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.
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
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.
Wed, 23 Dec, 2009
Celebrate Christmas 2009
Posted by Adrian T under Adrian T, Celebrations, fellowship | Tags: Christianity, Encouragement, Food, Friends, Life, Thanksgiving |Leave a Comment
You know the Christmas holidays are near when the lights come up on Orchard Road – stores start putting up their decorations, Christmas music is blaring at you from every shopfront and conceivable speaker in the vicinity. Get a Christmas tree! Put up the lights! Hunt for gifts for friends and loved ones. Buy! Buy! Buy! The same happening all over the world.
Latreia came together as a group to celebrate the occasion. While we had all of the outward trappings of what Christmas means to the modern world, we came together to fellowship and celebrate the event that forever changed the world – the birth of Christ.
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- adrian t
