BULLETIN ARTICLE 19 April 2020 DOES GOD ALWAYS HEAL? Joni Eareckson Tada led an athletic lifestyle in her growing up years. In the summer of 1967, she went diving at Chesapeake Bay. But misjudging the water depth, she hit her head on the rocky floor… Read More »Does God always heal?
BULLETIN ARTICLE 12 April 2020 JESUS’ NEW COVENANT AND OUR RESPONSE AS HIS DISCIPLES Matthew 9:9-17 reminds us that Jesus came to establish a new covenant – through his death, his blood would be an atonement for our sins. With this atonement, his gift of… Read More »Jesus' new covenant and our response as his disciples
BULLETIN ARTICLE5 April 2020BE STILL Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a What do we do when we get hit by a terrifying diagnosis? Or what do we do when we see the number of COVID-19 infections around the world and the… Read More »Be still
BULLETIN ARTICLE 29 March 2020 RECEIVING JESUS’ HEALING TOUCH AND BEING HIS DISCIPLE In Matthew 5-7, we see how Jesus spoke and taught the Sermon on the Mount to the people. Even then, the lesson was far from over. As he descended the mountain, we… Read More »Receiving Jesus' healing touch and being His disciple
BULLETIN ARTICLE 22 March 2020 Two Ways Of Life As we read through the Bible, we see that that God frequently confronts people with choices. Moses presented a choice to the Israelites, “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse… life… Read More »Two ways of life
BULLETIN ARTICLE 15 March 2020 What constitutes good judgment or bad judgment? In Matthew 7:1-12, Jesus teaches us how citizens of God’s kingdom approach this question. When Jesus says “Judge not, that you be not judged” in verse 1, he does not mean that Christians… Read More »Relating in love
BULLETIN ARTICLE 8 March 2020 Choices We make choices every day, every moment. The choices we make is a reflection of what we value. In Matthew 6:19-24, Jesus exhorts us to choose the right values in three areas. Firstly we are to choose treasures in… Read More »Choices
BULLETIN ARTICLE 1 March 2020 Hypocrite Or Genuine Those of us with children or grandchildren will be familiar with the kind of attention-seeking behaviours that they do to push boundaries and our buttons. It seems that adults also are capable of attention-seeking behaviours. In Matthew… Read More »Hypocrite or genuine
BULLETIN ARTICLE 23 February 2020 Fulfilling The Law Jesus said he was not here to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfil them (Matthew 5:17). He fulfilled the Law in three ways. First, he fulfilled them by clarifying their meaning so that people… Read More »Fulfilling the law
BULLETIN ARTICLE 16 February 2020 True Blessedness In our modern Christianity, being blessed (a state of true happiness as one is favoured by God) is typically tied to attaining worldly possessions, achievements and success. However, Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-2) suggests… Read More »True blessedness
