Jew and Gentile
Looking Forward to the New Year 2010
December 31 was marked with a year-end celebration for the Balestier Road SDA Church, commemorated with a divine service and a fellowship. In the service Pastor Mark Chan, SDA Balestier Church Pastor delivered an inspiring message to the awaiting congregation. The message challenges and motivates everyone to face the year 2010, giving everyone the direction on how to live a fruitful and meaningful Christian life. The Filipino Ministry (FM) is privileged... [Read More...]
A Wounded Face in a Wounded World
It was Tuesday night when we took her to the hospital. In the observation room, the doctor was giving her some instructions to check whether she’s still in good shape, meaning: lucid and was not drowsy or dizzy, and she responded rather well. She was sent to the XRAY lab to check if she suffered fractures in both her lower and upper skull and,fortunately, they found none. While waiting for her to finish the XRAY session, two guys sat beside me.... [Read More...]
A Heart for Mission
(The role of a Filipino Ministry in Singapore: A primer on the proposed Filipino Church) Why a separate Filipino Church? Why go for separate worship services when the church facilities for worship in Balesteir Road Church are first-rate, adequate, and convenient enough? Why exchange the steamship of suitable worship at Balestier for a rickety boat of a full Filipino-congregational service? Are these not questions that are bereft of the real mission... [Read More...]
A Warning Rejected
In preaching the doctrine of the second advent, William Miller and his associates had labored with the sole purpose of arousing men to a preparation for the judgment. They had sought to awaken professors of religion to the true hope of the church and to their need of a deeper Christian experience, and they labored also to awaken the unconverted to the duty of immediate repentance and conversion to God. “They made no attempt to convert men to... [Read More...]
God can help us…
Decisions can take you out of God’s will but never out of His reach. If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself. (2 Timothy 2:13 NIV). In her book, A Closer Walk, author Catherine Marshall tells about a great personal struggle she experienced after writing a novel titled Gloria. Marshall began the novel in 1969 and then abandoned the project two and a half years later. To her, the shelved manuscript was “like... [Read More...]
Integrity and Patience
Reputation is made in a moment: character is built in a lifetime. I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. (Job 27:6 NIV). A man once had a friend who was a skilled potter. He often went to watch him at work as he molded the clay into various vessels. One day he asked his friend how he determined what he was going to make. The potter said he had discovered that when he was rested,... [Read More...]
Hens at Work
The secret of success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop. (Luke 8:15). Hard work means nothing to a hen. Regardless of what business prognosticators say about the price of eggs… regardless of what others expect of her… regardless of fluctuations in the commodities market… she keeps... [Read More...]
Don’t Hide What God Gives You!
Do not neglect your gift, wihch was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. (1 Timothy 4:14 NIV). A man named Luigi Tarisio loved violins and began collecting them. He took great pride in scouting out rare finds and purchasing only those instruments that he knew to be of the finest quality. No one realy knew about his passion, however, until after he died. It was while his estate was being appraised that... [Read More...]
