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Poetry - Ecclesiastes 11-12

Bible Passage:  Ecclesiastes 11-12 Why? How? I seek to know. Many “whys” and “how” continue to haunt us on earth. Many things remain not known. Life’s 100 000 “whys” - who can answer? What is the way of the wind? How did the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child? What evil would be on the earth? Which of the seeds I sow would prosper? Often I would...

Psalm - Psalm 137-139

Bible Passage: Psalms 137 to 139 Are Our Hearts In Tune With God? Psalms 137 is a lamentation of the Israelites during their capivity. Their sorrow and longing for their own land, the land given by God, are felt in these words, By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion. 137: 1 “How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? 137: 4 ...

History - Nehemiah 1-4

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 1-4 aquillofGod: Hello everyone! Welcome to today’s segment of Extraordinary People. We are very pleased to have Mr Nehemiah on-air with us today for an exclusive interview. Hello, Mr Nehemiah! Nehemiah: Hello aquillofGod! And hello everybody! AQOG: It’s really good to see you! Before we start with the interview proper however, would you like to give a brief introduction...

Law - Deuteronomy 20-22

To start with a trite saying, life is full of choices. Being trite doesn’t make the saying any less true though. Besides our lives being full of choices, what’s important is that our choices determine our final destination just like the paths we take and the turns we make. While seemingly like a random jumble of disconnected instructions, we can discern certain principle for making choices...

Epistle - 1 John 1-3

Let us read 1 John 1-3… Bible Passage:  1 John 1-3 There are an increasing number of food and travel programs on TV. For that one hour during the program, viewers can almost smell and taste the food featured or experience say snow-boarding by watching the expressions of delight on the hosts’ faces as they sample and rave about all the various mouth-watering dishes and exotic destinations....

Gospel - Acts 17-18

Bible Passage:  Acts 17-18 Paul continues his 2nd missionary journey with Silas and joined by Timothy. He went from place to place to preach, entering into the synagogues on Sabbath days as his custom was, to persuade the Jews that their Messiah had already come. As usual, he was persecuted by envious Jews (of Thessalonica) who were not convinced. In addition, Jason who took them in was also persecuted...

Prophecy - Zechariah 8-14

As I typed these words, it is at the end of a wonderful Sunday where by the grace of God, 16 souls were added to the fold of the Great Shepherd.  And it was also a wonderful day for the Pre-Teens camp where many teacher-shepherds mixed with the tweenies for an afternoon of fun at the Botanical Gardens and role plays in the evening. I am feeling extremely tired but happy. Happy in the knowledge that...

Poetry - Ecclesiastes 9-10

Bible Passage:  Ecclesiastes 9-10 Like fish in a net When a tragedy happens, are you prepared for it? People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy (Ecclesiastes 9:12). How true, isn’t it? We never know when difficult times will come. And when it suddenly comes upon us, we are taken aback and find it hard to handle...

Psalm - Psalm 134-136

It is really very wonderful to praise the Lord! Only those who know Him will praise Him from the bottom of the heart, for those who know Him are filled with awe in His presence! For our God is the greatest, and there is none beside Him. Can we know Him if He has not granted us His mercy in revealing Himself to us and shining His true light into us? Marvelous and wonderful is our True God, the Author...

History - Ezra 6-10

Bible Passage:  Ezra 6-10 Scribe and Priest Ashamed! In a stunning turn of events, Ezra, the priest and scribe recently returned from Babylon, was seen tearing his garments and robes yesterday. “He tore his garments and robes, plucked out some of the hair of his head and beard then sat down in great bewilderment.” cited one source. “He sat there till it was time to make the evening...