______________________ Jesus said to the crowds and his disciples, “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and…
Month: August 2004
Random Thoughts after “The Village”
I actually liked the movie and in its simplicity sparked off some thoughts in my mind on a variety of issues ranging from fear to the desire to be protected and so on. I was wondering how come the Malaysian publicity posters in the papers at least seemed to give a wrong impression. I saw…
Theology or Practical Religion
I was quite overwhelmed with the task of sharing on apostle Paul in two meetings with Help Institute Christian Fellowship. First, the whole topic was huge so I had to focus on more specific aspects. I decided to title part one “Paul: The Man and His Messiah” and next week will be part two “Paul:…
Two Thoughts on “Life” & “Living”!
Thanks to Winn for these thought nuggets! _________________________ “The biggest mistake people make in life is not making a living at doing what they most enjoy.”— Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990) “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to…
Easy to die … Hard to live …
Thanks Leaving Munster for this gem … ___________________________ It is easy to die for Christ. It is hard to live for him. Dying takes only an hour or two, but to live for Christ means to die daily. Only during the few years of this life are we given the privilege of serving each other…
Untamed Vessels
When I first got the news that these young Malaysian songwriters (namely untamed vessels) wanted to try something, as usual I’m supportive (furthermore we had and have a relationship that goes way back to my former church). And the question goes how far would I support them. Can BLC play a little part as encouragement?…
Faith, Health & Prosperity
I found this book edited by Andrew Perriman to be an engaging read as I’m preparing in re-looking at “Faith, Health & Prosperity”. I found the whole treatment on the history and teaching of the “Word of Faith” Movement to be both informative and insightful. Thus, I munched 5 chapters yesterday. The discussion on “Prosperity…
We want to go far … together!
“if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African saying I read Brian’s African Report with much interest. Strangely, he went south to Africa, I went North to Germany 🙂 I’m no Brian McLaren and have much less wisdom and insight to contribute *grin*. This humble…
Advice to a church planter
I found the “Advice to a church planter” given by Brian McLaren on his dialogue page quite useful to reflect on my own journey thus far. (His words in bold, mine in italics) Often interactions like this opens up one to see “new horizons” that will lead to “fresh directions” 🙂 ___________________________________________- –OK. Here’s what…
Malaysian Idol
Ok! I was away from my home country Malaysia and was wandering in UK and Germany 🙂 so, I was never really in the “craze” that’s come to our warm climate. Last night was the first time, I actually sat down and watched the show “live” on TV while jumping on and off to check…