https://odb.org/2025/01/06/little-town-of-bethlehem Today, January 6, is the day the church celebrates Ephiphany (also known as the Feast of Ephiphany) to commensurate the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles through the Magi from the East, who travelled to Bethlehem following a star and presented baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The Magi were likely astrologersContinue reading “Epiphany”
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You, O Lord, know everything about me
https://odb.org/2025/01/05/god-knows-everything Psalm 139 NIV – 1 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on myContinue reading “You, O Lord, know everything about me”
Fear of the unknown
https://odb.org/2025/01/03/fear-of-the-unknown-2 John 16 – 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” As we enter 2025, some of us may feel some apprehension of what lies ahead. Like these past few years, theContinue reading “Fear of the unknown”
Restoration amidst ruins
https://odb.org/2025/01/02/a-promise-beyond-the-ruins Isaiah 51: The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. Sometimes, we ask ourselves why certain events happen?Continue reading “Restoration amidst ruins”
Happy New Year 2025 – our Jesus story
https://odb.org/2025/01/01/the-jesus-story As 2025 arrives and the train of time rolls on forth, remember that time waits for no man, but Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour. Christ came to give us the gift of salvation by dying on the cross for our sins. It is by the grace of God that we are saved.Continue reading “Happy New Year 2025 – our Jesus story”
Forgiveness and grace
https://odb.org/2024/12/27/acts-of-grace Blessed and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone! Some of us may be clearing our annual leave and are still enjoying the festivities with friends and family the year-end holiday season. While others may be on vacation somewhere cold in the northern hemisphere – China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, or Europe. As forContinue reading “Forgiveness and grace”
Christmas Eve
https://odb.org/2024/12/24/light-and-glory What do most of us do on Christmas Eve? Have a nice family dinner? Throw a party? Have family and friends come over for food and drinks? The amazing thing is that even non-Christians find a reason to, in a way, celebrate Christmas, especially on Christmas Eve. Christmas is so well-known that shopping mallsContinue reading “Christmas Eve”
Tangible love
https://odb.org/2024/12/22/tangible-love-2 1 John 4 NIV – 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, can not love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he hasContinue reading “Tangible love”
The truth never changes
https://odb.org/2024/12/20/the-truth-never-changes Isaiah 40:8 NIV – The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” As Christians, we believe that the Word of God, that is, Scripture, is the infallible truth. Nothing in the bible is untrue. So, for example, the existence of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or even MosesContinue reading “The truth never changes”
God saw that it was good
https://odb.org/2024/12/19/gods-view-of-us Genesis 1:9-10 – 9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. It is superb and excellent thatContinue reading “God saw that it was good”
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