revelations

the church that I have been visiting here is going through Revelations, which i have always found to be a rather strange and difficult book to understand. so it has been a relief to know that it makes sense.

went back and listened to some of John Piper's sermons on the book and found a satisfactory explanation for why the Lord is depicted as having white hair in chapter 1!

said lois

this song was good for my heart

maybe you will like it :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX5OqyBYKh4

Does the Apocrypha belong in the Bible?

a talk!

Speaker: Brian Thomas, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Date/Time: 1-4.30pm, 5 September 09 (Saturday)
Venue: Mt Carmel BP Church, near NUS

Excerpt from leaflet (hope link works) "As Christians we believe that the Bible is the Word of God. But how do we know that the Bible has the right books?"

the apocrypha, btw, is a body of writings that's in the Catholic Bible but not the Protestant one.

let me know if interested :)

john piper: very short, on how Jesus treated women

been reading a bit about the way people think about gender issues today-- complementarianism (sp?) and egalitarianism (sp?!). But at the end of it we still gotta love one another, eh.

Unit of measure

Doctrine is a unit of measure for belief, but doctrine is not a unit of measure for righteousness.
The unit of measure for righteousness is persecution. 2 Tim 3:12

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

Luke 18:1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Abundant Life

The thief comes only to steal and e kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10

Lord give us the promise of the abundant life.