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Isabelle: It’s All About God! #Reformation

Isabelle: It’s All About God! #Reformation “Cool shirt! What does it say?” It was December 2018 and I was at my college’s Christian Fellowship camp. Mr. Wong and I were making our way to the eating area when I noticed his impressively designed (wink*design department) white T-shirt, on which titles

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Posted on 28 Oct 2019

The Protestant Reformation: 3 Books to Get You Started!

The Protestant Reformation: 3 Books to Get You Started! The Protestant Reformation. Families were torn apart, wars were waged, states broke off from the church, and even the church itself was split into factions. All because of the Protestant Reformation (“Reformation”). Thus, it is of little surprise that the Reformation

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Posted on 25 Oct 2019

Why Christians Should Always Talk About Sin

“We just want to share God’s love with people out there.”  This saying would probably go down to be the evangelism mantra of our age. Being one who takes Jesus’ call to evangelism seriously, I never thought that I would ever have to disagree with someone making that very statement

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Posted on 18 Oct 2019

Matthew 5 Reflections

Matthew 5: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they

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Posted on 26 Mar 2019

Crazy little thing called love

I grew up as your typical girl next door whose idea of love was very much centered around romance, passion and ‘happily ever after’s. I hate to admit it, but yes, I was (and probably still am) one of those hopeless romantics who loved love. Or the idea of love.

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Posted on 14 Feb 2019

Is it “less Christian” to travel?

Perhaps some of you may have had your conscience pricked. “Is it right for me to travel away from the church for so long?” And maybe there are some of you who have never had your conscience pricked. “What’s wrong? I can just find an English-speaking gospel-preaching church in Spain

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Posted on 4 Aug 2017

A faithful God

This year, CERC is thankful to God for the 4 couples who are committing to each other in holy matrimony. We’re thankful not because marriage is about finding the ‘right’ one — but because God Himself is faithful, and that each couple, “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in

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Posted on 5 Apr 2015

What feng shui gets right — and what it gets wrong

Last year I had the privilege of preaching at CERC’s evangelistic Chinese New Year gathering. A year later I found myself thinking once again of the reasons people are superstitious and how I addressed these in my message. Many church people missed the sermon because they were away in their

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Posted on 19 Feb 2015

The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of reading for Christians who find it hard

A little while ago I talked to a few students who told me that they found it a challenge to actually read the Christian books that they buy. This got me thinking about reading and I ended up putting together a 1-page guide on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of reading

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Posted on 17 Feb 2015