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Where Does The Bible Teach That?
2007-10-07 08:45:00 I just watched a sermon at a church’s web site, and have been frantically searching for the Biblical basis for what the pastor preached on tithing and prayer. To emphasize the point, the reading was taken from Malachi chapters 1 and 3. Anyhow, one point that the pastor made about how men can have their prayers ... More About: Christianity , Commentary , Bible , The Bible
Come, Let Us Pray
2007-10-06 07:45:00 Shabbat Shalom. This Shabbat, I have learned of two prayer requests that I hope you will help bring to God our Father in your prayers. Two of my dear sisters and a brother are facing trials in their lives right now, and they need all our help to bring their cares unto the Father in prayer. I ... More About: Children , Love , Pregnancy , Prayers , Prayer
How Great It Is To Be Saved By Grace, Not Works!
2007-10-05 08:22:00 I just came across this story of A.J. Jacobs, an agnostic, who did the crazy thing of trying to follow all of the rules set out in the Bible in a single year. Did you know that there are, apparently, more than 700 rules ranging from the familiar “Love thy neighbor as thyself” to the ... More About: Faith , Laws , Great , Book , Grace
Giving Thanks For Everything
2007-10-03 09:57:00 One of the most difficult things I encounter trying to live the life of a true follower of Christ Jesus is in following the teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:18. “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV) Notice that the teaching is to give ... More About: Faith , Thanksgiving , Giving , Surrender , Hank
How Many Versions Are There Anyway?
2007-10-02 09:59:00 One of the many blessings my wife and I have received from my starting this blog is that today, she is again reading the Bible . You see, as some of you might have known from my previous posts from way back, my wife comes from a Roman Catholic background but stopped believing in the church ... More About: King James
God Chooses Whom He Shall
2007-10-01 14:09:00 Many times I doubt if God has hearkened me to go into ministry and to be unto the lost and His flock a minister, because I know myself well. Yet since I was a young Christian, I have had this gnawing feeling inside me that I was called to work in ministry. You see, I ... More About: Faith , Ministry , Moses , Calling
How Often Do You Cast The First Stone?
2007-09-30 08:55:00 Some of my non-Christian friends have remarked that they don’t ever want to be Christians because they will turn into the most judgmental people on earth. If someone does wrong according to the Word of God, many of us including myself can be, in the eyes of others, such nasty people who are quick to ... More About: Christianity , Advice , Love , Friendship , Stone
A Greater Song
2007-09-29 19:54:00 It has been years since I have bought a single Gospel-oriented CD, but thanks to Shalene who has now earned the honor of being a great DJ (in my opinion at least), I added a new Gospel CD to my collection today. Paul Baloche’s “A Greater Song ”. What drew me to Paul Baloche was the fact ... More About: Christianity , Music , Tube , Worship
Above All ? Meditation For The Shabbat
2007-09-29 05:54:00 Lord Jesus, thou art Above all powers, above all kings, Above all nature and all created things. Above all wisdom and all the ways of man, You were here before the world began. Above all kingdoms, above all thrones. Above all wonders this world has ever known. Above all wealth and treasures of the earth, There’s no way to measure what you’re worth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psp4ETP-I_ 0 1 ... More About: Christianity , Music , Meditation , Song , Devotional
Blessed Fellowship
2007-09-28 07:19:00 Dear Brother, Dear Sister, I cannot even begin to describe how blessed I feel every time you leave me a comment with words of encouragement, or point me in the direction of truth, or join me in prayer. Because since I started my blog in June, I have grown much in my faith in God and ... More About: Christianity , Love , Friendship , Thanksgiving , Blessed
Yes, I Am A Substance Abuser
2007-09-27 18:05:00 Writing about child abuse for the blogging event “Bloggers Against Abuse” prompted me to come clean about an aspect of my life that I am not really proud of. I am a substance abuser. In fact, to be brutally honest, there’s more than one substance — there’s tar, hydrogen cyanide, acetaidehyde, eugenol, formaldehyde, methanol, and a ... More About: Christianity , Quit Smoking , Smoking , Cigarettes , Subs
They Know No Childhood
2007-09-27 08:21:00 Though I do not have children, nor consciously plan to have any, I am deeply concerned about the plight of children in parts of the world suffering from abuse, hunger, slavery and exploitation. In the time you take to read this post, there would have been dozens of children around the world who would suffer all ... More About: Abuse , Children , Childhood , Blogging , Poverty
Paul, The Hypocrite?
2007-09-26 10:01:00 Daniel at Messy Pastor mentioned that in our zeal to observe the Sabbath on the proper day as sanctified by God, we shouldn’t fall into the danger of still being bonded by the old Laws as did the Galatians. Previously, I have written quite a lot on the importance of observing the Sabbath on the ... More About: Christianity , Paul , Hypocrite , Shabbat
Worshipping Idols
2007-09-25 10:01:00 We often think of idols as graven images of humans or animals fashioned by machines or human hands and which people worship. Yet, here’s another definition of idols that I was just mulling over. You see, in a broader sense, idols can be anything in our lives that takes us away from serving God with all ... More About: Time , Prayer , Worship , Devotion , Idols
A Most Powerful Testimony
2007-09-25 06:00:00 I love reading testimonies from other Christians. Because nothing is more real and inspirational than reading about how God has worked miracles in someone’s life, turned it around, made it better or how they themselves overcame trials and tribulations in their lives. Some think that their testimonies are nothing to shout about, but my belief is ... More About: Christianity , Inspiration , Testimony
Mega-Churches, Wealth, And Spirituality
2007-09-23 17:02:00 It is funny how just last week there was a talk about the topic of wealth as the world defines it. First off, there was the buzz in the office that everyone should go get their Toto tickets because the prize money for the week was S$5 million (US$3.32 million). I did not buy any tickets ... More About: Christianity , Life , Wealth , Spirituality , Churches
The Shabbat ? It Is NOW An Issue
2007-09-22 10:03:00 Dear friends, have you read this? No, no, don’t click it and go away yet! Let me first tell you what it’s about. Pope Benedict XVI, at the end of his tour of Austria earlier this month, warned that the observance of Sunday worship was “not just a ‘precept’ to be casually adhered to, but a ... More About: Christianity , Europe , Life , Prophecy
Attacked
2007-09-22 05:08:00 My blog was down for a good many hours from last evening to early this morning (Singapore time, GMT +8) due to a Denial of Service attack on the data center where the blog is hosted. It was a situation that I couldn’t do anything about that left me really frustrated, but I thank God for ... More About: Attacked , Attack , Atta
Ee-Taow! Ee-Taow! The Mouk People Share Their Testimony
2007-09-20 19:42:00 I came across this video quite by accident, and it is simply amazing because it is just so inspirational. I would strongly urge you to watch all 20 minutes of it, and see for yourself how a whole tribe believed unto salvation! It truly is awe-inspiring the belief and faith that God had put into the ... More About: Christianity , Life , People , Faith , Inspiration
Perhaps It?s Just That Simple
2007-09-20 09:28:00 Perhaps I have been confusing myself with the unnecessary. Perhaps I was looking for more than what Yahweh has already prescribed through Christ Jesus as sufficient to justify salvation. And in the process, added weight to my heart where it should have been light, and full of praise and worship unto Yahweh. Why should I trouble much ... More About: Christianity , Life , Food , Faith , Traditions
Are We To Observe The Kashrut?
2007-09-19 19:42:00 I have been reading chapters 10, 11 and 15 of Acts over and over again in relation to the debate on circumcision that has been going on in the follow-up to my post on the visit to Hephzibah Christian Fellowship just last Shabbat. The reason for the repeated readings? To ascertain for myself if indeed we ... More About: Christianity , Life , Food , Hebrew , Kosher
But Your God Isn?t Merciful, Else?
2007-09-19 13:03:00 How often we hear this phrase uttered by those who seek to discredit Yahweh and throw a spanner into the cogs of our faith? How often do we hear that if Yahweh were indeed merciful, then He would have allowed for this or that, or even for non-believers to enter into heaven? I am sure that ... More About: Christianity , Life , Action , Mercy , Merciful
Oh My, I Have Received An Award!
2007-09-18 09:53:00 Just a little more than three months back, when I started blogging and decided to share the Word of God through blogging, I never expected that one day I would actually receive an award for doing so. For certainly I wasn’t looking to receive accolades of any kind, but just to share my perspective on issues ... More About: Inspiration , Blogging , Award
Everything Else Pales In Comparison
2007-09-18 07:41:00 For the past few weeks, I have been picking up the Bible and reading it again, starting with the New Testament at Matthew. And I can honestly tell you that it’s a brand new experience when you read the Bible again with a closer relationship with Yahweh. You see, I never considered myself to have read ... More About: Truth , Christianity , Life , Reading
When You Ask "Why Me, Oh Elohim?"
2007-09-17 18:31:00 Just this Sunday I found out that Nick Vijucic spoke at City Harvest Church the previous weekend, and decided to check if there was a video of the service. Now, I don’t bother with checking out City Harvest Church normally, since I don’t buy into their mega-church prosperity gospel, or their rock concert-grade performances, or ... More About: Life , Inspiration , Trials
Speed Linking ? Week Of 16 Sep 2007
2007-09-17 13:20:00 My apologies that this little regular column of mine for every Sunday is a little late, but due to the bad case of the migraine yesterday I haven’t been able to do much. As they say, better late than never, so for this week, I am going to share three of my list of “Best ... More About: Christianity , Israel , Jerusalem , Blogging , Linking
The Head Aches, The Eyes Too
2007-09-17 09:30:00 Ouch, I’ve been hit by a bad case of the migraine which is leaving me rather silent on the blog, and for that I apologize. I have never ever experienced such a bad case of the migraine before in my life! The entire head is throbbing and my eyes start getting painful under bright light. Even downing ... More About: Life , Eyes , Migraine , Head , The Eye
I Arrived Excited, But Went Home Rather Confused
2007-09-15 17:33:00 Finally, it’s the Shabbat and today is also finally the day when I can pay a visit to Hephzibah Christian Fellowship and find out more about them. Finding the place was a breeze. After alighting at Queenstown MRT station, it was only about a 350 meter walk to the building itself. As advised by one of ... More About: Christianity , Life , Jewish , Home , Worship
Loving Those Who Hate You
2007-09-14 17:42:00 Someone once remarked that it’s harder to hate a person than to love someone. Because hate requires you to constantly expend energy directing anger and disgust at the subject. When you hate a person, you find ways to make the person’s life miserable, and this can sap your energy that might have been better spent on ... More About: Christianity , Life , Love , Inspiration , Hate
Catching A Name On A Speeding Train
More articles from this author:2007-09-14 07:17:00 I finally caught the name of the Fellowship — it’s called Hephzibah Christian Fellowship and is listed as a non-denominational church. And I’ve also got the location down pat. The building is actually along the stretch parallel to the MRT line between Queenstown and Redhill stations. But the most interesting part is that I managed to get hold ... More About: Christianity , Life , Singapore , Train 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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