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Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything … groovy
We got this in the mail today. Don't quite know what to make of it. 👇🏽
Greetings from the wild things. We are a species of malcivilised furry crustaceans on a mission to find clean drinking water. And that’s why we’ve left the woods and are heading into the city. And no, contrary to folk-rock anthems that your fathers may have learnt to play guitar with, we don’t make anything groovy. Nothing at all. But clean drinking water makes us very happy. And we heard there’s someone visiting your church who brings this very kind of water. Leave us seats in the hall and space at the altar. We are thirsty.
🤨 Dude seriously, like, what?
Once upon a time, there was a pooch called Spitzi. Now, Spitzi was special cos he drank his water the way a human soldier from ancient Israel would. Like, with his hands and everything. No you see, what you don’t understand is that Spitzi had hands. No, not front paws. Actual hands. Like, hands that you can use to stop traffic or throw food around. So one day Spitzi was down at the water just lappin it up when he got drafted, like to become a soldier. And there, they gave him a gun, which he held in his dog-hands. I know what you’re thinking. This is madness. Madness? This. Is. Spartaaaa! Wait… *inaudible conversation in the background.
Scrap that. Pastor just said I got the wrong 300. This one’s on Gideon. Gaaargh. Inilah hakikat social media intern. They expect you to see a sermon title and be like all prophetic or something.
Bonjour! I see you are scanning the socials for what's happening on Mother's Day in church.
Ah, scanning — that's what mothers do to sniff out threats when they enter a room. I remember getting sniffed before. Not good memories.
Anyway, where was I? Mother's Day. Yes. It will be a Xena inspired Warrior Princess theme. Bring your mother because Pastor wants to inspire her with a sermon about Deborah and Jael bludgeoning evil men into the ground. A perfect message for those who are fierce and handle sharp tools more than once a day. Oh, and we have a photo booth where your mother can reenact chasing you with a battle axe. Like that time you didn't pass up your exercise book for three months and she eventually found out. Except back then she chased you with something else. This Mother's Day, give your mother the very best experience possible, and let her reenact it with an axe.
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet?
I'm bored. Are we there yet?
I never said this out loud to my kids but the reason why I never answer them when they ask me "Are we there yet?" is because my name is not Yet. My name is Daddy. The logical assumption therefore is that they are talking to an imaginary friend called Yet. It's sweet to see your kids in such a happy-go-lucky place in life, talking among themselves and with their imaginary friends. Sometimes they even pretend to get annoyed with Yet. Such realistic actors.
As for the question itself, the answer is "Yes, we are there yet."
One time, I came home from doing the groceries and I found someone else living in my house. They had redecorated the living room, repainted the walls and repaved the garden. Absolutely nuts. Of course, when I say “doing the groceries”, what I really mean is I got exiled for 70 years and had left my house vacant. But still… 70 years isn’t that long if you really think hard about it. It’s like a lifetime. It goes by just like that. Anyway, all that’s not the point. The point is that I finally came back. Amen to that. And I gotta learn to get along with those folks. Hmmm-what? They have to learn to get along with me? No, no, no. Firstly, I’m super easy to get along with. And no, this land is my land.
So long, Jerusalem. They’re guilty as sin. The last two tribes enter into riddance. Their tarnished coat of arms, their bruises, aquired like muses, talismans and charms.
Kena kick
kick
kick
down bad.
Seventy years isn’t that long. It’ll go by like *snap a fortnight. Cos even Persia crumbles if it's made to wait. But then what? Fresh out of the slammer to return to what? Alchemy? Only God can fix them (No really He can).
Fee fie fo fum! I smell the blood of a ruler of Israel with no fear of Yahweh.
While their nations teeter on the edge of malfunction, the kings of Judah and Israel play political cat and mouse with the region. See, before the heart was an idol factory, all the idol factories were here. It was great business, and they made a killing: prophets, widows, orphans, it didn't matter who they slaughtered, as long as it helped them make gains. "Forget about Jehovah. What this world needs is for us to be powerful!" Erm guys. You're acting like Canaanites. Please repent. No, srsly. This has not been funny for a long time now.
Around that time, God hacked the whole beanstalk down.
Pray tell, what do prophets actually do? Exactly that. Pray and tell. They do a lot of telling-off too. So much, we gave it a number and called it "4 telling". (Or is it "4th telling"? I can never be sure.)
But anyways, they all get murdered by the state without putting up much resistance. Now I’ve too obviously set that up for an Easy Kill joke.
"I came. I saw. I konked."
That's more like it.
A sweet orange is good. So is a hot cup. And a cool breeze. A smooth pen on textured paper. Cut grass. Garlic in oil. Lazy afternoons. A proper workout. Levelling up. A stoppage time winner. Praise. A raise. Clever jokes. Chromatic chords. Clean sheets. Happy children. Fresh starts. No drama. But for how long? All that, all good, but for how long, before you turn the corner and it's gone?
Oh, do make it last. Wonder. Thrill. Safety. Laughter. Love. An endless outpouring. A torrential, neverending explosive joy. Glistening. Warm. Full. Fully alive. Pulsating. Live forever.
God, can we be a constitutional monarchy with a sitting royal whose role is mostly symbolic, ceremonial, and sometimes as a check and balance for ill-composed federal governments? No?
Ok then can we be a republic with a two-party democratic system that polarises in political and socio-cultural ideologies, and in so doing, rend our nation in two across time? Also no?
Oh, how about a socialist state that is marketed to the masses as equality of all people but in reality is a living manifestation of the poor man's secret fantasies and hate for all bougie people? Still no??
Erm... Feudal system? With exploitative nobles farming out land to thuggish knights who farm said land to peasants who are made to work to the bone just to pay said knights protection money? Hmm, yeah I didn't think so.
Can we be led by violent military juntas that keep getting supplanted by other more violent military juntas? Wait that's too much like what we have now.
Can we just have a normal king then? Can? Please? Erm, God? Please?
"Everyone did what was right in their eyes." You've probably heard this used on people having different lifestyle preferences, or business units having their own strategies. No, my friends. Hermeneutic tu kena jaga sikit. This was about total moral anarchy. Dystopian lawless chaos. You'd like an example? Sure. Moral anarchy is like the time my Standard 5 Moral teacher marked-down our ethically sound test papers because our answers didn't fit the 17 nilai utama and 50 sub-nilais. One of my classmates cut the buku teks into 12 pieces and had each piece sent to every classroom in our school. Naturally, we were threatened with facing the Guru Disiplin, which in some unorthodox Christian communities is the name of the seventh book of the Bible: Guru Disiplin. For the rest of us, it's called Judges.
After 40 years in the desert, the tribes step into blank space ...Ready for it? (Is it gonna be forever? Or will it go down in flames?) The whole book is a cruel summer, screaming, crying, perfect storms. A lot of bad blood and death by a thousand cuts.
Context: Rahab left her scarf there. (It reminds us of innocence.) So scarlet, it was maroon. Now they're driving in a getaway car.
Meanwhile, Jericho falls. Castles crumbling. Achan gets bejewelled. (Not nice!) Did you have to do this? I was thinking you could be trusted. Joshua says look what you made me do. Sigh. Don't say I didn't warn ya.
So the land gets divided. Holy ground. They're done getting down with the liars and dirty, dirty cheats of the world and all they have to do is stay. I was there. I remember it all too well. A few short centuries later, this won't be their homeland anymore. It's exhausting, always rooting for the antihero.
Why did the chicken cross the red sea?
A. To passover the other side
B. To avoid Egypt like the plague
C. To make up the Numbers
Answer? All of the above.
Bonus question. What would Moses ask himself if he worshipped in a modern-day church?
A. To-rah or not to-rah?
B. Why Aaron't you here?
C. I really need new tablets.
Answer? None of the above!
What? Manna boleh!
Indeed, it would be so strange for him, where pillars in church are bad and every Tuesday there’s staff meeting. (If you don’t let him join, he will de-part.)
If you got all the answers right, congratulations. You’re an exodus expert and you don’t need to come to church this weekend. The rest, I commandment you to come.
Before there was tribal gathering, there were just tribes.
If you count properly, about twelve. And this is their story: kid will vibe, brothers will gripe, we’re not here for a snap but a snipe, standard family hype. More aged than salami, more cuts than origami. So barmy. They become a five plus seven nation army with more swipes than the White Stripes. (If you like, pls subscribe.) Describe archetype in 8-point type? These hacks! All flex, no smack. They’ll be longer on the road than Jack Kerouac.
"Starry starry night, paint your palette blue and grey" Wait a minute, those aren't stars. They're... kaboom! fireworks! See, if you thought that's Father Abraham looking into the starry hosts, you're wrong. It's my old man watching CNY fireworks. He said they don't make 'em like they used to. I asked him if he meant that oldskool fireworks were better. He said no, just that now they make them with machines whereas in the past they made 'em with their bare hands. "We used to taste that gunpowder in our food," he'd say, like it was a good thing. He says the same about promises. "They don't make 'em like they used to." I asked him if he meant that oldskool folks were better at keeping their promises. He said no. Just that back then they used to make 'em with their bare hands too. My old man spoke with sign language, y'see. Oh you didn't know. Sorry.
Chinese New Year is the best time to visit family, friends and loved-ones. And when we go, it really is the best chance to carry God’s peace, presence and even the opportunity to pray for someone. But these things won’t happen automatically. They require a bit of intentionality. Let’s do this together so that CNY will bring true prosperity to the lives of those we love.
Oh look! A neo-classical skyscraper drowned by cataclysmic rising tides! And we’re only at the start of the Bible.
This week, we’re going from demigod daughters to fatal floodwaters, an ark in showers and arcane towers to the first global sin tax which brings on new syntax, where wet Ararat threat begets regret-reset. (Ouch, that was a bit mouch.)
Adam: That's not what it said. The snake said "Ah, my dream home, Eden".
Eve: I heard it say "A mandarin, go eat 'em"
Adam: Great. So now we've wrecked thousands of years of human existence and it's all because of your lousy hearing.
Eve: You're out of your mind. I don't even wear ear rings!
Anyway, it went on like this for a while before I told them it was awkward getting caught in the middle of their marital fight. Plus, I don't know how to help. I'm only a caribou.
At which point Eve stormed off and said she ain't never gonna carry her boo either. I'm like, girl, whut?
In the beginning, everything was heavy. Then God said, Let there be lite. And oh boy was the lite good.
You don't know about the lite? It's what happened when we cut the excess weight from creation. So where it used to be 4.54 billion years old it's now just 10 thousand! Fuuhhh!
Dude, I dunno if you wanna make young earth, old earth jokes in public. It may not go down well.
Go down well? That's the second day. Then God separated the waters. And he told the waters in the sky wait, must follow timing. Right now, if you fall, you won't go down well.
Our 18-week Bible Series begins this weekend with Creation. We'll be dealing with the age of the earth and other panas topics properly. No joke.
An unker from church once told me that it's the older folk who keep a community stable and grounded. To prove this, he said the ancient Hebrew term for "unker" and "anchor" is the exact same word. But of course! It's simple etymology! How did I miss that? Now I repeated this to a friend and she said sure or not? I said hundred percent. And this Sunday my pastor is preaching about how Jesus is my Unker and how he can unker you. She looked at me one-kind. Like, why, not good meh?
Now those are some nice lookin woods! They remind me of the time I walked through a rubber estate eating a mushy strawberry donut out of a paper bag. That day, I learnt that people don’t leave dustbins lying around in the middle of rubber estates. Or woods. (Wood you mind getting rid of this for me, o family of black ants?)
Well, it's a new year (yay) and trekking through it will be a lot like walking through the woods. Number one, you wanna throw all your rubbish away before entering. Ain’t no fun going the whole way with mess in your hands. And number two, but of course, make sure you bring in a tasty donut.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Daywatch: A holiday-themed, year-end, testimony-packed celebration of the year that has been.
Ever loved someone, or something, so illogically much that people thought you were crazy? You probably were (a bit). There's something absurd about love — it looks past faults and flaws, and it forgives, over and over. Christmas is really about this kind of love. And you're invited this Christmas to encounter, and maybe even experience, this kind of love.
Love on Christmas Eve.
Our intern told us that if you search for Joy To The World on Spotify, and started scrolling down to count the number of versions available, number 100 would be the one by Kenny Rogers. No kidding.
What? No, not the country singer. I mean the roasted chickens ... yes ... the chickens sing Joy To The World. How should I know how they do it? Of course I know they're dead but it's Christmas, anything goes during Christmas. Say that again? If a dead chicken butchers this song, is it a case of killjoy? Dude that's just bad.
Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? Why was the math workbook so pessimistic? What's the relationship between a grape that wants to be a raisin and a golfer who wears a spare pair of pants?
None of these were answered at last Sunday's Advent sermon on Hope. But if you missed it, and want to catch up, you can listen to it on our YouTube or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
All said, we've been told that if you backmask this sermon, between 15:30 and 16:45, you can hear the answer for the one about the scarecrow. But you've got to slow it down by a lot. And it's in Urdu. I know...
You can either be hostile or harmonious, but you can't be both. That's why, in our church, we don't do black-eyed peace.
We don't do snoop doggs either. Doggs should not snoop. They should confidently ring your doorbell and speak Shalom over you. Just like December, which has woken me up from sleep by little-drummer-boying on my front porch. Has November really ended? I can hear him say "Peace on earth, can it be?" Saya pun tak tahu.
The Bible is full of fantastic next generation stories. Like Adam with Cain and Abel. Ok maybe not. Oh, like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob... actually their family was quite messed up. I know, I know, Moses to Joshua. Oh but that part ends with Judges. Let me try again. David to Solomon? Errrr... Elijah to Elisha? Yes, that has to be it. Plus, that story has bears in it. And no wild animal speaks Strong Generations - Next Gen Weekend better than the bear, teddy or otherwise. Hi tech, soft touch.
Paul says I take it to a one way ticket. The winter plan? Find hinterland. Yes, they falter, end up in Malta, make light of a snake bite and get much from a healing altar. The plan doesn’t alter — Paul must rouse and attest under house arrest. Watch them jostle. The book ends with Paul gettin jiggy in the eternal city with copies of the tracts of the apostles.
Two years, two cities, five trials, six chapters of Bible. This was nearly a nine-season legal drama series called Togas, except it wasn’t. Instead it became the bits from Acts that Christians learn speed-reading with. But it’s not a race to see who is festus. If you slow down to really felix, you’ll really get agrippa the story’s fine details. Don’t worry, eventually you’ll get the appeal.
Oh where oh where can Apostle Paul be? The Lord took him away from me.
The Ephesian elders say their last goodbyes and exchange instagram handles, last hugs and yes, last kiss, before Paul sails away to make progress on his arrested development. Before leaving, he serves the elders a parting shot that awakens them the way an Italy-bound espresso should.
From the hotbed of Corinth’s vice dens to the underground witch scene of Ephesus, Paul says hold my mint coffee as he strides from one cold brew to another. Holy Spirit pour over culminates with spells being cast into flames, and they can smell that Artemis foul from miles away.
We’re in the thick of Macedonia, where it’s hard not to let the mess adorn ya. Touchy hooligans, nerdy yahoos and riot groupies send Paul on a marathon to Athens, where he gives all the philosophical lalangs a big fat Greek weeding.
Paul and Silas are prisoners, prisoners. They’re locked up but can’t get God off their mind, off their mind. So they sing in their cell — which many of you do too, but it’s just not the same — and surprise-surprise, the jailhouse rocks. The jailer superfreaks and tries to kill himself but ends up getting a draw blank redemption, where they go on to make friends with more-than-freeman.
Last week, the apostles swipe right on Asia and Bithynia and neither match. Then the man of their dreams shows up but he’s all Greek to them. They order petrol across border patrol and have dates with wealthy merchants, fortune mongers and brash magistrates. When they look up, they masuk lokap, and now they must trust that to tether makes them better and fetta.
Acts S2E6: No way to new way.
Malaysia Day celebrations! End of Forty Days celebrations! Worship for one-hour celebrations! Did we tell you it’s gonna be a celebration?
Fission over mission! They flip over a trip! Someone’s anti-mark in Antioch! Break down in Greek town!
It’s not in Greece.
Antioch is not in Greece?
No. It’s in modern-day Syria.
So I can’t use “Break down in Greek town”?
It’s not one of the better ones anyway.
After scoring many rocking hits, Paul and Barnabas split. And it’s John Mark who is the Yoko Ono…
Does that make Barnabas John?
It does. And Paul is Paul. It works.
Ok it does.
Tune in to this podcast as we go from gospel to spill goss in this break-up wake-up make-up spectacular.
Must you go on the knife for eternal life? Get cut off to meet the cut off? Who do you follow when Jewish zealots go “I scream potong”? When legalistic parties try to sue nuts, it goes to the Supreme Court where Justices James and Peter rule that forcing Gentiles into Hot Bird is unconstitutional. Something like that anyway.
Check out the A-List in Lystra! Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for Zeus and Hermes! Hold my Birkin. Paul has some patina to scrape off. The betrayed sasaeng turn on the apostles and start start throwing mud. They throw rocks too. And just like that, our celebrity apostles get stoned.
Paul and Barnabas enter Pisidia unMarked. Some well-timed psalms later, the Jewish leaders are seen agog outside the synagogue. And when the reviews split the crowd, the apostles discover you can’t stop what the herd incites when love and hate collide.
Acts S2E2: A part or apart.
Acts Season 2 begins. Pathos in Paphos. Paul makes a surge at Sergius Paulus. But he’s flock-blocked by an evil wizard. Powers clash. Having left Salamis, Paul now leaves the magician uncured.
Forty days fast and pray. From Monday till Malaysia Day, we bring ourselves, our people and our land before God in unwavering prayer. We say no to life’s excesses and we simplify, clean house and make room. Whether you’re a Forty Days newbie or a battle-hardened veteran, you need this. Your spirit needs this. We launch last Sunday. Jump in from the start!
Launch of Forty Days Fast & Pray: Releasing the Kuasa of God through Fasting and Prayer
It’s the end of Ecclesiastes as we know it. And I feel fine. Wanna know why? Cos it says in the book, six times, “eat drink and be merry”. Oh totally yeah!! So let’s pop the grape juice, hold my sneer, and give it up for… what? “After the sun sets, only darkness awaits?” What kind of title is that? No! After the sun sets, the party awaits! Eat drink and be merry, remember?? Guys?? Anyone still there?
Erm, hello?
Ecclesiastes 05 After the sun sets, only darkness awaits
Memang betul: this Ecclesiastes thing is going all out to bust down every grand narrative: money, success, enjoyment, and now what? Righteous living? Itu pun meaningless? Too much. This whole book sounds like one giant click bait.
Ecclesiastes 04 Righteous living does not pay off
The 90s! Ah, back then Malaysians were truly rolling in fresh mint. We took our baths in coffee and we watered our plants with chardonnay. Or was it the other way around? Whatever we did, we also chugged gen zees out into a world so hot, it would melt right down before they could walk. And that’s when the whole thing ended in a bittersweet orchestral mess. Just like most parts of Ecclesiastes.
Rodney Koh takes you down the only road he’s ever been down in this Ecclesiastes bonus episode: Work, what for?
Make it big, they say. Always be closing. Have a winner’s mindset. All well and good. Except everyone’s gonna die in the end, and everything you’ve built will get torn down by someone else anyway. You might not even get to enjoy your spoils. No, really, that’s in the Bible. Sorry, what? Yes, the Christian Bible. No, dowan. My pastor said don’t make bets.
Ecclesiastes 03 Success is not satisfying
Repetition is tedious. But centuries of repetition is poetic. Ah, such elegiac beauty, to see time wear down mountains and empires. It’s too bad nice people also go to ruin. And burnt cheesecake. I like burnt cheesecake. A few months ago, I saved a slice in my fridge and I forgot all about it. One day, it grew legs and walked right out. Sigh. Some things should last forever.
We’re starting Ecclesiastes? You mean the one where everything is meaningless? Yes siree. But it doesn’t really say ‘meaningless’. That’s just a bad English translation. What? But my NIV says… Yeah, I know. *fistfight and denominational split ensues.
Sorry guys. Our copywriter went a bit over. He says it’s the truth. Sigh, writers. There is really nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 01 Everything you want is smoke
Sheep’s ahoy! Last week, it was Father’s Day special with nautical-themed. Kids and dads sang Wellerman alongside a short sermonette shared by Pr. Fergus. Check it out from the podcast.
God has entrusted us with a sacred trust, to guard the spiritual perimeters of our nation and to occupy the spiritual gateways of our communities. How do we keep this trust. We start with a wall of fiery prayer.
James is dead. Kena pancung. At sunrise, Peter will gantung. It’s all foggy from here but this much is clear — a guy gets whacked by an angel, two men attend the launch of the world’s first auto gate, a funny girl has a brainfart, and worms eat a king alive.
Season finale, my friends. After this, no more Acts until August. So you know what to do.
God gives Peter a menu renew. It’s exotic meats from now on. Except it’s also a soft-focus 80s dream scene. Peter awakes to a Grab at the gate. He ends up in an exotic meat house where people get saved without saying the sinners prayer. Is this even acceptable? Find out more from this podcast.
How do you deal with an outbreak of Christians? Better call Saul. Yes, before he was called Paul, he was just Saul. He’s all set for the bright lights. And he’s riding fast. Many tens of km/secute. But when he meets a femme fatale called Anna Nice, he ends up questioning all he’s ever known. Will he see? Or will he prevail as a Pharisee?
Last Sunday it was Mother’s Day, SIBKL@SB kids presented a story presentation of the children’s book Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson alongside a short sermonette.
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Boom! A man dies and all his friends scatter. No, this isn’t the crucifixion. It’s Acts 8. Santa Maria, the disciples are in Samaria. And wherever Philip goes, the feel hip goes too. A wizard shows up splashing water and hard cash but discovers that there are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, you must tekad.
The first martyr Stephen starts the day plating and ends the day pelted. He lands himself in hot soup with a scalding speech that gets his critics rock salty. It all ends with the King on His feet, people stuffing fingers in their ears and others just shrieking. It’s may-ham. Except it’s April, and at this point, these guys still eat kosher. Join us for the Stoning of Stephen.
Resurrection Sunday is the day we celebrate and step into the reviving, rescuing power of Jesus’ resurrection. We all need a saviour and we have one in Jesus. He is our Wonderful Merciful Saviour.
How many prison breaks are there in the book of Acts? (Look away and guess.) Answer: Three. Twice for Peter and once for Paul. This Sunday, we look at the first of the three and ask ourselves “Why has God freed us”
It should be a question that stalks us — good kind of stalk, of course. Because having no answer means either we don’t know the reason for our new life or perhaps we’re not so set free after all.
Ananias & Sapphira. Acts 5. What a crazy incident. So many questions get raised through this text — about the severity of lying, the harshness of their judgment, the unredemptive nature of it all, and whether bizarre stories like these need to be more commonplace if they are to be taken seriously. But really, one crucial element that can easily get lost in all this is the inner motive behind what Ananias & Sapphira did, and why they can sometimes resemble us so much.
The disciples witness to Jesus. Many believe and are swept into the grand move of God. And then many others react with fierce opposition. Do we get these responses today? Or does it tend to be a tepid, squeamish equivalent of a polite no. And if so, is there something wrong with our witness?
What are you asking for? What do you have to give? And what do you make of all this? These are all questions to consider as we witness the first recorded healing story in the book of Acts. It all happens right at the doorstep of the temple, by the way, and that’s loaded with undercurrent.
They’re not mutually exclusive. But as we keep barrelling into the future and accumulate our futuristic things, it’s easy to lose sight of what made the early church the history-making powerhouse that it was. And really, it came down to some very humble, unsexy things, and doing them faithfully, over and over — doing them well. Do you want to be like the early church?
Jesus’ death and resurrection — these were the main things the early church preached about when they wanted to share about God’s salvation. They saw these events as being major pivot points in an already ongoing story that they themselves were part of. How can we recapture this in our engagement with God’s salvation today?
Acts 2. The Holy Spirit falls on and fills the disciples. This is pivotal because now, the disciples become the new temple. “On earth as it is in heaven” shifts away from the brick and mortar in Jerusalem to the moving human host. Soon, the era of the church begins, and the world is about to be turned upside down forever.
Acts 1. The disciples are hopeful, right until Jesus ascends to heaven, that he will restore Israel as an earthly kingdom. They are about to get much more than they are asking for. Because God instead gives them the power of the Holy Spirit and a charge to witness Jesus’ death and resurrection to the ends of the earth. This kingdom is a glimpse into what life is like when God is in charge. And ‘normal’ has turned on its head. Our Acts of the Apostles pulpit series begins last Sunday.
When asked why we pray, a Rabbi once answered “Why do we pray? Why do we breathe? Why do we live?” He’s not overstating it. Prayer — that open channel between us and God — is the one thing that sustains our spiritual life and animates us toward Godly living. Without it, our actions — even the churchy ones — are lifeless and dry. This week, we are casting vision for prayer in our church. This week, we close out our New Year New Things series with Pray Things.
It seemed a bit out of sync at first that we speak on missions during CNY. But if you think about it, they aren’t so dissimilar after all. In both, you leave your home to visit another’s. You arrive bearing gifts, greetings and blessings. While you’re there, you make their lives sweeter. And to host an Open House is like reaching the nations at your doorstep. So yes, God’s call to missions is very adjacent to bai nian-ing someone during CNY. This week, we’re talking about Go Things.
As maturing believers, we make the step up from being consumers to contributors. Jesus has invited us to join Him in the building of His kingdom. The precise expression will be stunning and varied, and we are committed to discovering it together. But it’s not a question of whether, but where. This week, we spotlight God’s call for us to Sow Things.
To live is to grow. And we grow when we learn, discover, adapt, explore, attempt, fail, overcome, toughen up and soften down, among a million other possibilities. God expects us to experience growth. Lots of it. This week, we want to say Yes to growing spiritually. If you’re saying Yes also, then join us so we can grow together.
New years tend to come with big hopes for new things. A new you, a new life. Often, the bubble is quickly burst and by March, you are left feeling like every year is same-mess, different-day. How then does God start and sustain new things?
We’re beginning the year by looking at a gorgeous passage of the Bible that is Isaiah 35 to explore how God sustains the new things He begins.
In our final installment of Advent, we look at Christmas as a form of rescue. God reaches through space and time and sends us the very one thing that can save us from our wretched circumstances — He sends His Son, but in the tiniest, most vulnerable form. Even in our own lives, do we have eyes to recognize how our God loves to work?
A central part of Advent is the eager anticipation of our Lord’s return. The very last prayer in our Bible says “Come, Lord Jesus”. Does this figure in the way we approach Christmas? (Or all of life?) Our guess is not really. Which is why, this Advent, we want to help you see the glorious hope that comes with the return of King Jesus.
When Jesus came to inaugurate His kingdom, He began the process of repairing our broken world. This restoration will find its glorious completion upon His second coming. We begin Advent this week by reflecting on how God makes right all that has gone wrong in our world.
What does kingdom authority look like and how do we manifest it? Clue: it’s got something to do with binding up the strong man of its rival kingdom. We’ve just gone through a roller-coaster week as a nation. What’s next for ordinary folk like us now? Manifest kingdom authority.
By the way, this marks the end of our year-long kingdom preaching series. Don't miss the finale!
Wait, did I read that right? Jesus is not fair? Maybe you’ve wondered that before. Or maybe you’ve read the Parable of the Vineyard Workers before — the one where workers labouring different lengths of time all get paid the same? Yes. It’s that sort of weekend at church, and we got our sister Mei Choon sharing this very panas sermon this week!
The call to show hospitality is among the more overlooked expectations that God has on us. “My house is too small” / “…too messy” / “I got kids” / “I’m an introvert” / “Hosting is expensive” — we’re quite good at this. But the Lord calls, and He will supply what we need. All He desires is a disciple who will reach out to another. And maybe the best starting point to fulfil the Great Commission is to start with something like the Plate Commission. You’re most welcome to join us!
Finally, we get to the allegorical reading of Song of Solomon. Through this lens, the Song is ultimately talking about the love that Christ and the Church have for each other. Which leaves us with the big question — how can we foster a love for Jesus as deep and hungry as the one depicted here in Songs? Find out more from the closing of our Song of Solomon series.
At its very essence, Song of Solomon is about a longing to be loved. This forms the core of every single one of us, and it animates us daily in all sorts of ways. Adjacent to this is our need for love to be faithful and reciprocated. But is this only about romantic love? Or is it bigger? Deeper? More transcendent? We tap into this longing.
Song of Solomon, what a book! Perhaps the most avoided, most misunderstood book of the Bible. What is it, actually? Some say ancient erotic literature while others say an allegory of God’s love. We begin these two weeks study by looking at Songs as a portrait of intimacy, love and sexual stewardship in the first of two parts: Woman X Man Love.
Ever felt like there’s just so much to do in the kingdom? Out of everything, what is the one essential thing to prioritize that would tip all the other dominoes into action? This week, we have Pr Balan Solomon from Every Nation Church to share with us what that One Thing should be.
Remember the rich young ruler? Jesus challenged him to let go of everything. This story grips us because something about him reminds him of ourselves. How do we let go of precious things? Why should we have to? This week, Andros shares this piercing encounter.
Hello online church family, welcome to SIBKL@Sg Buloh. With several of our serving team testing positive for Covid, our Sunday service was ONLINE last weekend. Find out more about the important word shared by Pr. Fergus from this sermon video!
Jesus says that the Kingdom of God is accessed through a narrow door. What’s wrong with the wide door? And what are these symbols meant to represent anyway? If we are to enter the Kingdom, surely we should know what Jesus means. This Sunday, Ellie funnels us into this pivotal word.
Most of us are familiar with the Parable of the Sower. Yet, hardly any of us would dare boast of a hundred-fold yield. So what does it mean for us to be good soil and what kind of fruit should we hope to bear when we read, understand and apply God’s Word? Last Sunday is special because our brother Chze Lor will be unpacking the Word. Join us and be good soil!
We know that God is perfectly good. Why then does evil appear to run riot and go unpunished? Shouldn't we expect God to work faster at uprooting unrighteousness? This week, Athalia takes us into the parable of the Wheat and Weeds, and we'll see how our King actually deals with evil in His Kingdom.
Moses was face-to-face with God, which morphed him into an authority giant. David spent years in rich communion with God; theirs was a deep and intimate relationship. How will your time with God change you? This Sunday, we launch our 40 Days of Fast & Prayer, where we grow a hunger and thirst to see King Jesus rule and renew the world we live in.
The Kingdom of God advances, grows and cannot be stopped. All yes. But does the Kingdom suffer violence? And if so, what does violence here really mean? Who exactly is dishing out this violence? Join us this week as Lionel swaps the guitar for the pulpit to help us understand what this provocative Bible verse means to say!
The Kingdom of God is not just a New Testament or a Four Gospels thing. From the very beginning, God has intended to establish His rule over the earth. This week, we take a sweeping look at the history of God wanting to rule through and be with us.
What an odd way to end a letter — "work hard or don't eat". But if you think about it, it's not so strange. Paul's last words to the Thessalonians were to exhort them to beware the cancer of a lazy, entitled work ethic, where cutting corners meet mooching off. No, that won't do for the workers of the Best News Ever. Our ethos is hands on the plough, pressing ahead, and trusting God to supply. Sometimes, that's hard work, but it is also always good work. And on that note, this series ends.
If you missed the online service from last Sunday, fret not! Find out more from this sermon podcast about the importance of advancing the gospel.
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This week is special because we have Hanrick Lee delivering the word to us. How are we preparing ourselves for God? Are we riding on someone else's high? And will God acknowledge us if we have been thoughtless about Him the whole way?
Every day, our walking with Jesus takes us into storms that cleanse and fires that purify. Must Christian life be so hard? Will we never get to goyang kaki? One thing we know — to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus (and His glory is no small matter), we shall have to stand firm and hold on tight. Hold on to what? Ah, for that you have to find out more from this sermon video. Too much going on!
What makes a man a father? And what makes a father a good father? This week, we look at God and we look into scripture to compose a portrait of a Good Father.
Before the world ends, there will arise an enigmatic rebel. He will oppose all other forms of worship and install himself as a god. He is sometimes called the 'lawless man'. This post-apocalyptic vision is right there in the middle of 2 Thessalonians. Is this for real? Is this the Antichrist? (Whoa hold your horses!) Let's find out from this sermon podcast for ourselves.
In our individualized world, where everyone takes responsibility for themselves, we've all but lost the sense that one way of life can be considered worthy and another considered unworthy. Worthy of what, or of whom? Who sets the scale and makes the call on what is worthy or not? Looks like we need to look beneath the hood to understand more!
This week, we begin the first miniseries on the book of 2 Thessalonians on how a gutsy church can grow strong and endure pain in the midst of challenges. Tune in and find out more from this sermon podcast.
This week, we begin a 7-week miniseries on the book of 2 Thessalonians. But why this book and why study this ancient church? For starters, they faced a few challenges relevant to us today. They also have many admirable qualities. Not least of all, you’ll find them to be a gutsy church. And that’s an excellent place to start!
Our God is known by many glorious names. This week, let's dive into the scriptures to see the different facets of our awesome God. He is our greatest inspiration and motivation to live victoriously. He is our ultimate reason for worship. He truly is incomparable!
On this very special Mother's Day, we celebrate the women who flourish amidst adversity to raise her children. We look at the part of God's heart that He lavishly puts into mothers, and take a peek into ourselves (men included!) to see if He's put a bit of the same inside all of us.
When we see the unjust thriving and the righteous dying, fire rises from our guts. That same zeal inflames many of the justice psalms that cry out for God to put wrong things right and to bring evil to account. So we do have a sanctified place for a flame war — it's in praying these psalms! Join us for the last of our four-part Psalms series.
Ever been in love? (But of course!) The devotional psalms help us express our longing, confidence, and loyalty to God. They are the primal heart-cries and love ballads to say how much we love God. Let us deep-dive into a few and saturate our hearts with this love language.
He is Risen! Find out more from this sermon podcast to hear the greatest news that ever happened!
From the mountaintop to the deep pits of torment, the Psalms show us not to bypass any authentic emotion but to move through them. Can lament be healing? Can lament worsen things? This week, we will help lament find its rightful place in our spiritual vocabulary.
This week, we begin a four-part series on the Psalms. How do the psalms fuel our prayers and worship; and lend us a voice to speak with God? We start with Praise Psalms. Praise doesn't begin with shouts; they begin with an internal posture of seeing God in His superlative glory. How does that translate into praises of joy?
The book of Proverbs covers innumerable matters styled as two-line poems, and they are given to lead us towards wise living. Out of all the topics covered, four pop up the most; how we speak, earn, work and learn. Find out more from this sermon video and grow a regular habit of mining the Proverbs for life.
How do you feel about the book of Proverbs? Love it and hang on to it dearly? Do you kinda get it but don’t get its appeal? Is it functional for you? Or are you indifferent to it? We are spending two weeks in Proverbs hoping for the grace to crack it. This week, Wisdom vs Folly.
The journey that Joshua and the nation of Israel took in possessing land required obedience and courage. As the nation stepped forward, they learned the ways of their God. What were these nuggets that led them to life? Find out more from this sermon podcast as Pr Ramesh shares with us Gems from Joshua.
'How you treat the least among you, that's how you treat me', says Jesus. In so saying, the people of all nations are parted into eternity. Kindness, mercy and justice to the weak and vulnerable - that's how God's kingdom behaves. Let's gather as a church and retune our hearts to beat in step with God's.
In his day, many people told Jesus how much they wanted to follow him. At least until they heard how serious Jesus was about it. There was to be no looking back. Sometimes no place to lay your head. And when rival affections clashed, he wanted you to settle from the start where your loyalties lay. The rewards are incomparable and incalculable. But there’s still a price, and that price is full allegiance.
Jesus gives Peter the keys to the Kingdom of God. Wow, really? What does it even mean? And is it just Peter? Or does it include all of us who come after him? This week, we look at God's kingdom and; the authority believers have to enforce its arrival on earth. You have a key role, my friend. Find out more from this sermon video.
One of the defining characteristics of God's kingdom is that He forgives His people and that forgiveness transforms them. And it so profoundly changes His people that they would in turn forgive those who have wronged them. But what happens when receiving God's forgiveness does nothing to change the recipient? We explore this dynamic from this sermon.
Love God = Love each other. That's the way of Jesus' kingdom. And sometimes, loving others well means yielding our right to do whatever and however we like. But surely this isn't a blanket rule. So how? Find out more from this sermon.
It starts small. It looks insignificant. There's no big splash. But it blooms and rises if you give it time and it eventually gets into everything everywhere. That's how the Kingdom of God grows and grows.
The Kingdom of God is the most precious thing to have. But if we don't have eyes to see its worth, we will pass on it. The first step towards obtaining God's Kingdom is to get our valuations right. This week marks the launch of our year-long, double-seasoned Kingdom of God series. And we begin by Seeing Worth.
The Kingdom of God is not about whisking believers away into heaven as if life on earth was something dreadful to abandon. God's Kingdom is to come, from God to us, to materialize on earth what is already in heaven. And for that to happen, it requires all of us.
It's a new year, church! And we want to begin by letting God cast vision. What is He doing all around us? his kingdom is breaking out. But what is He doing inside us? Inside us, spiritual maturity is being formed. Ever felt like these pull you towards separate extremities? Want a faith life where both cohere and complement? Find out more from this sermon podcast.
The theme we have picked up for this year's Christmas weekend service is Homecoming. What has Christmas got to do with homecoming when so many of our neighbours have no place to lay their heads? But we remember, neither did Jesus.
He was born under make-shift conditions, never felt quite at home in this world and for the few years we know Him best for, He essentially crashed from place to place. But all that was for a rescue and a homecoming that would put an end to the suffering we see on our doorsteps today.
The birth of Jesus triggered the most lavish offering of gifts from an unlikely group: the Magi. These were magicians and astrologers, not exactly Biblically-approved vocations. And yet they waited and watched for Jesus, and when the time came, they brought their very best. Church, this Advent, we can bring excuses or bring our very best, but we can't bring both.
Waiting and longing are inseparable parts of Advent. But as we anticipate our Saviour, what exactly are we longing for? When we consider our hopes, do they sometimes look like we're still awaiting an earthly king with earthly ways? What does longing for a king like Jesus look like?
December is here and Christmas is right around the corner! Last week we begin our three-part Advent Series and remember those awkward, uncertain years when God's people waited for the coming of a Saviour. All around them, bright hopes would fizz and pop. How do you hold on to hope when it keeps getting dashed? Join us, as we enter the most wonderful time of the year.
A welcoming church goes far beyond happy fist-bumps at the entrance. Its wellspring is that God Himself welcomes us and includes us in His family. And so, a truly welcoming culture permeates well past our Sunday mornings together. Let's discover more from this sermon podcast.
In 2 Kings 4, the prophet Elisha engages in some of the most remarkable cases of Old Testament miracles. But what do these power encounters have to teach us today? We have our guest speaker Pr Roger Ti from GTPJ shares with us why 2 Kings 4 is his favourite chapter of the Bible.
Of the many visions we may have about the church, one rests right in the very heart of God: to be compassionate. This is the call to care and be kind, to be generous with our love. This Sunday, we break the stereotype of what makes a compassionate church and see how far it reaches in.
The Lord is my shepherd. The most famous psalm of all. Arguably the most well-known chapter of the Bible to boot. It also happens to be the favourite chapter of our guest speaker this week. Pr Balan Solomon from Every Nation Church shared why Psalm 23 is his favourite of all!
In His earthly ministry, Jesus modeled to us what it looks like to be honest, open and unvarnished. He never had to front or save face or manicure a clean public image. As His body, God longs for the church to be the same. This week, we look at what it means for us to be an Authentic Church.
We believe that where Jesus is King, a new order is in place. And where Jesus rules, the miraculous is entirely possible. But what are miracles, signs and wonders for? And what kind of environment would stir or stifle it? Surely we must know if we are called by God to be a miraculous church!
This week, we look at the sterner stuff that a courageous church is made of. But perhaps the question needs to be asked - does the church really need to be courageous? What kind of church work demands boldness and bravery? And what would a church look like if it didn't have courage?
When the Lord looks at us, He longs to see a church that's fervent in the Spirit. That's you and I zealous in prayer, in love and in faith. There is tepid and half-heartedness, and then there is ardent and passionate. We get to choose what kind of church we become.
As a church, we aren't just called to have the right theological thoughts about God. We are called towards fidelity, to stand for Him and with Him, to pitch our flag where the Lord is. We are called to be a loyal church. Let's deep-dive into what a loyal church looks like.
What kind of church does God want on the ground in Sg Buloh? He wants a Set-Apart church, a church dedicated to Him; distinct, special and sacred. This week, we take the first step, as a church, towards entering our home in Sg Buloh.
This week, our beloved nation turned fifty-eight. Even so, the story of God's goodness over our land begins further back. Let us remember the Lord's love for our land, so we can find our place in it today.
We are so blessed to have Pr Lindy share with us her favourite chapter of the Bible, Philippians 3! Yes, that's the famous chapter where Paul encourages us to forget what lies behind us and to press on towards the upward call of Jesus! It's a rare and special treat.
Ezekiel - the last page. There is talk of land, inheritance and family fortunes, veiled commentary about faithfulness, belonging and second chances. It ends with a shot of the city, called 'Yahweh Is There'. Fade to black. Fade in: A new city descends from new heavens. Land, inheritance, family and God's people received their forever home.
Chapter 47. Water flows from the temple out of the gate. Ezekiel follows its trail and the water rises, from an ankle-swash till a river-deep full swim. And wherever it goes, life follows. Now, some 400 years plus later, Jesus said something very similar - something about springs of living water. Is he talking about the same thing?
Endtimes Ezekiel reaches its penultimate episode. Don't miss this.
After God's glory returns to the temple, a certain 'prince' follows suit. Who is he? And why has he come? A few new parameters come into play too - something about Zadok. Wait, wasn't he a priest during King David's reign? What has Zadok to do with Ezekiel's prophesy? So much intrigue. Don't miss this because it might just have something to do with you!
Chapter 40-43. An angel of the Lord takes Ezekiel through a temple. They measure the dimensions of everything. And then it happens. The glory of God returns. How should we read this perplexing span of chapters? Is the temple a future thing for us to await? Or is it a metaphor for us, as temples of the Holy Spirit? Come to weigh out the views and get a touch from God.
Chapters 38-39. A mythical enemy called Gog shows up. Gog rallies a massive coalition of God's enemies for an epic battle. God lands in thunderous fury. Wait, has this happened already? Is this an end-times battle? Or is this symbolic of every battle? Is it Armageddon? Does it matter? How does Gog and Magog have any relevance to my life?
Chapter 37. God takes Ezekiel into a valley of dry bones. Ezekiel doesn't know that he's in a famous scene. But God does. Ezekiel commands the bones to come alive and God breathes on them. Epic army scene. But who is this army and what have they got to do with us today living in the middle of a pandemic? And what does this say about the future?
Chapter 36. God says He will give His flock a new heart and a new spirit. This new heart will enjoy obeying Him, and God promises to love them forever. But wait, I remember being told that the God of the Old Testament is angry and rule-based. These two pictures don't jive. Which is it?
Chapter 35. The people of Edom taunt Israel as they are sieged by Babylon, licking their lips and waiting to devour the land in Israel's absence. God shows up and serves Edom its notice for all of its trashtalking. What has all that got to do with us today, in a distant, unrelated land? Well...you have to find out from this sermon podcast!
(Still) Chapter 34. God makes a covenant with the sheep of Israel: I will be your God, you will be my sheep. I will banish all that threatens you and you shall eat well and lie down safely, even in wild place. Israel said YES. And they lived happily ever after. Actually, NO. They didn't.
Chapter 34. God gives the shepherds of Israel a torrential tongue-lashing. Where had they gone wrong? And what can we, as modern-day sheep and shepherds, learn from this?
Chapter 33. God calls Ezekiel to the vocation of a Watchman. What does that mean for him, and subsequently for us? How does God's prophetic word help us live out faithful and abundant lives?
The final fifteen chapters of Ezekiel are full of intrigue, mystery, meaning and power. And most of all, relevant and important to how we live today in view of tomorrow. Yet, a million questions arise as we tackle these difficult chapters: are they literal or figurative? Have the prophecies been fulfilled or are they to come? This week we give you the Big Picture of our 11-week long series, Endtimes Ezekiel!
Keep your fire hot and holy.
We know that God deserves devotion that is pure and passionate. Yet, every day we're in contact with things that muddy our hearts and distract us from a focused call to love. Last Sunday, we conclude our Take Heed series with this crucial note - keep your fire hot and holy.
Sabbath is for letting go. Let us set this straight: Sabbath is not just a day off from your boss, neither is it optional for those who are already super spiritual. Sabbath is a command to cease our relentless functioning so that our whole being can step aside and let God take over. Do you struggle to keep Sabbath? Find out more from this sermon.
Psssst, church. Stay awake! Jesus calls us to be watchful, ready and attentive. We cannot sleepwalk our way through the most turbulent days of our lives. So let's ditch the snooze, rise to our feet and don't go back to sleep.
When God speaks, we reply. When God decrees, we fall in line. What has God commanded? For us to take spiritual territory, to wrest our nation and people from demonic powers and bring to our land an alignment with God's plan.
If God spoke to us today, would we have ears to hear it? Some people seem to hear what God is saying while the rest of us wonder why He is silent but God always initiates, and He is indeed speaking. And since He opens the conversation, we should take heed and reply.
God has full, absolute rule: yes. God has appointed the church to take spiritual authority over what happens to our people and land: yes. But what if we squander this high calling with petty low living? Church, take heed: don't surrender your spiritual authority.
This season, we begin a new pulpit series to convey key things the Lord wants His church to take heed in these exceptional times. And the first is this; Church, it's time to think like the persecuted church!
Are our normal church practices disrupted? Yes. But should we wither because of it? Certainly not. Let us be inspired by thousands of persecuted Christians throughout the world whose faith burn brighter whenever the night gets darker.
We're in for another treat, chuch fam. 'Cause we have Pr Jonathan Ngan joins us to share why Romans 12 is his favourite chapter of the Bible!
We're in for a real treat because we have Pr Isaac Ling joining us to share from his favourite chapter of the Bible, Exodus 20! Wait, isn't Exodus 20 about the Ten Commandments? Oh now this we have to see!
Really? It's all or nothing when it comes to Jesus? Not even a little bit? How does someone live without holding back from God? If this is the only way to please God, then watch this sermon to find out!
Pr Chew, the father of the house, will be preaching with us for the first time!
Friday-Saturday-Sunday Death-Despair-Resurrection On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead. When the earliest disciples discovered this, they ran. They ran to tell the rest. We are also running with Jesus to bear witness to the truth that Jesus is alive, and death no longer deserves to be in play.
"I am the vine, " Jesus said to his disciples. "And you are the branches." How shall we thrive or stay alive? "Remain in Me," Jesus repeats. This is the final of our Lord's seven " I AMs". And He saved the most tender one for the last.
"I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" - John 14:6
Let us pursue Jesus and allow Him to be our direction and destination. Then, we will truly experience the ultimate reward.
When Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life," the entire notion of death collapses on itself because if someone dies and not really die but truly live, then death and its sting (like the tomb) is completely hollowed out.
"I am the good shepherd." says Jesus. "The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
We enter into Jesus' striking claim that He would die for his sheep. He must have some pretty VIP sheep to warrant saying that. No? Let us search this scripture together!
Light is essential. No light, no sight. You cannot work, you stumble, and you cannot even perceive beauty.
Jesus says, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
Jesus said "I am the gate of the sheep. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved." We look at Jesus the Gate and learn how there is one legit access to God, and passing through it leads to life. What about all those other paths then? Find out more from this sermon.
Gong Xi! Gong Xi! All praise to King Jesus, who carries us through every winter into new seasons of fruitfulness. This Chinese New Year, who shall dao ni de da men kou? The answer is King Jesus!
Jesus said "I am the gate of the sheep. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved." This week, we look at Jesus the Gate and learn how there is one legit access to God, and passing through it leads to life. What about all those other paths then? Well... come and listen to the sermon.
If you have ever sat at the feet of Pr Lee Choo, you would have heard her go "If God is for us, who can be against us?". The rest of the chapter pours out, not only from memory but from every fibre of her. Yes, this is a very special week because we have Pr Lee Choo sharing with us why out of all the chapters of the Bible, Romans 8 is her absolute favouritest-test-test! Don't miss this for the world!
The Lord is our everlasting God. He holds creation in the palm of His hands and neither faints nor ever grows weary. This week, Pr Ramesh shares with us on why Isaiah 40 is his favourite chapter of the Bible, and how it has shaped him into the man he is today. Are you familiar with Isaiah 40 yourself? Come and hear it expounded powerfully!
As people who love the Word, it's natural that we would all have our favourite chapters of the Bible. Some are precious because they carry essential truths; others we hold dearly for how they carry us over storms and valleys. And still, others we remember for life because they remind us of a time, a place, and people. What is your favourite chapter of the Bible?
Pr Fergus shares why John 1 is his pick.
Come on, church. Let's OVER together!
Wait, what? Yes. Let us be extravagant with God this year. Let us be overwhelming and lavish with our seeking and speaking, with our enjoyment and enthronement of Him. As we start the year, let us commit to our Lord our very best portion. And remember, we can love Him only because He first loved us. So when He pours back into our cups, expect it to overflow from us to each other.
Hello Sg Buloh... We are coming over together! This is the year we move into our new church plant. When exactly? The Lord will lead. More importantly... When we do enter? What kind of people will the folks of Sg Buloh encounter? Who is this 'we'? How shall they go about this 'coming over'? And who is coming 'together' with them? Spoiler: Together is not just us. Together is us with Jesus.
Hark! The herald angels sing! Wait, what is a herald? We know it has got something to do with the news. What news are these angels singing about? It has to be good news, right? Since most of us are believers, do we still need this good news? Is Christmas only about the salvation of new believers? On the first Christmas, on a hillside, the world's first gospel choir landed; and they broke the news that must keep breaking daily in every Christian's heart.
Christmas is here! But what a year 2020 has been. If Christmas is about hope, what does hope look like in a year like this? Well, on the first Christmas, hope broke in. The yuletide song goes "for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn". But of course, that hope having broken in, no one would see it manifest for quite a while yet. We believe the same for all of us this Christmas. Has the babe been born in the manger? Yes. Has hope arrived? Yes. And in the days to come, we shall see this new and glorious morn. Wait for it.
Genesis chapter 23. Years pass. Sarah dies. Abraham sees his own end drawing near. Now, how many of God's promises have come to pass to date? Will he ever stop sojourning and settle in a land to call his own? He finds a bride for Isaac, for the continuation of God's promise. What the old man dreamt of, this young man must now envision. And this goes down all his descendants, until one of the sons of Abraham, Lion of Judah, Root of Jesse, Son of David is born in Bethlehem. Finally, all of God's promises to Abraham are yes and Amen in this son.
Genesis chapter 22. God does the unthinkable. He asks for Isaac as a sacrifice. Surely, no. Surely, not this son: the son of the promise. No son, no descendants, no future, no kept-promise. God, why? Abraham obeys. God sees his heart and stops the whole sacrifice. He Himself will provide. Some two thousand years later, God would do the same. He would offer His own son on a holy altar. And this time, the knife came down.
Genesis chapter 20. Abraham, oh Abraham! Years prior, he had barely escaped Egypt alive after lying that Sarah was his sister. He tells the same lie again, this time to a tribal warlord Abimelech. Will he ever learn? Will his descendants ever tell the truth? One of them will. He wouldn't just tell it, he would embody it. For now, Abraham must learn that his hustling must end if trusting in God is to begin.
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SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
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Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Join us every Sunday 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
SIBKL @Sg Buloh is an SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh
Join us every Sunday at 10AM at https://tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh
Join us every Sunday at 10AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | SgBulohSIBKL
Watch our online Service, brought to you by SIBKL @Sg Buloh Join us every Sunday at 10 AM at tiny.cc/sgbulohsibkl
An SIBKL church plant that’s inspired to build strong families and an excellent church to dynamically reach out to the lost and in-need.
Connect with us on our social media channels:
Facebook | SgBulohSIBKL
Instagram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Telegram | @SgBulohSIBKL
Youtube | @SgBulohSIBKL