Winning and Losing

Winning and Losing

by | May 11, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection

Nobody likes to lose. We hate it when our favourite team loses a match. (Arsenal supporters like me are familiar with the feeling.) Sometimes the stakes are very much higher. There were three elections held recently, the Bukit Batok by-election here in Singapore, the...
The Sign of the Linen

The Sign of the Linen

by | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection

Linen: cloth made of flax and noted for its strength, coolness, and luster. (Merriam-Webster) So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the...
The Violence of Christmas

The Violence of Christmas

by | Dec 24, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Birth

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” So we’re told by crooner Andy Williams. The first Christmas was wonderful and glorious, what with a host of angelic beings illuminating the night sky and singing heavenly songs, and an unusually bright star indicating...
Disciples and Christians

Disciples and Christians

by | Apr 10, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus

“Are you a Christian? If you are, please raise your hand.” I suspect most readers of this column would raise their hands. But if I were to ask, “Are you a disciple of Christ? If you are, please raise your hand,” I wonder how many of you would...
Angry Lesson

Angry Lesson

by | Feb 11, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' Life

Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...