Tommy and Christina had recently moved to Hong Kong and did not find a community of believers until they got connected at Island ECC. Through the community, they were able to be challenged and encouraged in their walk with God. This experience strengthened their faith and commitment to serve...
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Question 1: What is your single most important...
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Emmanuel (which means “God with us”). Matthew 1:23 Sometimes, I think of how amazing it might have been to spend time with Jesus and get to know him the way his disciples did. To have the chance to...
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 In the gospel of John, Jesus says He is the way, the truth and the life. Commentator Matthew Henry explained, “He is the beginning, the middle, and the end. In him...
The Christmas story never gets old to me. To be honest, I never really read it during the rest of the year. Somehow in July, the arrival of the Christ-child doesn’t grab my interest. But when December hits, I always turn to the story again and try to squeeze out some interesting new...
While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. Luke 2:6-7 Our culture attempts to secularise Christmas through Santa...
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21 KJV Everything around us has become festive with Christmas lights and decoration, and although Hong Kong doesn’t get snow it seems that snowmen...
I always loved chocolate advent calendars as a kid (and still do). These have a little door to open with chocolate or candy inside, one for each day of December leading up to Christmas Day. Some might criticize this as a commercial side of Christmas, but I think it teaches anticipation, which is...
“But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16 “What does this mean?” We have always asked this question in some shape or form throughout our lives: as a toddler...
My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favouritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say...