"If we confess our sins, God...will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9) If you've ever heard the expression "albatross around my neck"-a phrase referring to a tiresome burden-you've heard an allusion to English poet Samuel Coleridge's famous poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." In the poem, a sailor … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 5th

"David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul." (1 Samuel 16:23) On November 21, 1915, the hope of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his twenty-seven crew members sank, along with their ship Endurance, into the darkness below the Antarctic ice. They were stranded thousands of miles from home. Later, the … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 4th

"It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." (Philippians 2:13) In Singapore, the government encourages people to support good causes by donation-matching. It "tops up" donations to specific charities by contributing an equal amount or more. By effectively multiplying people's contributions, it hopes to … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 3rd

"Bring all the tithes...so that...the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows...may come and eat and be satisfied." (Deuteronomy 1428-29) When Oswald and Biddy Chambers ran a Bible college in London from 1911 to 1915, they continued with their life principle of not turning away those in need. Astute Londoners were aghast at this practice, thinking … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 2nd

"Daniel prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before." (Daniel 6:10) Raw fish and rainwater. An Australian sailor named Timothy survived on only those provisions for three months. Marooned on his storm damaged catamaran, he was losing hope-bobbing 1,200 miles from land in the Pacific Ocean. But then the crew of … Continue reading Daily Scripture Series – June 1st