YOUTH CAMP 2018 “The Difficult Duty of Love” Luke 10:25-37 2-4 August 2018 El Sanctuary Homestay Malacca ONLY RM50 Do join us for a time around God’s Word and fellowship! Please contact us, or your respective representatives on signing up before the end of July 2018. Please click on the brochures for the full-sized versions.
An excerpt from “True Christian Freedom” by Samuel Bolton: “Augustine describes man under four different conditions: Before the law he neither fights nor strives against sin. Under the law he fights but is overcome. Under grace he fights and conquers. But in heaven it is all conquest, and there is no combat more to all eternity. It is our happiness here in grace that there is a conquest, though a daily combat: we fight, but we get the victory; sin…
A Treatise Concerning Meditation (An excerpt) By Thomas Watson “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” – Psalm 1:2 “If it be inquired what meditation is, I answer — Meditation is the soul’s retiring of itself, that by a serious and solemn thinking upon God, the heart may be raised up to heavenly affections. This description has three branches. 1. Meditation is the soul’s retiring of itself. A Christian,…
“Death of a Guru” is an autobiography by Rabindranath R. Maharaj (with Dave Hunt), who was descended from a long line of Brahmin priests and trained as a Yogi. The book chronicles his journey from Hinduism into Christianity. Come join us on Sunday mornings, after the morning service and morning tea, for a time to consider the contents of this book with other like-minded adults. There is always time for questions and discussions! An excerpt from the book’s 14th chapter…
John 3:3 – “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.“ In other words: Unless you are born again and receive the right instruction, you are wandering somewhere out there far away from the kingdom of heaven. But he does not speak as plainly as this, preferring to make what he says easier to hear by generalizing, “Unless one is born again.” In this…
The following is an excerpt from William Hendriksen’s excellent commentary series – “Baker’s New Testament“. “Luke describes the beauty of the growing and developing church. He portrays the spontaneity, dedication, and devotion of the early Christians in relation to God in the worship services. In the last section of this chapter, he describes the church at formal and informal worship and its influence in the community. Acts 2:42. They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,…
We are told in Proverbs 29:23 – A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor. This is true, especially in the life of Christian believers who submit to the rule of God. Mrs. Ann Judson was the first wife of the missionary, Adoniram Judson, in Burma (today, Myanmar). The incident below is a recollection of what happened after the imprisonment of Mr. Judson, during the British-Burma war in early 19th century. The following excerpt…
From “GREAT JOY IN THE CITY”, Sermon #2352 by Charles Spurgeon “Learn therefore that no good work for God is ever lost. If you have labored in a village or town, and have seen no great success, someone else may see it. If you have prayed especially for the salvation of any person, and labored to win that one for Christ, and yet have not brought that soul to a decision, someone else may do it. We are workers together,…
The Cross Have you ever heard, Of a story so strange, An innocent man branded and killed. Interrogated and persecuted, Flayed with spiked leathers, ‘Til frail skin opened, To reveal ivory bones. Kaleidescope of pain within without, When will this stop, When will this end? The story goes on, Hung on the cross, With steel of nails, Bare naked for all to see. Everyone jeered, Everyone laughed, If He is God, If He is the Christ, Let Him come down…
“Welcome Cross” from the Olney Hymns, written by William Cowper: ‘Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, But the Saviour’s power to know, Sanctifying every loss; Trials must and will befall; But with humble faith to see Love inscribed upon them all, This is happiness to me. God in Israel sows the seeds Of affliction, pain, and toil; These spring up and choke the weeds Which would else o’erspread the soil: Trials make the promise sweet, Trials…