I remember reading in our local papers some months back about how our neighbours, Malaysia, had banned the use of the word “Allah” by Christian publications. Apparently, the word “Allah” could only be used by Muslims to refer to their God.
Adrian T
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Thu, 14 Jan, 2010
God = Allah
Posted by Adrian T under Adrian T, Controversy, Encouragement, prayer | Tags: Christianity, Controversy, God, Religion, Thoughts |Leave a Comment
Sun, 10 Jan, 2010
Christmas With The Community 2009
Posted by Adrian T under Adrian T, fellowship | Tags: Celebrations, Food, Friends, makan |Leave a Comment
A Happy New Year dear Reader.
Its now 2010 and the start of a brand new year. First post of 2010.. and defnitely a lot more to come.
Just received a CD of pictures that were taken during the “Christmas With The Community” event organized by our church.. Latreia roped in to help at the event. Some of us were hosts sitting with guests in the airconditioned comfort of the dining area while the rest of us plebs ran a hot dog stall. Never knew hotdogs were that popular with Singaporeans. Hmm.. might be a business idea in the making.
Long queues started forming in front of the stall while we were setting up and before we were even ready. Had some initial problems with power supply.. apparently our electrical appliances were overloading the circuits. Eventually, we got those sorted and we were able to start.
- adrian t
Thu, 24 Dec, 2009
Why We Celebrate Christmas
Posted by Adrian T under Adrian T, Celebrations, Controversy | Tags: Celebrations, Christianity, Religion |Leave a Comment
Christmas seems to be a controversy for some as well.. There are some who think Christmas should be disassociated from religion – one fire station in the US had to take down a Nativity scene that they put up when it was deemed to “promote” one religion over another.. while others want to ban Santa because the character is a “stooge of corporate interests and commercialism”. Then there are the debates of whether Santa Claus is a derivation of Kris Kindl or St Nicholas. Of course, all of this is nothing new. It happens all the time.
You won’t find any mention of Christmas in the Bible. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas because their primary focus was on Jesus’s life, crucifixion and, particularly, His resurrection. For two centuries after Christ’s birth, no one knew, and few people cared exactly when He was born. In those early times, Death days were important. Birthdays weren’t. Even the early Church deliberately played down His divinity and birth.
