Bulletin-archives

Helping to Resolve Disputes - the Role of CCAM by Lawrence Boo
Many Christians and churches may not be aware that the Graduates' Christian Fellowship (GCF) has a ministry to assist in the resolution of disputes, which may from time to time arise amongst Christians. The Christian Conciliation and Arbitration Ministry (CCAM) was started in 1989 as part of the ministry of the GCF to achieve this aim.

The Church in Singapore - Time to Distance from the West? by S. Dhanabalan
I like to make a few broad brush points on why I think the evangelical Christian churches in Singapore should distance themselves from their counterparts in the West, if they want to be effective witnesses for Christ in this nation.

God Has A Plan by Ms Wong Ee Yuing (2004)
An Interview with Ms Irene Phoon, retired but not tired!

Don't Give Up Meeting Together by (2002)
Remembering those NIECF days

The Schooling Of The Soul by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon
I do feel a special affinity with teachers for various reasons. Being a pastor and a bishop, I feel that teaching is a primary task of pastors and teachers. We are basically teachers and preachers of the Word. And so I do understand what it means to be a teacher, what it feels to be a teacher.

The Church as a Multi-racial Community by Bishop Dr Robert Solomon
I was at a combined service recently where I had the joy of giving the benediction in three languages - Mandarin, Tamil, and English. The next day I was at a Peranakan service and had the opportunity to give the benediction in Malay. This experience reiterated for me the fact that the church is a multi-lingual and multiracial community. This is not just a sociological phenomenon, for in order to understand it adequately, we must begin with a theological perspective.

Light Without Sight? by Lim Siong Guan
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life….. Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." (John 3:16-21)

Living with the Mind of Christ by Lucy Toh
Dr Allan Harkness’ message was about having the mind of our Lord in what we do, learn and teach. He spoke of the importance of Christian teachers, not just bringing the sweetness of Christ into our schools in general ways such as in gracious conduct towards others, but the importance of specifically bringing the mind of Christ to bear on all aspects of our work – relationships, curriculum materials and processes.

Go Forth and Teach by Dr Jessie Ee, Assistant Professor, Special Education, National Institute of Education (2003)
Share Christ in other lands through serving students

Four Myths of Medical Life by Professor Alan Kerr
Modern professional life is very stressful. We are facing pressures that our predecessors could never have imagined. Many of these are from our own colleagues. In any event many of our problems can be summed up in one story.

Engaging the Marketplace – the Ministry of Aquila and Priscilla by Dr Bobby Sng
“After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. Every Sabbath, he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.” (Acts 18:1-4)

Acting Justly by Dr William Wan
People of faith are prone to create false dichotomies. One of them is the dichotomy between rites and rights. A rite is a ceremonial or formal, solemn act, observance or procedure in accordance with prescribed rule or custom especially in religious use. A right is that which is just, lawful, morally good, proper or correct.