This is my personal summary of the expository preaching of Rev.Dr.Stephen Tong on James 5:15-15 on 14 May 2006The verses talk about sickness and healing.In the first 1900 years of church history, healing for the sick was not really emphasized. In 1901, there was one person who sparked the charismatic movement. In 1905, there were 5 people. Now we have more than 200...
This is my personal summary of Rev.Stephen Tong's sharing on Session 1 of "Seeking and working out your calling in God's big picture" in GRII Singapore Retreat on 11-13 May 2006We ask this question “Who am I?” because we have a consciousness about our existence. Aristotle said that man is the only being with rationality, to do induction or deduction. Human beings are...
This is my personal summary of Rev.Stephen Tong's sharing on Session 2 of "Seeking and working out your calling in God's big picture" in GRII Singapore Retreat on 11-13 May 2006 Every human being is created distinctively, differently and individually. This becomes the foundation of the essence of existence said by Kierkegaard, “To exist is to be one and alone before God.”Following from...
This is my personal summary of Rev.Stephen Tong's sharing on Session 3 of "Seeking and working out your calling in God's big picture" in GRII Singapore Retreat on 11-13 May 2006One of the most important lessons in life is the knowledge of self. Socrates said there is no use in accumulating so much wealth if your own children were spoilt. Karl Barth also...
This is my personal summary of Rev.Stephen Tong's sharing on Session 4 of "Seeking and working out your calling in God's big picture" in GRII Singapore Retreat on 11-13 May 2006 Where is our position? If we are not located where we ought to be, we will mess up. A shift of identity is sin. This definition is based on the totality of...
This is my personal summary of Rev.Stephen Tong's sharing on Session 5 of "Seeking and working out your calling in God's big picture" in GRII Singapore Retreat on 11-13 May 2006If our life does not have a purpose, we will live wastefully. But if we believe there is purpose in life, we will seek after the purpose. The concept of sin in the...
This is my personal summary of the expository preaching of Rev.Dr.Stephen Tong on James 5:12-15 on 7 May 2006Last week we expounded on being a witness to the Truth. Lies will last a moment but Truth lasts to all eternity. All our words are heard by God who will bring us to judgment some day. Recapping the earlier chapters, James shows that faith...
