30 June 2019 ABRAHAM’S LEGACY OF FAITH Abraham lived a long and satisfying life and died at the age of 175. Abraham’s wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac at the advanced age of 90 and Abraham was 100. Before Isaac was born, Abraham had Ishmael… Read More »Abraham's legacy of faith
BULLETIN ARTICLE 23 June 2019 CHOOSE WISELY In ancient Israel, and in fact in many countries, societies and cultures, marriages were arranged and decided by parents when their children reached marriageable age. But in today’s modern societies, like that in Singapore, it is not uncommon… Read More »Choose wisely
BULLETIN ARTICLE 9 June 2019 HONOUR & INTEGRITY Sarah died at the ripe old age of one hundred and twenty-seven in Hebron. She and her husband of many decades Abraham had spent very challenging times moving from Ur of the Chaldeans to Hebron. The endearing… Read More »HONOUR AND INTEGRITY
BULLETIN ARTICLE 2 June 2019 FAITH IN GOD God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his beloved son. Isaac was the heir that God had promised and Abraham had waited years for. We would expect Abraham to question God’s rather strange command. We would expect him… Read More »Faith in God
BULLETIN ARTICLE 26 May 2019 GOD OF KINDNESS “Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness… Read More »God of kindness
BULLETIN ARTICLE 19 May 2019 TRUSTING GOD “Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised” (Genesis 21:1). With the birth of Isaac, Abraham finally saw the reality of how God was going… Read More »Trusting God
BULLETIN ARTICLE 12 May 2019 GOD NEVER FAILS “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14a) In Genesis 18, Abraham wrestled with God in intercession about saving Sodom and Gomorrah from total destruction. Abraham was indeed a man of great faith and prayer. God… Read More »God never fails
BULLETIN ARTICLE 5 May 2019 NO TURNING BACK “Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it” (Luke 17:32-33). On the fateful Monday morning of August 6, 1945, the people of Hiroshima, Japan woke… Read More »No turning back
BULLETIN ARTICLE 14 April 2019 PROMISES MADE – PROMISES KEPT The chorus of a favourite BKC hymn by Russell Kelso Carter (1849-1928) goes like this: “Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Saviour; Standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God.” However,… Read More »Promises made – promises kept
BULLETIN ARTICLE 7 April 2019 MY PLAN VS GOD’S PLAN Have you ever tried to plan for something? Of course, you have. We have been taught since young the value of planning – we schedule our time, we plan our meals, we map our career… Read More »My plan vs God's plan
