The heavens black with clouds and wind. A great rain. A wind so strong wind that it tears the mountains and breaks rocks into pieces. Sounds like a description of Typhoon Mangkhut on Sunday but this is actually an old weather report. Really old, like from the Old Testament old. It was...
Freedom. It’s a word that is in our headlines all the time. Freedom of speech. Political freedom. Economic freedom. Sexual freedom. Amid all the fuss about freedom, little is mentioned about spiritual freedom. Sometimes spiritual freedom is often misconstrued as the...
Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, Lord, to help me. May those who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame. But may all who seek you rejoice...
I recently discovered a truth that I have overlooked in all my years as a Christ-follower. I have heard others, and I myself have used the following scripture many times over the years: I say to you, if two of you agree on earth concerning anything they ask, it will be done for them by My...
What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Psalm 8:4 (ESV) For many of you, this is a beautiful and familiar verse; for those who have never read this verse before, I am glad that it was introduced to you today. What I would like...
Welcome to the BOLD Faith Campaign Newsletter! Hong Kong is a city that awaits God’s transformation. God is at work and He is using His church to transform the fabric of our society. Since the April newsletter, an additional 14 buildings have been introduced by brokers, developers and...
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 In Galatians 6:5, Paul teaches that “each one should carry his own load.” The idea here is that we should all be responsible for our own burdens. This is a hallmark of mature adults...
Michael and Kat moved to Hong Kong from Canada and got involved in the many ministries at Island ECC, from Care Groups to Worship to Kids Club. They became drawn to the vision of Island ECC’s BOLD Faith campaign as they saw how God is using the church to write a larger narrative for Hong...
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 Do you relish change? Does the prospect of receiving God’s ‘new thing’ and losing your ‘old thing’ energise...
There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest… Hebrews 4:9-11 Ah, summer. School is out, or just about. Even if you...