In Judges, we have an honest portrayal of human nature, and God’s response to his people. It may be messy, but it is much more valuable this way because it…
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Introduction: Prose and Poetry Why would the bible writers bother to include Judges 5? Isn’t it a re-telling of what happened in chapter 4? Surely we are not going to…
Introduction Judges 4.1-24 is an epic story about how God brought victory to Israel by overthrowing the oppressive Canaanites. The story parallels the Exodus event when God rescued Israel from…
The Dual Hands of Deliverance – Divine and Human at Work The story of Ehud we read just now is indeed a controversial one, even paradoxical. To the Israelites, Ehud…
From this week onwards, we enter into a different segment of the book of Judges whereby we will be introduced to the judges themselves. I believe a large part of…
This morning’s message talks about a new generation that replaces the old guards. They left a certain “legacy” to future generations. Every year, Sunday School holds a simple graduation ceremony….
Introduction The book of Judges records the darkest period of Israel’s history. It records the rise and fall of Israel. It contains many interesting stories about the heroes of Israel….
This year, I made a new year resolution. I want to be more honest and authentic than ever before. I want to be more honest with others, but more importantly,…
Introduction For the last few weeks, the pastoral team has preached a series of sermons from the Gospel according to Luke. In this season of Advent, we begin with the…
I have a music CD of a Celtic band called EKO. In the description of one of the tunes called Relativity, a play on the word ‘relatives’, there is this…
A pastor, on reflecting this morning’s passage, mused: “What would make you celebrate wildly and without inhibition?” Obama winning the US presidential election? The stock market picking up? You got…
Introduction The Announcement of Jesus’ birth has been told to us in two Gospels, Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 1:26-38. While Matthew looks at the announcement of Jesus’ birth from Joseph’s…
This year, we will be looking at the Christmas story from the perspective of Luke. This is something that we will be doing every three years. I think there is…
Introduction: Psalm 134 is the last and concluding psalm in the series of psalms (from Ps. 120-134) known as the Songs of Ascent. We know that these psalms were often…
Readings: 1. Eugene Peterson’s “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction” 2. 张国定：诗篇 -卷四（天道圣经注释） 3.Eugene Peterson’s “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places” Psalm 133 is the second last Ascent Psalm….
Does anyone remember the lyrics to last year’s National Day song? Or the year before? I think there are very few. But if I were to say the words, “There…
These couple of weeks, we went through a confidence roller coaster. We don’t know who or what to trust anymore. Folks who invested hard-earned money face prospect of losing every…
The Psalm 130 we read just now marks a sharp change of tone in the Songs of Ascent series. The feeling of the previous ten songs (Ps.120 to 129) that…
Introduction One of my favourite movie heroes is Rocky Balboa. The first Rocky was released in 1976, the year I was born, and it won Best Picture at the Oscars…
Readings: 1. John Goldingay, Old Testament Theology Vol. 2 Israel’s Faith (IVP, 2006). 2. 张国定：诗篇 -卷四（天道圣经注释） 2. Eugene Peterson, Ascent Psalms – A Long Obedience in the same direction. After…