Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/16/who-am-i-4 It’s the first time I have read of someone self declaring himself as the Emperor of the United States, as mentioned in today’s ODB posting. He was Joshua Abraham Norton. He printed his own currency, wore royal clothes made by local tailors, and even wrote to Queen Victoria of England to marry him soContinue reading “Who am I?”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/15/exploring-the-stars I am an ardent fan of documentaries, especially those concerning nature, whether animals or just earthly or even extra terrestrial phenomenon. Even the deep sea is not accessible to most. There are interiors of jungles that humans have not explored and high mountainous regions and vast deserts that we have not fully understood. ItContinue reading “We see God in nature”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/14/loving-leadership When I accepted Christ, the first church I joined was a Methodist outreach in my small town of Pasir Puteh, Kelantan in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. There were 3 of us local students who accepted Christ during those days through efforts of outstation Christian teachers stationed in our small town. It wasContinue reading “Loving Leadership”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/12/hows-my-driving I think some of us become ‘transformed’ persons when driving, and I myself am no exception. Changed, but not in a good way! While in day to day life, I’m less confrontational and usually conciliatory, I can be fairly aggressive when driving. For example, I hate queue cutters. Sometimes, if at all possible, IContinue reading “Justice and righteousness”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/11/god-sees-understands-and-cares In general, most of us are anonymous in a crowd. Unless we are a well-known person like a celebrity, a prominent politician, or a famous sportsperson, we will just be an unknown someone in the crowd. It is only when we are placed in a social group like our workplace, our school, or ourContinue reading “Anonymous, but not with God”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/10/stolen-gods Before I knew Christ, my family dabbled a little in idol worship. My dad was from a Catholic background but wasn’t a practising believer. My mum was from a Taoist family. In fact, my maternal grandfather was a Taoist medium with a large altar at home. A few things I still remember till todayContinue reading “Stolen Gods”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/09/known-by-god To me, the most touching thing about the resurrected Jesus’s encounter with Mary as narrated by John in chapter 20 and verses 11 to 18 of his book is that Mary, not knowing she was speaking to Jesus, instantly recognised Him when He called out her name Miriam (which is Mary, in Aramaic). She,Continue reading “Rabboni – the Resurrected Christ”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/08/truth-seekers-2 When I was a young Christian growing up, one of the questions I came across was that were there already people (humans or pre-humans?) out there when Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden? This is because when Cain murdered Abel, both Adam and Eve’s first offsprings, and Cain was punishedContinue reading “Controversies”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/07/hunt-for-inner-healing Everyone goes through traumatic moments, whether in our childhood or even as adults. There are bound to be times we faced dramatic situations at home, in school or college, or even at work. We could have witnessed our parents’ quarrels or seen a road accident, or we ourselves could have been mugged, molested orContinue reading “The Messiah in Isaiah”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/05/grace-and-change As Christians, we are familiar with Paul’s writing to the church in Rome – that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, to be received by faith (Romans 3:23-26). It speaks of theContinue reading “Sin and Grace”