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I call Australia Home

2016 marks my 11th year living in Australia. It is almost as many years as I’ve spent in Malaysia and it is more time than I’ve ever lived in one state. I’m often asked ‘so what are you? Malaysian, Chinese, or Australian’? It’s a difficult question to answer because I was born in Malaysia…
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Back to BaSiCs

Human beings are prone to forgetfulness and ungratefulness. This point was emphasized as I reflected on my time at NextGen16. For those less familiar, NextGen is an annual leaders conference to train youth and children group leaders to be better handlers and teachers of the Bible. The training in broken up into three strands,…
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The Next Generation of Leaders

I’ve been spending the past few days at NextGen16 and it’s been fantastic. There’s nothing like sitting under strong biblical preaching, worshipping in song, and spending time with young bible study leaders and future leaders of their respective churches. My co-leader and I have 15 guys and gals in our group and one of…
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Covered in Blood

My Bible Reading plan (M’Cheyne One Year Reading Plan – though I’ve spent more than one year on it already) landed me on Matthew 27 a few days ago. It’s a familiar passage but one of the things that struck me during this recent reading was the paradox that is evident throughout the entire chapter. One in particular…
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God in Every Season and Situation

One of the great gifts of social media is the ability to gain access to great preachers and teachers from across the world. Two particular leaders/teachers that I follow are Dr David Sills (the President of Reaching and Teaching Ministries and Professor of Mission at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) and Dr John Piper (the Chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary and Founder/Teacher…
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Titles for Pastors

Calvin and his Genevan colleagues’ rejection of the medieval Catholic priesthood expressed itself in a number of ways, such as the redefinition of the roles and duties of the pastor and the rejection of false sacraments. However, one of my favourite expressions of this reformation is the titles that they used to address pastors, among which…