another song to share."Lead me"..reflecting this song..it tell me that things i been thru, our God is there to lead me ..he walked me thru..thru many difficult times in my life..i m kinda of really stressed for projects these few weeks especially the CNY week..many things have happen..from rushing assignments till the news of losing a friend...to the lessons learnt.God is there and he's teaching me lesson every little event in the week.. this song gave me a reminder that what i've been thru till today..since 2001..from graduation in sec 4 till enter ns to enter University..goin for operations..all these was lessons..all these God have brought me thru.. more importantly, no matter what difficulty i go thru..no matter what obstacles i will go past..God will be there for me in my life.. I'm sure its the same for theophilusians and everyone in peixun and fellowship..reflect on this song and share ya.!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Here's a song for sharing..some may find this song familiar..its from GPC Jam site..this is Stained Glass Masquerade by Casting Crowns is really meaningful..the lyrics questioned us in things we do in church, our feelings and the willingness to share..hear and enjoy the song..and most importantly, share ! Enjoy !
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
note to all who posts
a gentle reminder to all theophilusians posting..
the max font size for posting is only normal size..do not use large, huge fonts as the words would go past the borders..of the right column..ya..thanks
the max font size for posting is only normal size..do not use large, huge fonts as the words would go past the borders..of the right column..ya..thanks
Food For Thought.....
Chanced across this article today....
Lets discuss :)
Article: Jesus tomb found, says film-maker
Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried alongside Mary Magdalene, according to a new documentary by Hollywood film director James Cameron.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6397373.stm
Lets discuss :)
Article: Jesus tomb found, says film-maker
Jesus had a son named Judah and was buried alongside Mary Magdalene, according to a new documentary by Hollywood film director James Cameron.
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6397373.stm
Monday, February 26, 2007
sharing
yesterday lesson was an emotional session for most of us...learnt important lesson thru the hard way...so i shall share on wad are my feelings for yesterday session..
a human nature is to hear nice words..and nt hearing not nice words..what i am goin to say..may be crude but i gotta to say it..it quite sad to see a friend jux left us like tad...tad's a saying..treasure everything that u have..dont regret when u lose it...this is really application in our case..here..i learnt that we should really treasure every friends around me.treasure the fellowship that we have...every session in fellowship is a chance to bond..is a chance to noe everyone better..i think we should start sharing our life..opening up our life and impact each other with our testimonial.its a reflection after what happen.. should we have any problems, i think all of us should start sharing not only in sat bible study once a month but also every sunday during class..any problem that we faced..we should all start saying it out.nt keepin all to ourselves..cos when we say it out..together as a grp or fellowship, we can pray for one another...and the bible did say the importance of prayer..and praying in a grp is more effective too..ritez...
a human nature is to hear nice words..and nt hearing not nice words..what i am goin to say..may be crude but i gotta to say it..it quite sad to see a friend jux left us like tad...tad's a saying..treasure everything that u have..dont regret when u lose it...this is really application in our case..here..i learnt that we should really treasure every friends around me.treasure the fellowship that we have...every session in fellowship is a chance to bond..is a chance to noe everyone better..i think we should start sharing our life..opening up our life and impact each other with our testimonial.its a reflection after what happen.. should we have any problems, i think all of us should start sharing not only in sat bible study once a month but also every sunday during class..any problem that we faced..we should all start saying it out.nt keepin all to ourselves..cos when we say it out..together as a grp or fellowship, we can pray for one another...and the bible did say the importance of prayer..and praying in a grp is more effective too..ritez...
Rosslyn Chapel - featured in Davinci Code
Rosslyn Chapel - featured in Davinci Code
Hi dear friends, I visited the Rosslyn Chapel today in Edinburg, Scotland. It's... such a bizarre chapel, I thought I'd share it with you'll before I forgot all that I'd absorbed. You can click on the links to view the pictures. The interior is really ornately decorated, which isn't at all strange for a cathedral. Many of the carvings too are based on biblical references: alot of angels, of Jesus and Mary, Star of Bethlehem etc..
But it's the other carvings placed right alongside these traditional images that are sooooooo strange. Out of no where, there's a length of carvings called "Dance of Death", pretty freaky actually, it depicts different kinds of people being led away by skeletons (symbolizing death), supposed to represent man's powerlessness against death. (I totally didn't understand why this was in a church where one of the main messages is Christ's victory and therefore our victory over death). And nearby to this is a small carving of Lucifer, as you can see the angel is upside down, showing his fall. These are not the strangest things yet ok. Behind these 2 carvings are 2 pillars depicting the Apprentice's Story: where supposedly the Master Mason in charge of building this chapel killed the Apprentice for deciding to build a pillar on his own. Oh and their 'heads' happen to 'hang' above the seats on top of pillars. (This is the grieving mother of the killed Apprentice).
I'm not exactly sure how this is featured in the Davinci Code since I neither read the book nor the movie but there really are alot of puzzles and legends in that place. There was a carving of a Knights Templar on the floor but it was too faded to take a picture. There was also a carving of St Margaret and the Knight who supposedly found the 'holy rod', I think that's supposed the cross that Christ was hung on, although I think they didn't state that clearly. And then there were carvings of the Seven Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins, except that Greed was swopped with Charity so that Greed appears under Virtues. It's either a very silly error or a very bizarre message.
It's really a very strange condensed puzzlebox, the main chapel was only the size of... our fellowship room + kitchen I think. And I haven't mentioned the strange mythology there as well. At the bottom of the Apprentice's Pillar are snakes and according to the information panel, this was just like there would be snakes under the Yggardysil Tree (ok i have no idea how to spell this)
Yup so just thought I'd share with you'll this place since I think the Davinci Code is still being discussed now and then. *yawn* ok gotta go folks. I need to wake up early to do laundry, joy.
(Also writing about this is kinda freaky when I think about the stuff >____<)
Hi dear friends, I visited the Rosslyn Chapel today in Edinburg, Scotland. It's... such a bizarre chapel, I thought I'd share it with you'll before I forgot all that I'd absorbed. You can click on the links to view the pictures. The interior is really ornately decorated, which isn't at all strange for a cathedral. Many of the carvings too are based on biblical references: alot of angels, of Jesus and Mary, Star of Bethlehem etc..
But it's the other carvings placed right alongside these traditional images that are sooooooo strange. Out of no where, there's a length of carvings called "Dance of Death", pretty freaky actually, it depicts different kinds of people being led away by skeletons (symbolizing death), supposed to represent man's powerlessness against death. (I totally didn't understand why this was in a church where one of the main messages is Christ's victory and therefore our victory over death). And nearby to this is a small carving of Lucifer, as you can see the angel is upside down, showing his fall. These are not the strangest things yet ok. Behind these 2 carvings are 2 pillars depicting the Apprentice's Story: where supposedly the Master Mason in charge of building this chapel killed the Apprentice for deciding to build a pillar on his own. Oh and their 'heads' happen to 'hang' above the seats on top of pillars. (This is the grieving mother of the killed Apprentice).
I'm not exactly sure how this is featured in the Davinci Code since I neither read the book nor the movie but there really are alot of puzzles and legends in that place. There was a carving of a Knights Templar on the floor but it was too faded to take a picture. There was also a carving of St Margaret and the Knight who supposedly found the 'holy rod', I think that's supposed the cross that Christ was hung on, although I think they didn't state that clearly. And then there were carvings of the Seven Virtues and the Seven Deadly Sins, except that Greed was swopped with Charity so that Greed appears under Virtues. It's either a very silly error or a very bizarre message.
It's really a very strange condensed puzzlebox, the main chapel was only the size of... our fellowship room + kitchen I think. And I haven't mentioned the strange mythology there as well. At the bottom of the Apprentice's Pillar are snakes and according to the information panel, this was just like there would be snakes under the Yggardysil Tree (ok i have no idea how to spell this)
Yup so just thought I'd share with you'll this place since I think the Davinci Code is still being discussed now and then. *yawn* ok gotta go folks. I need to wake up early to do laundry, joy.
(Also writing about this is kinda freaky when I think about the stuff >____<)
Saturday, February 24, 2007
A friend, brother-in christ lost
the news came to me in a sudden and shocking manner.. i couldnt believe wad i saw and heard from isaac..i called kaisun..and asked wad happen..it was a total shock..i called shijia..to tell him the news..i remember that qing wen called me 3 weeks ago..on a thurs.he was concerned and asked him hw i was doing and stuff...i was rushing my project..so i told him i was busy and i would called him back..i saw him in church when Rev.Tan was in church preaching. he was with kaisun..i regret i always kinda act dao to him..he talked to him..but yet i replied him in words nt sentences..though i noe him for like 2 years..i talked to him several times on the fone while i was in ns..he was asking me bout further studies and stuff..he came to my hse once..he told me bout his interests and stuff..yes..i regret tad i didnt bring him back to church..to fellowship.. to understand him more when he left us for quite some time.. it was sad..the news came too sudden..tad a friend jux like tad..
life is too fragile.. this incident of our friend has really caused me to reflect on myself as a christan....my attitude..hw i treat towards friends..towards ppl in church..act smart attitude..acting dao..neglecting friends who are concerned for me bt i didnt realized
i was poundering wad shijia said bout....do we really care for the souls of our non-christian friends?... before i wrote this entry..i have lots..yes..in sch....i asked myself..did i ever make an attempt asking them to come for our christmas concert last year? worship nite? i didnt..i jux causually asked.this incident kinda of reminded me many things..to be more concerned for our non-christian friends..and also to be concerned for brothers and sisters in chirst..whether they are in our fellowship or peixun or those who left us for other churches /services or nt..we should care for them..we are all in God's big family...i am praying that me as well as all of us will have the willing to care,concern and love each other..to share..communicate with each other..nt only with ppl from our class..but the younger ones..the sec 1, 2 3 etc etc.....i may be a big crude..but i think we are lacking in communications lots..as yingshan has said previously.. i really prayed that we would all grow into chrstians who influenced each other life..
we wont know what will happen to us..only God knows..maybe wad happen to our brother here really warn us..that we should stay close..to be more bonded.to share more..it might be God's plan..i dont know. whatever things may happen, its really God's plan for us..
life is too fragile.. this incident of our friend has really caused me to reflect on myself as a christan....my attitude..hw i treat towards friends..towards ppl in church..act smart attitude..acting dao..neglecting friends who are concerned for me bt i didnt realized
i was poundering wad shijia said bout....do we really care for the souls of our non-christian friends?... before i wrote this entry..i have lots..yes..in sch....i asked myself..did i ever make an attempt asking them to come for our christmas concert last year? worship nite? i didnt..i jux causually asked.this incident kinda of reminded me many things..to be more concerned for our non-christian friends..and also to be concerned for brothers and sisters in chirst..whether they are in our fellowship or peixun or those who left us for other churches /services or nt..we should care for them..we are all in God's big family...i am praying that me as well as all of us will have the willing to care,concern and love each other..to share..communicate with each other..nt only with ppl from our class..but the younger ones..the sec 1, 2 3 etc etc.....i may be a big crude..but i think we are lacking in communications lots..as yingshan has said previously.. i really prayed that we would all grow into chrstians who influenced each other life..
we wont know what will happen to us..only God knows..maybe wad happen to our brother here really warn us..that we should stay close..to be more bonded.to share more..it might be God's plan..i dont know. whatever things may happen, its really God's plan for us..
Friday, February 23, 2007
Life
All of you know by now that our friend, Sue Qing Wen passed away during a dive over Chinese New Year weekend. I was probably one of the last of us who got to hear his voice before his demise.
He called me on Friday night to tell me of the dive that would take place on saturday, possibly stretching till sunday. The last thing he said was that he'll see me on sunday if the dive did not drag. Therefore, i wasn't too surprised that i didn't see him on sunday. More so because i came in late and left early, to my shame. It was only on tuesday night that i got wind of his accident from Isaac. The only regret i have is that i did not put more effort into keeping him with us to affirm his salvation after i did san fu with him, during which he seemingly accepted Christ. But it was too easy, too quick. His actions and words after that seemed to show that he was probably not that serious about accepting Christ back then.
Is he safe? I don't know and i can't do anything for him anymore.
Even now i am shocked not because he left so soon but rather that i, being a Christian have so little of Jesus inside of me- so little love. I do pray that God would slowly transform me to be like his son. To love everyone around us. But i feel numb. Feels the same towards Church stuff too. There's so much to be done. Yet the workers are so few. Then as time goes on, my expectations go down too. How long would this downward spiral go? I can only continue to pray to God for solutions and inspiration, for all of us.
So what do we get out of this incident? Do we have non-Christian friends who are closer to us? Do we care for their souls? If we don't, let's pray for passion. Passion for them, passion for God, and towards one another. We are made to work and rule the earth. But we are made, more importantly, as i think i pointed out in my last entry, for relationships.
He called me on Friday night to tell me of the dive that would take place on saturday, possibly stretching till sunday. The last thing he said was that he'll see me on sunday if the dive did not drag. Therefore, i wasn't too surprised that i didn't see him on sunday. More so because i came in late and left early, to my shame. It was only on tuesday night that i got wind of his accident from Isaac. The only regret i have is that i did not put more effort into keeping him with us to affirm his salvation after i did san fu with him, during which he seemingly accepted Christ. But it was too easy, too quick. His actions and words after that seemed to show that he was probably not that serious about accepting Christ back then.
Is he safe? I don't know and i can't do anything for him anymore.
Even now i am shocked not because he left so soon but rather that i, being a Christian have so little of Jesus inside of me- so little love. I do pray that God would slowly transform me to be like his son. To love everyone around us. But i feel numb. Feels the same towards Church stuff too. There's so much to be done. Yet the workers are so few. Then as time goes on, my expectations go down too. How long would this downward spiral go? I can only continue to pray to God for solutions and inspiration, for all of us.
So what do we get out of this incident? Do we have non-Christian friends who are closer to us? Do we care for their souls? If we don't, let's pray for passion. Passion for them, passion for God, and towards one another. We are made to work and rule the earth. But we are made, more importantly, as i think i pointed out in my last entry, for relationships.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 18, 2007
CNY
My first (hopefully of many) posts! Let me wish all of you theophilusians out there a blessed Chinese New Year.
Today was a great day for me. Mostly sparked off by the sermon. (In which our dear loudspeaker friend is absent! Yay! A 10am service i can concentrate in) It's like God planned for it to reinforce what i learnt in the Christian Fellowship back in School. Be it Genesis or Revelations, God's plan for us is to bring us back to that perfect relationship, also known as rest (please correct me if i am wrong, theologically trained ones... pastors) and we are to rule with him. The original plan is- God is King over us, we obey him totally. That is the perfect relationship. In return, we rule over the earth. Only with the earlier relationship can everything be perfect.
The main take away was this verse though: v8 "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
As i look at myself. I am unbelieving, untrusting in God. I believe this is what led to my disobedience to him. I am also cowardly. Cowardly to live out my faith, though i know, and get reassurances every now and then that it is true.
How did God speak to you through the sermon?
Also to let all of you know, i've been praying for each and everyone of us in our class, for our spiritual revival and also that we would be amongst those who have overcome (Rev21:7). That's why it's important that we encourage each other. But if we don't know each other well enough, we don't know each other's problems, each other's true selves, how do we do that? I am also reminded to pray for our unity. Hopefully, 20 years down the road, it's still us (and alot more people of course) fellowshiping together, persevering these short period of time on earth, that we may spend the rest of eternity together, at rest with God.
Today was a great day for me. Mostly sparked off by the sermon. (In which our dear loudspeaker friend is absent! Yay! A 10am service i can concentrate in) It's like God planned for it to reinforce what i learnt in the Christian Fellowship back in School. Be it Genesis or Revelations, God's plan for us is to bring us back to that perfect relationship, also known as rest (please correct me if i am wrong, theologically trained ones... pastors) and we are to rule with him. The original plan is- God is King over us, we obey him totally. That is the perfect relationship. In return, we rule over the earth. Only with the earlier relationship can everything be perfect.
The main take away was this verse though: v8 "But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
As i look at myself. I am unbelieving, untrusting in God. I believe this is what led to my disobedience to him. I am also cowardly. Cowardly to live out my faith, though i know, and get reassurances every now and then that it is true.
How did God speak to you through the sermon?
Also to let all of you know, i've been praying for each and everyone of us in our class, for our spiritual revival and also that we would be amongst those who have overcome (Rev21:7). That's why it's important that we encourage each other. But if we don't know each other well enough, we don't know each other's problems, each other's true selves, how do we do that? I am also reminded to pray for our unity. Hopefully, 20 years down the road, it's still us (and alot more people of course) fellowshiping together, persevering these short period of time on earth, that we may spend the rest of eternity together, at rest with God.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
CNY Is here !
right theophilusians ! here wishing all a blessed chinese new year !! may it be a year that our class bond would be built even stronger..and we are able to communicate more than past years ! may all be it studying or working be blessed by God ! May this year be a fruitful year for all and may we grow closer to God each day ! Of course, may our fellowship grow even stronger !!
BLESSED CNY TO ALL !!!!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Photos?
Many Many hurrays to Isaac who took the trouble to set up our class blog! Because one thing our class surely lacks is more communication :) Tsk, since I've been in Manchester, I can count on 1 hand the number of people from our class who have contacted me, don't you'll miss me? ^__^
So! I have a question. Since we now have such a wonderful space of our own on the web, are we going to put photos of our class up here too?
So! I have a question. Since we now have such a wonderful space of our own on the web, are we going to put photos of our class up here too?
Monday, February 12, 2007
GPC Jam
alritez. let's made this sweet & simple. Jeremy has set up GPC jam team ( we have yet to come up wif a new name) for our YF. Its unofficial still but our objectives is simply to share and jam music together and improve on our music skills so that we can serve God better. We jam on mostly saturdays and its always before fellowship starts @ 5pm. Our jamming session is very very near church and its jux a stone throw from church. We are recruiting more people to join if you have the passion to join this team. Currently, the team membership stands at 8. If U are interested in drums, guitars, singing or any other instruments u can use or noe..join us..let's praise God together as one ! yea.. More information, refer to our blog...
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
welcome to theophilus !
okie. Greetings to alll ! This is the official theophilusians blog specially for theophilus of GUM. For theophilusians, some admin matters to clarify,this blog will allow all theophilusians to post, upload stuff on the blog itself. Before u can do that, please get your respective access rights from me. As blogger requires a gmail please set up an account for yourself ya..send to theophilusians@gmail.com
Theophilusians ! You are strongly encourage to share on your personal QT sharings, fellowship upcoming actvities, our class outings, posting of bible study materials, songs, anything under the sun ! ( cars, fellowship matters- any comments, school stuff, work stuff etc etc ). Let's all share and impact our lives with one another !
-isaac-
Theophilusians ! You are strongly encourage to share on your personal QT sharings, fellowship upcoming actvities, our class outings, posting of bible study materials, songs, anything under the sun ! ( cars, fellowship matters- any comments, school stuff, work stuff etc etc ). Let's all share and impact our lives with one another !
-isaac-
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