Bonaventure (1221 – 1274) BONAVENTURE IS ONE of the most important theologians and spiritual writers in the 13th century. Born Giovanni di Fidanza in 1221, he entered the prestigious University…
TEN DOLLARS EACH was all that three sisters had for their pocket money every month. The siblings, students at Geylang Methodist School (Secondary) or GMS (S), would usually buy 30-cent…
It is our 45th Methodist church FIVE YEARS AGO, on July 8, 2007, the first worship service of a fledging preaching point in Anglo-Chinese School (International) or ACS (Int) was…
In March 2012, students of the Methodist School of Cambodia (MSC) held their first outreach to Prak Padov School in Kandal Province. They learnt how to work together, and…
[/vc_column_text]WHEN I WAS ASKED to write an article about our country’s National Day for the August issue of Methodist Message, I honestly did not have a clue what I…
FOUR PRINCIPLES Four principles to guide churches towards a music ministry that glorifies God: § Music supports the Word of God and the sacraments § Music in Christian worship is…
I RECENTLY GAVE MYSELF a little treat and made a short trip back to the “old country”. Singaporeans may have several “old countries” or countries of their forefathers, depending…
TWO UNEXPECTED EVENTS which occurred during a recent two-week pilgrimage to the Holy Land have strengthened the faith of 22 members of Queenstown Chinese Methodist Church and bonded them even…
CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING two cameos. A huge Climate Convention was held in Copenhagen in December 2009. About 15,000 delegates and officials, 5,000 journalists, 98 world leaders, and an entourage of…
“In many of the developed nations today, the demands of the global market economy have created a deeply unsettling influx of hordes of foreigners. Singapore has its fair share of…
Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire (UMH 492) Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, Unuttered or expressed; The motion of a hidden fire at trembles in the breast. Prayer…
Peter Lombard (1096-1161) “Peter Lombard serves as an example of a theologian who is faithful to both Scripture and the Tradition of the Church.” PETER LOMBARD is without doubt one…
HOW HOSPICE HELPS “Hospice care helps patients prepare for the eventuality of death, and a good and comfortable one too. But it also benefits caregivers as it helps them cope…
Aldersgate Rally 2 WHAT WOULD YOU DO if you found a cure for cancer? The Rev Duleep Fernando related how this question was posed by Dr Leslie Weatherhead, a famous British…
Aldersgate Rally 1 “BEFORE HIS CONVERSION, John Wesley got it the wrong way round,” opined the Rev Duleep Fernando, referring to Wesley’s attempts to be holy through reading the Bible,…
MEMBER CARE is the usual work of the church. It may be different in practice among workers in cross-cultural contexts, but it is not vastly different from the care for…
BISHOP DR ROBERT SOLOMON addressed the graduating class of Singapore’s oldest seminary, Trinity Theological College, at Paya Lebar Methodist Church on May 12, 2012. The sermon, entitled “ The Cross…
“Worship cannot just be a somewhat-Christian rock concert-cum-comedy routine – expressions of consumerism and our addiction to entertainment …worship cannot ignore culture, since worship must inevitably rely on the words and…
AS I WAS PREPARING to write this article on local Christian worship songs, I was curious and decided to search for “Singapore Christian worship songs” on Google. e top four…
