Session 3 of IDMC: The Rhetoric of Story and Surprise
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) 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 [...]
Session 2 of IDMC: Seeing the GOD-picture
(The following are my notes from attending the session at IDMC by Rev Edmund Chan) 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. [...]
My brother’s little reflection on his niece
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.
女儿的名字:晨僖的意思和含义
Brief notes from the dictionary meanings of our daughter’s Chinese name, plus some motivations from the Scripture. In Mandarin only for now.
Our first baby daughter, born July 9th 2010
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 [...]
Our recent update: On God’s Mission, and baby coming anytime now!
Our most recent family and ministry newsletter is online. Do take a look.
Introducing Generation Letter, a worship band with a missional vision
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 [...]
Repent of my power and glory idolatry
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 [...]
Built castles in the sand for our ministry summit
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Dad-in-law on Internet and church
Something that my father-in-law said this morning really struck me. We were talking about my work helping to set up an online networking website to link all the marketplace Christian fellowship groups that have been around for decades, but never really collaborated for synergy. He was pointing out the occasional excuse people give for not [...]