Enforcing dress codes in church
The arresting subtitle of the Sunday Times article by Elizabeth Soh (Feb 6, 2011) read: “Catholic churches are enforcing dress codes, as more turn up in inappropriate attire”. Such inappropriate attire included shorts and flip flops; attire that exposed the entire shoulder, chest, back or thighs; low rise jeans and T [...]
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Wearing Sunday best and forbidden flip flops
The Francis Yeoh interview
Bear with the short Mandarin prologue before the interview in English begins. This is a powerful testimony of market place ministry, of being salt and light to the world while being in business.
This is Wikipedia’s write up about Francis Yeoh.
Tan Sri Dato’ Francis Yeoh Sock Ping CBE (Chinese : 楊肅斌; pinyin: Yáng Sùbīn, born August [...]
Growing beyond the tithe
Growing in prayer
We talk about growing and discipleship in many aspects of Christian growth. For instance, we talk about growing in prayer. A new believer is taught that prayer is talking to God, and he is taught how to bring his needs and requests before God. Then he learns that prayer is not meant to [...]
A life more than guidance by Dallas Willard
If you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures- then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. PROVERBS 2:3-5
The question that we will deal with in this final chapter is, [...]
Penang gangsta now married!
Choby Siau married recently and we were all happy for him. We wish him and his wife, Esther, God’s very best. Choby had a tumultous, topsy-turvy life of danger and broke the hearts of his missionary parents, until Jesus turned him around completely and delivered him safely from his Penang gang. Now he is a [...]
“Spirituality” and “Intimacy with God”: screwed up?
What is the most misunderstood aspect of spirituality?
That it’s a kind of specialized form of being a Christian, that you have to have some kind of in. It’s elitist. Many people are attracted to it for the wrong reasons. Others are put off by it: I’m not spiritual. I like to go to football games [...]
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