The Gospel According to Yeeks

30 “As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. 32 And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays[a] well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it. 33 When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.” (Ezekiel 33:30-33) A wise brother told me not to heed to much of the praises from ministry

Sermon on Phil 1:1-26 (Saturday Evening @ GBC) Sunday Discipleship Seminar on Mark (Sunday 11:15am - 12:30pm @ GBC) Photos by Nehemiah Chong

ILO chief laments failure to tackle inequality at Davos I am no economics expert but have the following thoughts: 1) Is it fairer to say there is “little they can do” instead of “unlikely to do anything about it”? I am curious as to what can actually be done? The most common method of trying to redistribute the wealth has been the implementation of a type of “Robin Hood” tax which is highly ineffective as the rich have the means to move their wealth around various countries 2) Like it or not the world economy functions on a “trickle-down” basis from the 1% to the 99%. Very simply, the 99% is dependent on the enterprise of the 1%. A man with a billion dollar net-worth can stomach the risk of 1-2 million which can do wonders for somebody’s job and family and produce that trickle-down effect. 3) There is simply no onus on the 1% to do that. The only way I suppose is to persuade the 1% by showing them that they have benefitted tremendously from the 99% working rather hard to he...

"Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). " (Ezekiel 47:1a) Jesus, in the temple, declares how those rivers ought to flow: "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”" (John 7:38)

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Got a lot of feedback from various groups on how to improve as a teacher but I hope the people learned something of the greatness of Jesus Photo by: Heng Wen Xiu

On the subject that Christians are no different from Epicureans in seeking pleasure, differing only in the choice of activities that one chooses to partake You are right on one point in that we are all beings of pleasure. But to the Christian, God Himself is the pleasure not so much the Christian activities that grant us that (although a Christian should find the community of believers and the preaching of the Word pleasurable). The words from the Psalms are written in this form - "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good" (Psalm 34:8). The use of the language which are usually associated to the partaking of food is deliberate for us to understand this. The invitation is to taste God and his goodness. I do not mean exactly that the Epicurean acts are futile. It is healthy for Christians to thank God for everything we have been given from music, to food, to the gift of friendships and so on. So in this we share similarities with the Epicurean. The best way of explaining thi...

Apparently you can: After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. When they had examined me, they wished to set me at liberty, because there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. But because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar—though I had no charge to bring against my nation. For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain.” And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you. But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.” When they had appointed a day f...

You came from an agrarian family that owned a huge piece of land. This piece of land has been owned by your family for generations. It was a great piece of land that always yielded its crops for you and your extended family. Now it was your turn to inherit this piece of land. You were looking forward to bearing this responsibility. You knew this day would come, for you have been groomed for it for years. You were determined to walk in the ways of your forefathers who performed this task dutifully, setting for yourself a wise example to follow. And then things happened. You screwed up. You got into a mess. A huge financial mess. You were supposed to bear the responsibility of providing for your family through this piece of land but you screwed up. You needed to sell stuff. One by one. You started selling the cows that you depended for milk. You started selling the sheep you depended for wool. You started selling leftover crops. You started selling your house. And then you starte...

This is careful bible reading by Abraham Park