What’s the Message?
March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
What a surprise to us too! Our blog is now PR2! Wow! Its something to us for a ‘rojak’ blog like this! Hope to get more opps from the Paid Posting Sites now!
Christmas Mystery
November 30, 2007 | 6 Comments
12 Days of Christmas–Defined
There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me.
What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won’t come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?
Today, I found out. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone
during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a
hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality, which the children could remember.
The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
Two turtledoves were the Old and New Testaments
Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.
The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit: Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.
The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.
The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments.
The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in The Apostles’ Creed.
Need some comforting
October 17, 2007 | 6 Comments
There are times in life when things just don’t go well or like people says ‘life throws you a curve ball’. Watch this clip and may you draw comfort and encouragement from the story!
Lao Tze - Dao Te Jing
July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Written a post on History Talks just a few days ago and having made reference to two ancient Chinese historical books “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and Sun Tsu on the “Art of War”; I feel like sharing from yet another famous ancient Chinese book and that is the Book by Lao Tze titled “Dao Te Jing”. This book was the foundation on which the whole religion of Taoism started. Basically I wonder whether Lao Tze started any religion at all! Just like Jesus, I doubt very much He started Christianity! Usually it was the people who referred to the disciples or followers of the Teacher either Taoist or Christians. What is the connection between the teachings of Christ and Lao Tse? Amazingly there are some relevance.
In Lao Tze’s book he wrote the following statements as re-produced here :-
“Something mysterious already made,
Existing before heaven and earth,
In the silence and the void,
Standing alone and unchanging,
Ever present in constant cyclic motion,
Perhaps He is the source of myriads of things,
I do not know His name,
Call Him ‘DAO”
For lack of a better word,
I call Him ‘Almighty’.
(Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.)
“Men follow the earth,
The earth follows the heavens,
The physical heaven follows the Dao,
The Dao follows His own way.”
(Exodus 3:14 & 15 I AM THAT I AM.)
“The Dao exists as one,
One exists as two,
Two exists as three,
And three creates everything.”
(1John 5:7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.)
From the Scripture references given, it looked like Lao Tze was talking about this Almighty God who created the heavens and the earth, and this God is a Three in One Entity! Was it a coincidence that Lao Tze discovered these truths or was it a revelation given to Lao Tze on who is this Being that made the heavens and the earth? Subsequently his followers made his teachings into a religion and digressed from it and people called them Taoists.
For more on such amazing Chinese ancient teachings that have a relevance to the Bible like the famous saying of Confucius on the philosophy of living a perfect life, please refer to my earlier posts on Chinese Keystrokes 1; 2 ; 3 ; 4 ; 5 .
Enemies of the Cross
July 22, 2007 | 5 Comments
Sharing some personal difficult Scripture Verses which came through to me at times of meditation. It is easy to understand Christians are not anti-Christ. In fact most Christians will deny this and claimed that they love Christ and do their utmost for His Kingdom. Yes these are noble and worthy things and are part of a believer’s life but there are more urgent things to wrestle with as we go along.
Phi 3:18 I often warned you that many people are living as enemies of the cross of Christ. And now with tears in my eyes, I warn you again……………….
This verse brings shivers down my spine simply because for many years I have missed the focus of this verse which is not talking about being enemies of Christ but rather enemies of the cross of Christ! On contemplation, I realized that I am and in many ways. The Cross of Christ to me is a postion, a condition of my heart, a state of my being, that requires a death, crucified and non-negotiable. It is easier to give of our money, to serve and be devoted to religious sanctimonies but to put to death our flesh, selfishness, willfulness, you can fill in the blanks, is the more difficult task. No wonder we seldom realize that we are the enemies of the Cross. I now see that the Cross is forever between me and God and if I don’t see the cross how can I see God?
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