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Difficult to authenticate numerous accounts of dead being revived to life RECENTLY a pastor from a Methodist church asked me to comment on a documentary that has caused some sensation and generated much interest. The documentary, produced by Christ for All Nations whose founder is the evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, tells the story of a certain […]

Paths from Science towards God: The End of all our Exploring Author: Arthur Peacocke ARTHUR PEACOCKE, who won the 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, is a physical biochemist and Anglican priest who pioneered in DNA research and has since become a leading advocate of the creative interaction of theology and science. The Templeton […]

A CURIOUS group of Christian men (and women) began leaving the cities where churches flourished in the ancient world. They were in search of solitude in the desert places, far from the hustle and bustle of the cities. That was the 4th Century when Christianity had become a respectable religion. Persecution had stopped, following the […]

PART 2 OF THE SERIES OF MEDITATION ON ‘FAITH TO LIVE BY’ 2. ‘ … in God’ THE meaning of the word “God” has become more than a little ambiguous in the modern world. Ours is a religiously pluralistic world in which some religions claim to have exclusive rights to the word, while others appear […]

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

A BOOK containing articles written for Methodist Message by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon has just been published. Entitled “Fire For The Journey”, this weekly devotional book contains 52 reflections by Bishop Dr Solomon. Originally published as messages in Methodist Message, the official monthly newsmagazine of The Methodist Church in Singapore, this compilation covers such topical […]

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT wrote:   “Many people will walk in and out of your life, But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; If he […]

THREE things of life once gone never come back –Time, words and opportunity. Three things of life must not be lost –Peace, hope and honesty. Three things of life are most valuable –Love, self-confidence and friends. Three things of life are never sure –Dreams, success and fortune. Three things make a man/woman –Hard work, sincerity […]

CONCLUDING THE SERIES OF REFLECTIONS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Building on sand and building on rock: These metaphors may also refer to calamities experienced in life that would test authenticity of one’s faith Matthew 7:24-29 WE COME to the final passage in the Sermon on the Mount. Here Jesus describes two builders who […]

GOD’S word can sometimes be full of puzzles. Those among us who are impatient with these will easily throw up our hands and move on to more mundane things, or walk away thinking that a mystery is a mystery and that’s that, and we are none the wiser. However, since God is gracious, we believe […]

The Crucified Guru: An Experiment in Cross-Cultural Christology Author: M. Thomas Thangaraj A LEADING American theologian, Gordon D. Kaufman of Harvard University, in his foreword, commended his student, M. Thomas Thangaraj, for his doctoral dissertation, which is now published as an important work of an Asian theologian. The Apostle Paul took the concepts and symbols […]

1. Jesus Is Judged 2. Jesus Receives His Cross 3. Jesus Falls For The First Time 4. Jesus Meets His Mother 5. Simon Of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry His Cross 6. Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Brow 7. Jesus Falls For A Second Time 8. Jesus Talks To The Weeping Women 10. Jesus Is Stripped Of His […]