by Steven Chan The bible exhorts us in 1 Cor 15:58 to keep on doing the work of God: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” But what is the work of the Lord that we […]
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by Steven Chan Among the great challenges that we face are that of apathy, complacency, passivity and inaction. For some, their reading of 1 Cor 15:58 seems to be as follows: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be … immovable.” So they have not moved (over the many years that they have pledged their service to the […]
BY WAYNE JACKSON https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/559-does-god-change-his-mind “How does one reconcile those passages which state that God does not change (e.g., Mal. 3:6), with others that seem to suggest that he does alter his course of action? One example is found in Exodus 32:14, which says: ‘And the Lord repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.’” […]
by Steven Chan As the people of Israel prepared to enter the land that was promised by God to them, Moses gave them clear instructions from God with regards their conduct when they have occupied the land. In Deut 12:3-4, Moses instructed them as follows:- “And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, […]
by Steven Chan Jesus made an interesting observation when He saw the worshippers making their contributions or offerings in the temple: “And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,2 and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. 3 So He said, “Truly I say to you that this […]
by Steven Chan In Phil 3:16, the apostle Paul exhorted Christians: “Let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.” What’s that same mind that he wanted us to have? He explained it in Phil 3:12-14: “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, […]
by Steven Chan When one becomes a Christian, one declares that he or she is a disciple or learner or follower of Christ (Acts 11:26; I Pet 4:16). One of His principal teachings is that of “love”:- The evidence of our love for Him is that we keep His commandments: “If you love Me, keep […]
by Ong Eng Boon We are all very familiar with Nike’s slogan, “Just Do It”. With this slogan, we emphasise that in order to get things done, you must first play your part by doing the tasks which have been given to you. In life, we are all wired up to do things in the […]
by Steven Chan God requires us to be transformed from conformity to the world, to conformity to His will (from being carnal-minded to spiritually-minded people – I Cor 3:1-4) unto to “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:13). As explained by the apostle Paul, in baptism, we were buried with […]
by Steven Chan Jesus chose His 12 disciples so that they could be with Him and He could train them to do the work of saving man. Jesus had earlier said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” (Mark 1:17 ) in Luke 5:10, Jesus said to them: “Do not be […]