Sermon by Ps. Alwin The preacher talked about the centrality of Christ in our lives and our expected behaviour as disciples. God is the only person we need and is actually all we really need so let us remember that this holiday season we can take a break from every other thing but not from…
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Exodus 32:9 “And the LORD said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people” An arrogant or a stubborn person is referred to as “stiff-necked”. In Hebrew, ‘kasha oreph’ is translated as stiff-necked. Kasha means severe, stubborn or difficult & oreph means neck and also ‘to turn back’. Kasha…
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Exodus 20:18 “Now all the people witnessed the thundering, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off”. This was immediately after the utterance of the Ten Commandments at Mt.Sinai. The Israelites were able to see the mountain up in smoke and…
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Rom 9:15: “For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” The parable of the workers in the vineyard throws more light on the above verse (Matt 20:1-16). Jesus spoke this parable after Peter asked “See, we have…
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This is a beautiful story that starts with unimaginable pain and ends with unimaginable glory. Let’s picture for a moment Joseph growing up as a little boy, maybe around 8 years old. His mother Rachel was very, very beautiful, and his father was madly in love with her. What a wonderful world this was… as…
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Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart” The common word used for sacrifice is ‘Korban’ in Hebrew. The word doesn’t actually mean giving up something but ‘drawing near’ or ‘coming closer’. Yes, sacrifices were meant to bring us closer to God! There are many instances of…
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Proverbs 31:30 “…But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised” I personally like the segments where the biblical view is totally different from that of the world. When the world is going gaga about ‘Women empowerment”, the Bible stands out by associating women to “submission” and “fear”. With the International Woman’s Day…
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Ruth 2:10 “ So she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground and said to him, ‘Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner” Ruth was a widow, a gentile and we all know her story and how God blessed her. She…
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