by Steven Chan 21 September 2008 One reason for the lack of interest in spiritual matters lies in the erroneous belief that Christianity is primarily about the after-life and has nothing to offer for the present life in the world. This is certainly misconceived. The apostle Paul declared in Gal 2:20-21: “I have been crucified […]
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by Steven Chan 14 September 2008 Christians meet together on a regular basis. It is the purpose of this article to briefly discuss why Christians assemble together regularly so that we may review how we do what we do when we are assembled together. Christians assemble because they are commanded to do so: Heb 10:24,25: […]
by Steven Chan 7 September 2008 About 17 brethren from Klang attended the 19th Restoration Seminar held at the premises of the Subang Jaya Church of Christ. A total of about 100 brethren attended the Seminar with some brethren coming as far as from Singapore. This year’s theme was Restoring the Bible Doctrine of Worship […]
by Steven Chan 31 August 2008 Although many seem to know the Law of God or what the Lord wants them to do, yet many still fail to obey the Lord. Why is that the case? Let’s start at the beginning. With regards to the first sin ever to be committed, the Bible tells us […]
by Steven Chan 24 August 2008 We live in a world where the idea of hiring and firing is pervasive in our culture. As employees, we are hired to do the work that the Company wants us to do. If we fail to do the work to the satisfaction of our bosses, we are fired […]
by Steven Chan 17 August 2008 It is interesting to note that before the children of Israel entered the Promised Land, God through Moses gave them a series of warnings, among which is the following one:- “When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out […]
by Steven Chan 10 August 2008 This is the last of the series of articles on the account in Judges 19-21 concerning the unfortunate incident involving the sin of the Benjamites that resulted in the death of a Levite’s spouse. We have learned many lessons including (a) the danger of being influenced to do wrong, […]
by Steven Chan 20 July 2008 We have thus far considered a few lessons from the unfortunate incident involving the children of Benjamin in causing the death of the concubine of a Levite as recorded in Judges 20 and their unwillingness to do the right thing, resulting in the other children of Israel having to […]
by Steven Chan 13 july 2008 Last week we considered the hospitality of the old man in Gibeah as extended to the Levite and his travelling entourage. In this article, we will consider the shocking incident committed by the inhospitable people of Gibeah and the response of the children of Israel. In the words of […]
by Steven Chan 6 July 2008 In the last few chapters of the book of Judges, we read of a tragic incident which occurred amidst the chosen people of God who had inherited the Promised Land. The account begins in Judges 19 about a certain Levite traveller who chose to stay among his brethren instead […]