‘The jungle is my parish’

The Rev J. R. Denyes, District Superintendent of the Netherlands Indies District, was Pastor of the Middle Road Baba Church from 1900-1901 and taught in ACS, but was re-assigned to…

A time to be silent

THERE was a picture of some dead fish in the newspapers recently. It was reported that someone had cruelly taken them out of the water and left them to die.…

Bishop Emeritus C. N. Fang dies

Bishop Emeritus Fang: Founded Seminari Teologi Malaysia. BISHOP Emeritus C. N. Fang of The Methodist Church in Malaysia passed away on May 5, 2002 in Seremban, Malaysia. He was 77…

BIBLE QUIZ No. 33

BIBLE QUIZ No. 331. When Eli saw Hannah praying, he initially thought she was d_ _ _ _. 2. How long did the ark of the Lord remain in the…

A tale of two prayers

I FIRST heard about the prayer while visiting family in another state. I had stopped in to see a friend from college who now operates a Christian bookstore. “You have…

Faith to live by

A new series: An exposition of the Apostles’ Creed 1. ‘I believe …’ WE BEGIN this month with a new series of reflections based on the Apostles’ Creed. Traditionally the…

The language of the liturgy

I AM not a Methodist, but as a lecturer in an ecumenical college with a strong Methodist component, I am often invited to speak in Methodist churches and every time…

The beginnings of Methodism

John Wesley’s early life and … The beginnings of Methodism JOHN WESLEY was born on June 17, 1703 in England, the fourteenth child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley. Samuel Wesley…

5 tongues to baptise 1 child

Nearly a hundred years ago, the editors of The Malaysia Message recorded the amusing experience in the life of a missionary. But, it also highlights the problems of sharing the…

How Easter shapes a people

EASTER is the most significant event in the Christian calendar, for on that day we believe Jesus Christ, the Son of God, rose from the dead. Also known as Pasch (from Pesach, Hebrew for Passover) or Resurrection Sunday, Easter is more than just Easter eggs and bunnies. The event of Easter is so central to the confessions of the early Church that even today, 2000 years later, most Christians continue to worship on Sunday, the weekly anniversary of Christ’s resurrection.

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