TUHAN telah memberitahu kita apa yang baik.
Perkara yang dituntut oleh TUHAN daripada kita adalah supaya kita berlaku adil,
selalu mengamalkan kasih, dan dengan rendah hati hidup bersatu dengan Allah kita.
- Mikha 6:8Perkara yang dituntut oleh TUHAN daripada kita adalah supaya kita berlaku adil,
selalu mengamalkan kasih, dan dengan rendah hati hidup bersatu dengan Allah kita.
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The meaning and gift of forgiveness
Posted on 06 September 2010 by Peter Young
Say Sorry Day, 5th September 2010
A collective of individuals and organisations (including The Micah Mandate) are coming together to declare Sept 5, 2010, as Say Sorry Day. Everyone – in Malaysia and beyond – is encouraged on this day to seek forgiveness from and grant it to each…
Words of wisdom for Malaysian university and college students
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Peter Young
The following is an extract from the officiating address by Y.B.M. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah at the 4th Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit (MSLS) in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 31st July 2010.
Hence while you are at this conference, let me argue, that as an absolute minimum, we should call…
Jesus of the Scars
Posted on 23 August 2010 by Peter Young
Once again, we have to be reminded of the ever increasing number of Christians who are being persecuted throughout the world. I give just three examples:
1. China
Alimjan Yimit, a Uyghur Christian, has lost his appeal at the Xinjiang Court. He has been held in detention in the Xinjiang…
Marriage at 15??
Posted on 16 August 2010 by Peter Young
On Tuesday, August 3, 2010 the Malacca Islamic Council agreed to allow male Muslims below 18 and female Muslims below 16 in the state to marry, subject to gaining the permission of the Syariah Court as well as their families. The main reason given for this decision was to reduce…
Two universal rights
Posted on 09 August 2010 by Peter Young
TWO UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
K Kasturi Dewi reports in The Star, Thursday, 5 August 2010:
A housewife questioning the validity of her conversion to Islam when she was seven years old failed in her bid to have her case heard by a civil court.
Justice Yaacob Md Sam dismissed Siti Hasnah…
An important judicial review
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Peter Young
Indira Gandhi, a Hindu kindergarten teacher, has been enduring a mental, emotional and legal battle since her husband K Pathmanathan became a Muslim and took the name Mohd Rizduan. It may be a long time, (or possibly never!), before a peace treaty can be signed.
And what about the well-being…
Kad Pengenalan Malaysia – 1Malaysia?
Posted on 26 July 2010 by Peter Young
I am not well-versed in modern technology but I understand that our identity cards contain an embedded microchip. This provides all the information displayed on our MyKad – but it also has the details of our religion. Religious beliefs are only publicised on the identity cards of Muslims, where the…
Religious groups in schools
Posted on 18 July 2010 by Peter Young
On Monday 12th July 2010, Citizen Nades of the Sun reported that he had visited his alma mater, Klang High School, after a receiving a complaint that the Education Department had issued instructions that the Kelab Agama Hindu, Kelab Agama Buddhist and the Christian Union have to be dissolved immediately.…
To take or not to take – that is the question (postscript)
Posted on 11 July 2010 by Peter Young
Believe it or not, the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) held the 13th Triennial General Assembly from 21 – 23 June 2010 in SIBU!!!
The theme of the Assembly was “Upholding the Truth in Love”. The CCM renewed the mandate given to them which includes : “To be truthful…
To take or not to take – that is the question
Posted on 05 July 2010 by Peter Young
The Sibu (Sarawak) by-election was held on Sunday, 16th May 2010. On the eve of the election (15th May), the Prime Minister announced that government grants (which had already been applied for) valued at RM1.75 million would be given to four Methodist churches in Sibu. The pastors of these four…
Vuvuzela
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Peter Young
I suspect that most of us have never heard of this word until it came into its own during the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. This type of horn or trumpet has been used in Mexican stadiums since the 1970s, and it became popular in South Africa in the…
The world cup – behind the scene
Posted on 20 June 2010 by Peter Young
Just before Italy walk out of the tunnel tomorrow evening to begin their defence of the World Cup trophy, the blimp will scan its lenses over the startling panorama which surrounds the Green Point Stadium. There’s Table Mountain, there’s Robben Island, there’s the Victoria and Albert Waterfront. What a picture,…
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