Dear BPCWAians, Last week, we kicked off our University Campus Outreaches. Every year, BPCWA reaches out to the students in our neighbouring Universities to invite them to join us for our Worship Services and our Fellowship activities, and to speak to them about the gospel. Campus Outreach. Uniquely, God has placed this particular service in our hands for us to serve Him here. Many of our adult and young adult worshippers were also introduced to BPCWA through such outreaches. Some in our midst, having been invited to church when they first came over as international students, have come to be saved after hearing the gospel and learning God’s Word here. But for many, as you read of these announcements about
Read moreDear BPCWAians, Over the past few years, BPCWA has put in more effort by God’s grace to set up various means to enable worshippers to be well connected and informed about church activities, and to have access to sermons and Bible studies of our church. We do so with two fold purposes, having Psalm 43:3 in mind, “O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.” Firstly, we wish to aid the ongoing worship and spiritual growth of our worshippers. And we aim to make access as easy as possible, and for as many worshippers as possible. It is hence important that you are aware
Read moreDear BPCWAians, Continuing from last week, we want to answer if Christians can take Chinese medical herbs, have massages, and needle treatments. In order to answer that, we need to first look at the meaning of the terms TCM and Chinese medicine, and then understand some principles. The terms TCM and Chinese medicine. In today’s common usage and context, the term “TCM” (an acronym for Traditional Chinese Medicine) refers more to relatively recent developments in Chinese medicine’s long history. As such, though it is called “Traditional”, it may be a different form from how Chinese medicine was practiced when it first began. Chinese medicine in all its components has 4,000 to 5,000 years of history whereas this form of TCM,
Read moreDear BPCWAians, We have discussed a recent cultural performance, Eastern philosophies and ideas, and their religious undertones. Today, we want to consider a popular aspect which we cannot overlook. It is what Encyclopedia Britannica quite rightly points out, that “the significance of Yin- Yang through the centuries has permeated every aspect of Chinese thought, influencing astrology, divination, medicine, art, and government.” We want to specifically look at the area of medicine, because it can be increasingly adopted into the believer’s ideas and life without careful understanding of their background and beliefs. So what is the thinking behind Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)? Is it just traditional or religious? Let us have a closer look. The basis of TCM. Generally, there are
Read moreDear BPCWAians, We have discussed a recent cultural performance, Eastern philosophies and ideas, and their religious undertones. Today, we want to consider a popular aspect which we cannot overlook. It is what Encyclopedia Britannica quite rightly points out, that “the significance of Yin- Yang through the centuries has permeated every aspect of Chinese thought, influencing astrology, divination, medicine, art, and government.” We want to specifically look at the area of medicine, because it can be increasingly adopted into the believer’s ideas and life without careful understanding of their background and beliefs. So what is the thinking behind Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)? Is it just traditional or religious? Let us have a closer look. The basis of TCM. Generally, there are
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