The common mindset is “Since I’m saved, I can now relax. Do I really have to work on my holiness, study the Word deeply, and proclaim the gospel to those around me? Doesn’t God love me just the way I am?”
The book of Ezekiel is a sobering reminder that Israel, the very people of God with God’s laws, God’s word, and God’s presence, took Him and His mercy for granted. They sinned continually, believing themselves saved, and let their desires for comfort, security, and riches take over. They saw how beautiful their life had become, and left behind the one who had given them their beauty.
Read more → Posted on 8 Apr 2023
I used to have a false impression of God: a God who judges people arbitrarily for breaking His rules. But a careful reading of Ezekiel through the Ezekiel teaching series has shown me that God isn’t arbitrary at all, He is very angry at and is broken by Israel’s whoring. Because God is holy and righteous, He has to judge Israel, His own people, who are in rebellion against Him, and He would be perfectly right in doing so.
Read more → Posted on 8 Apr 2023
It’s been about 4 months since Elden, Jou Ee and their boys have left Malaysia for Philadelphia, USA, for Elden’s training in Westminster Theological Seminary. In this video, they give a brief update on how things have been going for them, how they have been settling down, and their encouragement
Read more → Posted on 5 Jan 2022
It’s been about 4 months since Elden, Jou Ee and their boys have left Malaysia for Philadelphia, USA, for Elden’s training in Westminster Theological Seminary. In this video, Elden gives supporters a brief tour of Westminster and updates on settling down as a family. Check it out!
Read more → Posted on 5 Jan 2022
On the 23rd of July 2021, at 10.45 pm, the cries of a newborn baby filled a room in the birth wards at the hospital. At 3.31kg, she was a healthy baby girl, and her mother, tired but relieved, cradled her lovingly. She was given the name, Naomi Oui Zhen
Read more → Posted on 18 Oct 2021
Andrea DavidMums GG Going through the book of Ephesians has once again reminded me of God’s immense grace and mercy towards my life as I recall how He opened up my eyes and mind to notice and question things that mattered in His perspective. When I was a teenager, I
Read more → Posted on 4 Oct 2021
Some things are hard to forget. I still remember our time in the hospital when a lactation specialist was teaching Robyn how to nurse our newborn son. She had the look of a kind old lady and was just as excited as we were as new parents. At one point,
Read more → Posted on 27 Aug 2021
By Liew Hong Wei Everytime we hear a story of how God is working in and through someone, we can’t help but give thanks. We see God’s work in not just the obvious but also in the most unexpected. Tim’s story is one of many worth celebrating, and so recently,
Read more → Posted on 22 Aug 2021
CERC sat down with Alpha Agape in a conversation in December 2019 where he spoke about how the Agapes came to CERC, and what made them decide to settle in CERC as their family church. Watch his interview here. Now, one-and-a-half years into the COVID pandemic in Malaysia, Alpha and
Read more → Posted on 6 Aug 2021
