He has shown all you people what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God.
- Micah 6:8And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God.
Archive | September, 2009
Your Malaysia Isn’t My Malaysia
Posted on 14 September 2009 by Erna Mahyuni
I hate Merdeka day. There, I said it.
I hate that people call it ‘Malaysia’s birthday’ when Malaysia didn’t exist before 16 September 1963. 31 August 1957 is the date of Malaya’s independence from British rule so please, mainstream media, can’t you at least get that right?
Though I love…
Psalm 119:105
Posted on 14 September 2009 by Peter Young
‘Your words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me, and keep me from stumbling.’ (Psalm 119:105, The Living Bible)
Do we, both individually and as families, read and seek to obey the Scriptures so that we can keep on walking in the light?…
Some Dimensions Of Love (2)
Posted on 14 September 2009 by Peter Young
In this Pointer, we will study the remaining four dimensions of the words LOVE which is mentioned over 700 times in the Bible.
4) LOVE EXPRESSED
‘Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”. He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that…
Launch Of Fast For The Nation, Peace For Malaysia 2009
Posted on 11 September 2009 by Administrator
A few friends met up some days ago and in talking about events that have happened in the country in the past year, came up with this idea: “What if on Malaysia Day we all fast for peace for our nation?”. The idea grew into a plan and now, it…
Fasting For The Nation
Posted on 11 September 2009 by Administrator
The “Fast for the Nation, Peace for Malaysia”initiative was launched today and attended and supported by Malaysians from all walks of life.
The purpose of “Fast for the Nation, Peace for Malaysia” is to invite All Malaysians to intentionally become a positive force for change by uniting in a common…
To Revile; To Revere; To Respect
Posted on 09 September 2009 by Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
Here is land. Go pray on it.
Here is land. But remember;
I do not want to see your crosses,
I do not want to hear your church bells;
Shut the lid on that age old organ,
And turn your trumpets in.
Keep your deities away from me,
Lest my…
Why We Remember Teoh Beng Hock
Posted on 09 September 2009 by Tricia Yeoh
It has been a strange year of Death for many Malaysians, culminating personally in that of Teoh Beng Hock, political aide to a Selangor Exco Member – a colleague and acquaintance of mine.
Several weeks had passed since his death, but still it is shrouded in mystery. As the inquest…
What Decides the Difference between Caning and Islamic Caning?
Posted on 08 September 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
The Home Minister, YB Hishamuddin, wished to satisfy himself that the Prisons Department could carry out the Syariah court’s order to cane Kartika, a 32 year old mother of two. He had earlier said his ministry needed to study the proper procedures before caning the model; so, he took steps…
MCCBCHST: There Must Be One Rule For All Malaysians
Posted on 07 September 2009 by Administrator
MCCBCHST (Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism & Taoism) notes with deep concern that the cowhead incident in Shah Alam is not an isolated case. Another recent example of this kind of insensitivity was when the Holy Eucharist was desecrated when certain persons went to a church, took…
On Sewage, Cow Heads and Elected Representatives
Posted on 07 September 2009 by Rama Ramanathan
On 3rd Sept 09 I was in seat 41H on SQ860. There was a stench of sewage from the toilet two rows behind me. I knew it would take a long time to find the cause of the stench and eliminate it. I needed to get to Hong Kong on…
A User’s Guide to 1Malaysia’s Galaxy
Posted on 07 September 2009 by Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
So much has happened, and so much is happening in our dear Malaysia. Where do we even begin?
Numerous questions to think about. Questions relating to to race, parties, nationalism, corruption, leadership, theft, communities, rights, violations, justice, law, greed, death, practices, policies, people.
So many questions, so many scandals; so…
Psalm 119:36
Posted on 07 September 2009 by Peter Young
‘Help me to prefer obedience to making money!’ (Psalm 119:36, The Living Bible)
Not an easy prayer to make!…
The Micah Mandate is a Christian-based public interest advocacy ministry that seeks a transformation of our nation through justice, mercy and humility.
Individual writers are free to express their own views and they alone are responsible for the views expressed in any comment or posting on this website. No individual writer represents The Micah Mandate or the institutions s/he may be associated with unless clearly stated.
Older Articles
- Towards a peaceful Malaysia: What role can Muslims play?
- 7 criteria for my choice of the next government
- 53. Steady progress for Aung San Suu Kyi
- BN’s art of war: The politics of fear and division
- Overseas Malaysians, be the cause in the matter and vote
- Promoting harmony among all
- 55. Malaysian centenarians
- Rebranding Rela into Barisan’s vanguard
- The rights of the marginalised groups must be protected
- 54. My Good Shepherd
- Secrecy will only encourage more crimes
- Justice, freedom and the Sodomy II verdict
- When I get to the polling booth (part one)
- 52. Some reactions to Anwar’s acquittal
- Judiciary still in winter of emasculation
- 51. May God bless you all in 2012
- The right to vote
- CFM concerns
Upcoming Events
- No events to show
Most Popular
Latest Comments
- Lok1 on Rebranding Rela into Barisan's vanguard Sorry to bust your bubble Micah,that's the only reason why RELA was formed ...
- Javier on The rights of the marginalised groups must be protected Greedy loggers, they will take evvery chance they get to continue logging u ...
- Javier on Rebranding Rela into Barisan's vanguard Imagine if those untrained RELA members were put into action.....it would b ...
- Allen Tan on CFM concerns Well done. ...
- Jason Kay on CFM concerns Do consider translating this (and all the other earlier statements) to BM, ...
- lembu susu on Race relations This problem arise because Najib is quiet. Perkasa n Utusan seems to have i ...
- edwin khoo on 46. In memory of Betty Young Is Betty the wife of Peter Young? I was a young pastor in the 1950s/1960 ...
- mohs nor siraj on Urgent message from PAGE Malaysia Bangsa yang berjiwa besar dan mempuyai jati diri dan berorantasikan petroti ...
- ongohing on 48. A message from my Christmas cards A brilliant idea delivering a most inspiring message! ...
- John Thomas on 46. In memory of Betty Young When I think Betty Young, I think of her sweet smile .... Thank you Mrs You ...
- Rama Ramanathan on New role-models Marina Silva reminded me of William Carey (1761-1834). “Carey was the fi ...
- Jeremiah on Worse than murtad is political apostasy Political apostasy is a paradoxical term. A politician is either faithful t ...
Archives
Submissions
If you wish to submit an article for our consideration, please send it to submissions (at) themicahmandate (dot) org. Please note that published articles may be edited. To contact us, please use the contact form.
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed
under a Creative Commons 2.5 Malaysia License.Copyrights & Disclaimers