I saw this book years ago, when I was in University, in SUFES bookstore. But I was too poor to buy it then, I mean, the little money that I had, I saved them for days when I had even lesser. Since then, I never saw the book again. I was captured by the cover [...]
I think I’ve said it a lot of times, and you probably heard it many more times within the Church…in my PKV (varsity christian fellowship) days, the question we asked ourselves and one another was, how can we be “relevant”, especially to the society we live and work in.
I still operate by that question, but [...]
Message shared at BM Gospel Centre - 12 October 2008
Freedom In Christ (Gal 5:1-15)
Whenever we come to the letters of Paul, I get very excited.
Not merely because Paul had something to teach us about the gospel and god and the church, but because there is always a story behind each of his sentences.
Understanding Paul – [...]
A friend sent me a mail purportedly a testimony of a former Catholic (who claimed to have mastered the Bible, specifically the four gospels) who is now a Muslim….in the email there were challenges thrown on the Christian belief on the Trinity. Below was my short response to my friend who asked for some clarification…
Same [...]
Luke recorded for us a very interesting story, about two travelers, one anonymous one named Cleopas, on the road to Emmaus.
Richard Bauckham wrote that Cleopas (highly likely the same chap in John 19:25 and according to Eusibus, a relative of Jesus) was probably the main reference of this tradition and therefore his name being highlighted [...]
Josh asked a weird question, a question we probably take for granted most of the time: Where is Jesus Christ?
And he tied in the question to the eucharist (lit. “good gift”). Where is Jesus Christ? He is in the bread and wine.
Presence is more than physical. It is probably nearer to sex the way Josh had [...]
I wrote the below last year 2007 for FES's World Students' Day…
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“Sleeves Rolled Up”
Again and again, during my times in PKV (Persaudaraan Kristian Varsiti - UM's CF) we were challenged with these strong words: The Church is becoming irrelevant. It was as though the statement was hammered hard into my head, making me ask myself, [...]
I was having a casual meal with a friend a few days back, and we talked about politics and power. My well meaning friend (he's a very successful businessman) gave me some advise about the “reality” of being in politics and about accumulating powers. This got me thinking again, what is power (?) and I [...]
How many have not done your Christmas shopping yet? How many of you have decided not to do any Christmas shopping this year?
As I was reflecting on these questions, I read a news report yesterday:
Last Wednesday, in the early afternoon, in Omaha USA, when people were busying themselves in one of the shopping complexes. And [...]
…Goh Keat Peng thundered the newly renovated auditorium of PJ Gospel Hall yesterday with strong indictments against the Church of Malaysia: We have chosen to close an ear to socio-political agenda! And even if we are political, we are selfishly selective in our political concern. Do we only care about religious freedom when we cannot get [...]
