Tag: biblereflections
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Subversion of the Strong
by Jon “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” 1 Corinthians 1:27 “God chose me because I was weak enough.” Hudson Taylor Reading through world news these days, I am struck with how in confrontations, nations face…
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Trailers for the Kingdom
by Jon “Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.” Philippians 2:15b-16 I love movie trailers. When I watch a movie at…
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Still Waters, Living Waters
by Jon I have completed my 6-month AgriTech course. It has been a wonderful experience and I thank God for the learning experience as well as my fellow students taking this course with me. During the final phase of our course, we have spent much of our time on an internship at a farm, learning how to cultivate…
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Avodah – Integrating service, work and worship
by Jon “Six days you shall work.” – Exodus 34:21 “This is what the Lord says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.’” – Exodus 8:1 “But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15 As part of preparations for future missions, I have taken unpaid…
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Lessons from Making Bread
by Phoebe Ever since Jon got a bread machine for my birthday last June, I got started on my breadmaking journey. From making loaves entirely from the bread machine to shaping my own loaves, I am now experimenting with sourdough baking. I never imagined myself to be so fascinated by breadmaking – I began to…
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Celebrating Our Failures
by Jon But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness”. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ’s power may rest in me. – 2 Corinthians 12:10 As part of my Urban Agricultural diploma course, one of our course…
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Forced Rest
By Jon “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.” Deuteronomy 5:12 Like many parts of the world, Singapore is right now here in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to curb community spread, our government imposed a soft-quarantine known as the “Circuit Breaker” in order to stop…
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What will life after COVID-19 look like?
by Jon COVID-19. The biggest news that captured the entire world in a matter of weeks. In Singapore where no day goes by without updates on the news or social media on the global statistics of those infected or who died as a result of COVID-19. For some countries, governments institute tight measures to stem tides of…
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Parable of the Beautiful Sunset
by Phoebe This is of a parable that I wrote for Hermeneutics class and the painting that I did to depict the parable. A father brought his three children for their regular evening walk to a nearby park and said to them with a smile, “Today there is a special treasure in the park. Let’s…
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Retelling John 4
by Phoebe As part of my school assignment, we had fun retelling Jesus’ meeting the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4. When it was past midnight and Jesus was on His way from East Coast Park to Tanjong Rhu, He decided to stop by a coffee shop at Geylang Lorong 20 and sat…
Jon and Phoebe's thetomyumkongs journey. 