…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 [...]
Almighty God,
Give us voice to cry.
Help us to pray.
We look to you, in times like this,
For mercy and for grace
How can we even hope in goodness in face with such rampant evils.
And these evils only served as a mirror to ourselves
A reminder that our hearts are as depraved, if not worse.
Our hearts, helpless and weak
Cry [...]
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. (Jn [...]
Through the dark night in the garden,
To the kangaroo courts
Through the abuses and scorns
To the cross
Through the darkness of the tomb
To a new morning tomorow
Through suffering and death,
To life and a whole new world
My lord and my god, my soul cries to thee!
The poem below is dedicated to Bishop Tom Wright who never fail to impress [...]
We often hear Christians say, we must “spread the gospel”, or “share the gospel” (I would personally use the more pompous words “proclaim or declare the gospel”). But as with the usage of other words in any languages, familarity breeds contempt, or rather familarity breeds complacency. Christians may take it for granted that we know [...]
Even though i am not from a christian family and was not a christian then, my sisters and I used to look forward to christmas. We were not from a rich family, but on christmas eve, the three of us (now there are four of us - latest addition was about ten years ago) will [...]
Far from the prying of the pious, and occasionally polite, Church in the East, and in a time still further from our own, Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694 – 1768; Hamburg, Germany) was conjuring quite a storm in the cauldron of New Testament scholarship. He was a curious man, but one of his most curious works [...]
The dust was stirred As that man walked past The midday heat and dirt Covered his rugged path His steps were heavy, The footprints were clear The crowd grew steadily As they stopped to hear Enough of vain oblation! I desire not your offerings I look for compassions And true repentance from sins
The man [...]
Some links…
Historical Jesus Theories (Peter Kirby)
N.T. Wright Page
Marcus BorgBorg's SermonsBorg's WritingsA Portrait of Jesus
C.H. Dodd's The Founder of Christianity
Bart EhrmanText & TraditionText & Transmission
Robert PriceJournal of Higher Criticism
Gerd LudemannThe Life of Jesus: A Brief Assessment
Albert Schweitzer's The Quest of the Historical Jesus (I got my copy recently!! Call me blessed!)
Rudolf Bultmann's Jesus and the Word (Someone said Wright is [...]
