YOU PRAYED FOR A PARKING LOT? Dear Goldie, I am confused to see some people pray about everything, like asking God to find their lost keys, get a parking space, etc. Do you think God answers these little prayers? My brother said God is too busy running the universe to care…
MY WORK, MY JOY By Rajen Devadason W-O-R-K. To some it’s a four-letter word of the worst kind! I understand… About 30 years ago, soon after graduating, I was a trainee chartered accountant for KPMG in Basingstoke, England. Once the relief of securing a work permit passed, and after being…
GUARDING OUR GUARDS By Anna Teoh "For those of you taking this service lift for the first time, don't be shocked. There is a security guard who sits in the lift,” a friend sounded out. "What?" The elevator doors opened, and there he was, sitting on a plastic chair. We…
THE 4 WORLDS YOUTH LIVE IN By Chan Yen Ping “Generational gap” is a buzzword in churches. It is raised when Christian youth fall out of church or leave their childhood church for more contemporary ones. Many churches take effort to bridge that gap – turn up the lights, sound,…
PORN HUNTING US By Chew Sue Lee “In the past, we hunted for porn; today, porn hunts us.” Every good and perfect gift comes from God (James 1:17). But Satan can twist these gifts to entrap people into sin and destruction, e.g. using money to feed a gambling addiction, food…
SUICIDE & SALVATION It is good that suicide is now openly discussed, even within the church walls. We ask Christians what they thought about the issue and whether Christ followers who take their lives will be saved. Here are some of the responses, followed by a pastoral response from TAN…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN? By Pastor Jeremy Lim On Halloween night, “the veil between the world of the living and the dead thins, and the paganists honour the spirit of the dead, offer human sacrifices, and make pacts and covenants with the demonic forces.” These words are from an article circulated a…
Jesus-Fact or Fable? What Non-Biblical Sources Say By Dr Toh Seong Yuen Non-Christian skeptics demand non-Christian sources of evidence for Jesus. Are there any written accounts besides the writings of biblical authors that will testify to the historicity of Jesus? Yes, there are. Four important sources are discussed here. Testimony…
DEMYSTIFYING CHINESE MEDICINE By Tan Huey Ying Dermatitis is a difficult condition to live with. More commonly known as eczema, it causes dry, itchy skin in its sufferers, the majority of whom are children. At the risk of over-simplifying this condition, imagine having dry, cracked skin with an itch that…
SAFE HAVEN FOR YOUNG SARAWAKIAN DRUG ADDICTS By Chew Sue Lee In the 1980s, the drug scourge in Malaysia got so bad that the government decreed it a national threat. A national anti-drug task force team along with a mandatory death sentence for anyone caught possessing more than 15 grams…