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Of Ronaldo … and redemption
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 […]
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Oldham’s vision for church and schools
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 […]
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The dangers of success
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 […]
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A lesson from Nebuchadnezzar
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 […]
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When a simple act of kindness saved a life
"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
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The seven spirits of Revelation
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 […]
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‘Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal’
Daniel 12 DAHLIA was a beautiful woman with a wonderful husband and two adorable children. A family to die for. A family now dead. She had been out that fateful night. Teaching English for a group of neighbourhood kids. When she returned home, she found her husband and children tied up and gagged, dying in […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Teach children to know what is good I HAVE mulled over the contents of the article “Will Harry Potter bewitch young minds?”, and am very disturbed by what Dr Chia has written. I am not well-read enough to rebut many of his points, but, as a Christian, I cannot agree or condone the statement that […]
