Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/03/gods-great-love-2 Different ones of us have a different past before we became a believer in Christ. Some who knew Christ in our teenage years have less of a past and yet as we grow up as a Christian, we were probably not perfect and thus have our fair share of our “past” until one dayContinue reading “Compassion of God”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/01/witness-marks I think in the current context of profileration and easy assessibility of information, people are less likely to actually leave behind traces of how things are done on the thing itself. This is because we just need to make a search in Google or YouTube and the answers should be there. Also present ageContinue reading “Witness Marks”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/31/gods-embassy One of the things I always remembered when I did Public International Law as a subject in University was that an embassy in a foreign land is an extension of a nation. Meaning to say that the sovereignty of a nation extends to the land upon which the embassy sits although in actual factContinue reading “Our Homes as God’s Embassy”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/30/god-cleans-the-stains In ancient times, during the time of Israel and Judah, God initiated the ritual of a sin offering to atone for the sins of children of Israel. It was a corporate act and the sin offering was needed as man on his own was unable to meet the exact standards of the Law, toContinue reading “Dealing with Sin”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/29/past-the-boundaries-of-knowing The Covid-19 pandemic, now turning endemic, has turned upside down many lives across the world. From upheavals in families caused by lost lives, children losing both parents to the virus to restaurants and businesses closed for good as the prolonged lack of income just meant that they can’t continue paying their workers, their rentContinue reading “Trusting in the things unseen”

EULOGY MICHAEL LIM For those of you who are close to my father and I, you will know that although we loved each other very much, we were not physically affectionate or that close to one another. I would say that we are certainly not as close as me and my Ivan and Daniel. AsContinue reading “Obituary: Mr Michael Lim (5 May 1942 – 19 March 2022)”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/18/little-foxes In the Songs of Solomon 2:15, it was mentioned to catch for us the little foxes that ruin the vineyards. These little foxes are quick and cunning and come in the night under the cover of darkness to devour the grapes and in the process, ruin the harvest and even the vineyards. They areContinue reading “Little Foxes”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/17/preparing-a-place-for-us The greatest and dearest hope we have as believers is the promise of eternal life afforded us by our belief and faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Jesus spoke of Himself being the Way, the Truth and the Life that we can only go to the Father through Him because when weContinue reading “A Mansion at the Father’s House”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/16/thanks-but-no-thanks For organisations without a fixed source of income, voluntary funding in the form of donations is key to its continued existence. With the spread and reach of social media, crowd funding is now a very sought after fund raising method. The NGO has to remain relevant and true to its cause and similar mindedContinue reading “Funding for God’s Work”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/03/15/no-formula-needed The explanation given in today’s ODB on the use of salt to preserve meat during Jesus’s day is insightful for us to better understand the concept of being us being the salt of the world. In those days, the refrigerator was not yet invented as it was a time prior to the discovery ofContinue reading “Salt of the World”