Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

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”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/04/how-to-pray-2 With Jesus having reconciled us to God, as believers, we have the privilege and the honour to approach God in prayer. Thus, for every seemingly impossible situation we face, help is just a prayer away. As we connect with our Father in heaven, He may unleash forces in heaven to make a difference forContinue reading “Posture for Prayer”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/03/tired-tents Paul likes to use the expression “tent” to refer to our earthly bodies. I guess tent is a good analogy as it is temporal and moveable. Tents are also symbolic of our faith forefathers, who were nomads who left their permanent abodes by faith for a faraway land in response to a calling fromContinue reading “Tired Tents”

https://odb.org/MY/2023/05/02/life-everlasting I always recall the movie Highlander whenever the topic of immortality crops up. It is about a Scottish swordsman who was born in 1518 and lived through the centuries. In a subtle way, a movie like that, although pure fiction, embodies our human desire to live forever. The novel Count Dracula (that has beenContinue reading “Immortality and Eternal Life”