When Word Became Flesh

By Khen Lim



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All of us would have our favourite Bible verse. I too have mine. It’s Matthew 11:28 but of late, the significance of John 1:14-18 has grown on me as a result of a greater understanding of what it means.

A New Lux Mundi Sunday Weekly Look for 2015 and the Reasons Why

By Administration

We have had a few people asking us for the background behind the use of the Latin term Lux Mundi for not just our Sunday Weekly but also our website. Until now we have not properly answered this although for Christians, the term is not exactly unknown or unheard of. 

Nonetheless for 2015, we usher in not just the New Year but a whole new fresh take on our Sunday Weekly and answer some of these longstanding questions.

Heroes of Faith Part 10 - Joshua

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For someone who stood against the odds and was prepared to stake his belief in trust of God, there’s not likely to be a better example that Joshua. Inducted into the Hebrews Hall of Fame, here is a young soldier whom we knew so little of until he became part of the team that returned from spying the Promised Land.

A Great Christmas Service

By Khen Lim

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We did what we had set out to do – to instil meaning and purpose in our Christmas celebration. We sang carols but we also discovered what each carol meant, who composed them and the inspiration behind the work. The liner notes for the carols are given after the end of this article.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

A Christmas Message from the Pastor

By Pastor Simon Tham



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Christmas is here today. It is celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike. However the non-Christian version of celebration is very much commercialised.

In Christ, There is No Identity Crisis

By Khen Lim



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Despite being a French novelist, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s (1808-1890) most famous saying is an oxymoronic epigram. In French, it says, “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” In English, it says, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” We could say that, the more we think we know something, the less we end up understanding it. And that is the way it is with some of the facts of life.

Heroes of Faith Part 9 - Moses

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Of the giants of the Hebrews pantheon, none match the stature of someone like Abraham except Moses. While Joseph is well depicted in a musical, Moses had a huge cinemascope motion picture directed by Cecil deMille that still ranks among the greatest ever filmed today.

Hosanna EFC 2014 Christmas Day Programme

If you're nearby on the very day, come pop in and join us for Christmas. Bring friends along!

If you're not local, there are directions available in the blogsite. Or alternatively you can find us on Google Maps also - just type the name of our church.

See you soon!


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Dealing with Giants

By Khen Lim

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I have a brother who used to advise me when I was young how he handled his exam preparations during his university days in Melbourne. It was an advice that has stuck to me till today and now that we’re both in our fifties, it’s now our turn to pass the advice down to the young ones.

He would tell me that of the questions in the exam paper, “do the difficult ones straightaway because they’re the ones that are easy to score. As for the impossible ones, those might take a tad longer.”

It was great advice and one that worked very effectively. It’s also an attitude that isn’t so common these days. Often our progress is stunted by problems that are seemingly impossible to overcome because we’ve made them larger than life. Invariably we back down before we knew what to do with them.

Heroes of Faith Part 8 - Joseph

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Very few patriarchs ever made it to the stage and screen where they celebrate him in a glitzy musical showcase…all, that is, except Joseph who had a hugely successful one made of him called ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.’ If that isn’t big enough, consider that the music and lyrics were the works of none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

Lessons of Faith

By Khen Lim



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The ‘double-miracle’ portrayed in Mark 5 (and Luke 8) has often been dubbed the ‘duo of death and disease.’ This is the miracle that Jesus empowered over both the natural and the supernatural world.

He did this because He is the Messiah and His point is to drive home into our hearts that there are no problems He cannot overcome and no reasons why we cannot trust Him.

However depending on which Gospel you read, there are problems abound. Of these, the most prominent is that while Matthew says that Jairus’ daughter had died (past tense), both Mark and Luke said she was ‘about to’ die. One suggests she’s dead. Another says she’s dying. The third says she is at the point of death. Who is right? When exactly did Jairus’ little girl die?

Heroes of Faith Part 7 - Jacob

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Up till now the most colourful patriarch the Bible has yet to record is Jacob. With a story worthy of a Hollywood script, Jacob’s rise to prominence began with an act of shrewdness and deception. With trickery and help from his mother, Rebekah, Jacob stole his twin brother Esau’s birthright, right under the nose of a near-blind Isaac, his father.

The Christmas Challenge

By Khen Lim



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For every Christian, the single most exciting time of the year will always be Christmas. The birth of Jesus brings with it, hope for mankind and peace upon earth. It is an opportune time to reflect and be really grateful for glad tidings.

It has been two years since the remarkable day of deep uncertainty at Hosanna EFC but to be honest, we have not looked back with trepidation. We didn’t count the days to doom. Even when the coffers looked dry, we believed that if we did our part, God would complete the rest. And when we last checked our accounts, we certainly don’t look bad at all! Praise the Lord!