Biblical Narrative: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise We must learn to read the Bible at the level of the informed imagination — William Lane Imagination: Beyond a One-Dimensional View of the Scriptures Informed imagination, not a runaway-imagination, added Ps Edmund Chan. “Sanctified imagination” – Charles Spurgeon. Three Eye-Openers 1. What is the TONE in [...]
Seeing God The whole purpose of the Scriptures is for us to know Him! Our view of the Bible must be theological. If we miss that we are only amassing knowledge so we can put a feather in our hats. I don’t need to be more knowledgeable to be more significant. I need the knowledge [...]
Today Tessa woke up with a lot of loud passing of wind. But she didn’t cry. When I proceeded to massage her tummy, she gave that very still, pinched-mouth look. Candy says that’s her ‘bangsai’ face (special face for when she has bowel movements, for the uninitiated). But the highlight was when I started singing [...]
My brother posted this short but precious little update on his Facebook wall a couple of days after Tessa was born. I like it so much, I thought I should share it here so it gets preserved instead of being lost in the temporal rapids of wallposts and shared links in Facebook-land.
Brief notes from the dictionary meanings of our daughter’s Chinese name, plus some motivations from the Scripture. In Mandarin only for now.
July 9th is my first baby daughter’s birthday! So much happened between leaving for the labour ward and finally getting to see baby Tessa in person. I think I’ll have to fill in the details later. Allow me the exceedingly great joy to introduce to you Tessa Toh Chen Xi 卓晨僖1, born on the 9th [...]
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On the blogosphere today I was introduced to a band called Generation Letter. They will serve under the lead of worship leader Bob Kauflin this weekend at a conference in Baltimore, MD. The band members all serve their local congregation of Metro Life Church in Orlando, Florida. While Baltimore and Orlando are a long way from [...]
Whatever I have, whether I think it’s little or much, I am to be faithful over. But never let me forget that God alone gave me all that I have: my perceived strengths and weaknesses. To think that I am the master of my future is to fall into a deep idolatry. Self has become [...]
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Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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