand Jesus has implications in ways we conceive of God WITHOUT doubt, both the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed gave careful attention to the second article that deals with the second Person of the Trinity. After all, the Council of […]

A Christian home in old Ephesus: Notice the cross at the top of the entrance. — Picture by the Rev Alfred Yeo.   That is to love God, to do what He requires of us, and to love one another ONE of the most interesting Christian communities in the New Testament is the Christian church […]

How should Christians respond? BIOLOGICAL science crossed a significant milestone at 5 pm on July 5, 1996 when embryologists Drs Ian Wilmut and K. H. S. Campbell and their team at Roslin Institute, a research centre near Edinburgh, successfully cloned a lamb from cells taken from a mature sheep. The technique they used is known […]

THE month of June brought to our globe the excitement and ecstasy of World Cup 2002. Unlike some World Cup finals I have watched, the recently concluded one was not the boring affair that brought the worst out of sportsmen. Instead, it has not only delivered its promise of being a football fiesta but also […]

BISHOP OLDHAM: ‘Christianity must be a religion of spiritual experience.’ — MCS Archives picture.   In his final visit to Singapore during the 1935 celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Methodist Mission, the venerable Bishop William F. Oldham shared his vision for the future of both church and schools – a view that is […]

PART 4 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ THE Creed declares that God is the Creator of the universe and the originator of all that there is. It is of paramount importance at the very outset to maintain that this too is the knowledge of faith, made possible only through God’s […]

THERE is a deep hunger in human beings to succeed. The hunger inside and the marketplace outside work together to determine the way we live and spend our days. And yet many people who “succeed” and are the envy of others, find that their deep hunger remains. Why is this so? Perhaps it is because […]

A Place Apart: Monastic Prayer and Practice for Everyone Author: M. Basil Pennington   MANY honest seekers are interested in spirituality. We are restless and look for peace and serenity. Intellectually we know that we need to devote time for solitude and silence. We try to keep our Quiet Time and read the Bible daily. […]