Satan Flares Up

Satan Flares Up

The Devil’s schemes throughout history to stop the Messiah

Khen Lim | Kledang Community Chapel

December 8 2019

Image source: latrogenicaddiction.wordpress.com

The fight between good and evil has been going on for as long as man has been alive. And the fight has only worsened in recent years.

Take for example, the Americans. Our friends across the Atlantic have been having trouble telling good apart from bad government. If it weren’t for God’s intervention in November 2016, Hillary Clinton would have by now completely destroyed the United States of America. Only because of His hand, the overwhelming prediction of a Clinton shoo-in was itself swept aside. 

Dealing with Social Media

Dealing with social media

Khen Lim | October 27 2019 | 

Source: socialmediaexplorer.com

In a busy local coffee shop, most of the tables were already occupied. At one of them, a family of six were seated, waiting for their orders to arrive but no one seemed interested in talking. You couldn’t see their faces. That’s because all of them had their heads down. Looking and catching up with social media in their smartphones. While their fingers were busy swiping and stroking the phones, not a word was exchanged among them. It was surreal but increasingly, this is the picture we persistently see around the country.

When the Pulpit is Powerless (Mt 7:28-29)

When the Pulpit is Powerless

Based on Matthew 7:28-29 | September 29 2019

Khen Lim

Image source: embracingjesus.blogspot.com

“When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at His teaching, for He taught with real authority — quite unlike their teachers of religious law.” (Mt 7:28-29, NLT)

Teaching is something I have been doing for more than three decades now. It all began when I was a Journalism student in college and I tutored students from my same year on a voluntary (unpaid) basis at my own rented flat. Not long thereafter, I joined a commercial music school and taught piano to students from age 8 to 70. That went on for as long as I was in college as a means of financially supporting myself.

Understanding the Golden Rule

Understanding the Golden Rule

Based on Matthew 7:12

Khen Lim | August 25 2019

Introduction

The very verse that is central to the title of this article is none other than the Gospel According to Matthew 7:12 in the New Testament. As many will know, it is an integral part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and is a very well-known verse that goes by the name, the ‘Golden Rule.’

As for the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:12 is the fitting summation. Let’s take a look at the verse here:

“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.” (Mt 7:12, NLT)

Not unpredictably, there are a few ways to look at this verse. In some translations, it seems to be independent of others, standing on its own and a self-sustaining way. In some others, it appears to be an extension to the preceding five verses that centre on how to pray effectively (vv.7-11). 

All You Need to Know About Biblical Fasting (Mt 6:16-18)

All You Need to Know About Biblical Fasting

Based on Matthew 6:16-18

Khen Lim

Source: Grammy.com

During the Eighties, American songwriter, singer and fellow Christian, Dolly Rebecca Parton (b.1946) was interviewed by the People magazine and was asked, “Where do you get such a strong character?” That’s when Dolly recounted how faith was central to her entire family, beginning with her grandfather who was a preacher.

“I quote the Bible real good!” she answered.

Undaunted by such an answer, the interviewer then asked, “What about psychiatry?”

“So many people find the need to get counselling especially in the stresses of show business.”

“No,” Dolly replied, “I don’t see a psychiatrist. I fast instead.”

Loving as God Loves

Loving as God Loves

Based on Matthew 5:43-48

June 23 2019

Khen Lim

Source: olsterwijk-marketgarden.com

The time was September 1944. The place was Arnhem, Holland. Allied airborne forces were looking to capture a very important bridge here in what was an error-filled Operation Market Garden. This is the story of a remarkable man, Major Robert Cain (1909-1974) who did the unthinkable in what was the most improbable of escapes, turning it into the unlikeliest of triumphs.

The Murderous Heart

The murderous heart

Murder is not much an action but our attitude (based on Matthew 5:21-22)

May 19 2019

Image source: Meaww

Introduction

On May 9 this year, 3-year-old Zoey Pereira died a suffering death, incinerated in her father’s 2008 Audi A6 car, strapped to a baby seat in Queens, New York City. She was found in the locked car that was set ablaze covered in gasoline. In other words, she was burned alive. She was murdered.