Introduction I love gangster movies. From the Academy award winner, The Godfather, to the Hong Kong, Young and Dangerous (古惑仔) series, I love the drama and action, and especially a…
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Introduction Is this the real Katong laksa? The real Tiong bahru bau? A real Gucci purse? A real Camper bag? In today’s world of brands, and the onslaught of marketing,…
Today’s topic is “Actions speak louder than words” 事实胜于雄辩. I asked my wife if such a topic is even necessary. Shouldn’t everybody already know this simple truth? Surprisingly, she said…
Introduction Someone describes Samson’s death as “one final climatic act of violence”[1]! Some has called it “Holy Revenge” (Joost van den Vondel)! Was Samson’s death a victory or a tragedy?…
Many years ago, something unusual happened out on the West coast of America. It seems that some whales were beached out there. They came in too close and when the…
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee, her dress has got a tear. She waltzes on her way to Mass, and whistles on the stair. And underneath her wimple,…
Readings: 1. Gary M. Burge, The NIV Application Commentary: The Letters of John (Zondervan, 1996). 2. Marianne Meye Thompson, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series: 1-3 John (IVP, 1992). 3….
In my sermon 2 weeks ago, I spoke of the minor judges Ibzan, Elon and Abdon. Like a commercial intermission between the main programs of Jephthah and Samson, they highlighted…
Introduction “Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years” (v. 1). Even though…
The sermon series on Judges this year is proving to be very challenging for the speakers. There are moral ambiguities to grapple with and theological conundrums to solve. But the…
Have you ever made a promise that you later regret? Well what did you do about it? Break it or fulfill it? 1. Why vow? In the first place, why…
In the past week, something quite extraordinary happened. US President Barack Obama conceded a battle yet in doing so, he won a war. This is the time of the year…
Introduction Some of us may have heard of this old idiom, a “chip on one’s shoulder”. This English idiom originated during the 19th century in the United States, where people…
I have broken up the story on the next judge into smaller parts over the next few weeks because there are many unique issues to deal with. And true enough,…
Introduction The theme of vengeance is very popular in our culture. Especially as portrayed in the movies, from Bruce Lee’s Way of the Dragon (1972) to Alan Moore’s graphic novel…
Last week’s sermon topic was a reflection of the phrase “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”. 权力使人腐化；绝对的权力使人绝对的腐化。I would like to introduce another phrase as the reflection topic for today: “Those…
“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely” this famous saying came from Lord John Acton, the 19th century English historian and moralist. In 1870 came the great controversy in Roman Catholicism…
This is the third sermon on Gideon. So far we have been focusing on the relationship between God and Man. In the first, I spoke about the struggling and conflicting…
Introduction What’s amazing about the story of Gideon is neither the miracles that God performs through him, nor the signs that God grants to him, but rather, it is about…