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My CMA Life During MCO

In case you didn’t know, Anna House is one of the rented residential houses for CERC’s female apprentices. Why ‘Anna House’? This name comes from Luke 2:36-38 where it talks about a prophetess, Anna, who was a widow looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. It’s indeed a great

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Posted on 6 May 2020

Why Did Jesus Die: Reflections from A Christ-Centered, God-Glorifying, God’s-Story Perspective

Good Friday is approaching, and all Christians around the world will be celebrating this event again! As a way of commemorating Christ’s death for us, let me take this opportunity to share my recent reflections on why Christ came to die for us, especially from a big picture, God’s story

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Posted on 8 Apr 2020

New Role, New Beginnings

Good to be home Robyn and I left Malaysia for seminary on the 31st of July 2015 and returned on the 1st of January 2020. That’s four and half years away in the US. We enjoyed our time at Southern Seminary tremendously, but we know that our time there was

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Posted on 25 Mar 2020

A reflection for 2020: Oh beware, beware of being the halfway “Christian”

A reflection for 2020: Oh beware, beware of being the halfway “Christian” 23 March, 2020 – by Elden Pan I benefited a lot from the Matthew series that CERC went through last year. And as we were tying up our Growth Group (GG) studies on the book of Matthew, I

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Posted on 23 Mar 2020

Approaching Chinese New Year with reflections from Matthew

Brace yourselves… Chinese New Year, or CNY for short, is coming soon! I’m not sure how you feel about CNY, but for me, it’s a holiday I look forward to every year because of what it means for me: family, friends, angpaos (red envelopes/packets or 红包 hongbao) and mostly… family

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Posted on 24 Jan 2020

My unexpected new journey

My unexpected new journey 9 December, 2019 – by Christine Chong Cheers to my new journey in life! Hi everyone, my name is Christine. If you are from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (my hometown), you will know me as ‘Siew Ting’ 😛! Welcome to my first blogpost!  First off, let’s start

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Posted on 9 Dec 2019

The hardest (and best) 2 years of my life

It’s been almost 2 whole years doing Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA), and it’s really been the hardest (and therefore the best) 24 months of my life.

Far from it being a paradox, this paradigm from my experience in CMA is absolutely consistent with what the gospel of Matthew has been teaching us as a church in our sermon series this year. Hang tight while I get there.

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Posted on 1 Dec 2019

Young children can learn BIG truths: Emma Lo

Young children can learn BIG truths: Emma Lo Ever wondered what Sunday School is like from a teacher’s perspective? Hear from Emma Lo, one of our Sunday School teachers who is also Head of Children Ministry!       Emma performing a song called “Jesus Came to Earth”    1.

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Posted on 20 Nov 2019

What you can’t see from these photos

What you can’t see from this photo – Hiding under my blanket is a hot water bottle & extra thick socks for my feet. – Exam time is crunch time – literally! My room floor is hidden under books, exam notes and enough snacks to feed an army.   – Reminders

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Posted on 7 Aug 2019