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 | March, 2011
Kebebasan Beragama
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Administrator
Note to readers:
“The Micah Mandate had posted an article entitled ‘Kebebasan Beragama’
mistaking it to be from Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Sarawak when in fact
it was from a group calling itself Sidang Injil Baru (SIB) Sarawak.
While the group did spell out its name, the affinity of its…
Press statement of Bible Society of Malaysia
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Administrator
The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) today collected 5,000 copies of the Al Kitab, the Bahasa Malaysia Bible, which has been detained by the Home Affairs Ministry (KDN) since 20 March 2009.
In compliance with a letter from KDN dated 22 December 2005, BSM imported 5,000 copies of the Al…
Is he PM of 1Malaysia?
Posted on 31 March 2011 by K. J. John
Potential general elections are a very good time for all Wayang Kulitians and all type of play actors. They get to act out their lines even more precisely. Shakespeare said all the world is a stage. Why else would Dr Mahathir Mohamad, of all people, take on the Orang Asal…
Bible Society collects stamped Alkitab – as museum piece
Posted on 31 March 2011 by Administrator
by Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Despite denouncing the federal government for “desecrating” 5,000 Malay bibles with the Home Ministry’s seal, the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) has finally picked up its two-year-old cargo worth RM70,000 from Port Klang.
The importer said the stamped and serialised bibles, which…
Protect and defend Christians’ right to use the Alkitab
Posted on 30 March 2011 by Administrator
CFM MEDIA STATEMENT
30th March 2011
We are grateful to Almighty God for bringing together Christian leaders from across churches in Semenanjung, Sabah and Sarawak to address the current controversy surrounding the impounding of Bahasa Malaysia Bibles, the Alkitab, at Port Klang and Kuching. This decision weighs heavily on us…
MCCBCHST registers our utter horror and sheer disgust over the scandalous sex video
Posted on 28 March 2011 by Administrator
28th March 2011
It is with great disgust and disbelief that we Malaysians were regaled over the last few days with the graphic narration of the existence and viewing of a 21-minute sex video to a select few masterminded and acknowledged by a trio under the pseudonym ‘Datuk T’
The…
Holy Scriptures desecrated
Posted on 28 March 2011 by Administrator
MCCBCHST MEDIA STATEMENT
25th March 2011
The Christian Federation of Malaysia’s (CFM) Media Statements of 10th and 17th March, 2011 stated that the Malaysian Christian community “is greatly disillusioned, fed-up and angered by the repeated detention of Bibles written in our national language, Bahasa Malaysia” – the Al Kitab. He…
Breaking the golden rule
Posted on 28 March 2011 by Peter Young
The golden rule is given to us by Jesus Christ in Matthew 7:12, NIV
12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
1. BREAKING THE GOLDEN RULE IN MALAYSIA
Our government has broken the…
Am I interested in Sarawak?
Posted on 28 March 2011 by Rama Ramanathan
I consider my home to be Kuala Lumpur, in West Malaysia. Today, someone asked me whether I am interested in Sarawak, a state in East Malaysia. I thought it a strange question. Malaysia has thirteen states and three Federal Territories; I was born in one of them, have lived in…
Today, will you be Christian too?
Posted on 25 March 2011 by Administrator
By Kathy Rowland
I get asked what it means to be a Christian in a predominantly Muslim society a lot.
It happens so often that I’ve actually got a standard opening line: “The Islam that I grew up with is a religion of peace and tolerance.”
It’s a response directed…
Distractions and diversions
Posted on 25 March 2011 by Martin Jalleh
The prime minister and Umno are desperate, very desperate indeed. It has dawned very hard on them that they could soon be driven out of Putrajaya and into political oblivion.
Anwar Ibrahim, the man who has been the drawing and driving force behind the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat (PR), must…
Are Christians making an unnecessary fuss over the stamping of the Alkitab?
Posted on 24 March 2011 by Ng Kam Weng
Some government officials have claimed that Christians are making an unnecessary fuss over the recent stamping of the Alkitab seized in Port Klang and Kuching.
After all, they say, the Government also requires copies of the Quran to be chopped/stamped with a notice of government approval before they are sold…
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