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BPGC-Ehpesians Birthdates! QiQi - March 17th Sherwin - June 8th ShaoNing - July 18th WeiSong - August 2nd Huey - August 27th LiuYi - August 28th Xueyun - September 7th BoHan - September 18th WeiXin - October 14th ZiXin - October 30th Christopher - November 28th JiBing - December 21st previous posts Hello Celebrations Just for Laughs U boast, I boast What is not the gospel? Not of this World A long overdue blogpost Pls keep the mission trippers in prayer!! Thank God for Retreat! the past July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 July 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 September 2011 People We (should) Know! :x Daune DeZhang Edna Eunice GeokLan HueyFen JieLing Johnson LiangFa Pengs ShaoNing SuLing Group blogs!
We talk... Our Updates & Thanksgivings! HueyFen - ShaoNing -TG:rain stopped aft for so long!! :) -TG:had time to catch up with secsch/jc friend (will share with the girls next time! -PR:final year project! able to ovecome laziness and procrastination, and rly work hard for the project. part 1 due in 2 weeks time and its graded 25%! Chris - Pengs -PR:Good health throughout CNY!! JiBing - WeiSong - Sherwin - LiuYi -PR:Study for God and let Him lead thru this year. YanYi - XueYun -TG:Thank God for new year. -PR:Everyone to have enough rest. QiQi - WeiXin - ZiXin -
Our Prayers requests JiaYan -Know what to do in future. -Work hard in bible study. -Faithful to work in church. Chris -Will meditate on God's Word daily. -Start to memorise verses. Pengs -Time management, as having holidays now. -Continue to stay close to God. JiBing -Able to know whats God's plan in life. WeiSong - Sherwin - BoHan - LiuYi -Art mock exam coming thurs -Wisdom in coping with all the subject -Take good care of own body XueYun - QiQi -Willingness to step out of comfort zone and get to know abt more ppl. WeiXin -Able to serve God with a willing heart. ZiXin -Discipline in not procrastinating. -Wisdom and strength from God for daily stuffs.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 ( Happy 500th Birthday John Calvin @ 12:05 AM ) Not sure who he is? Read on to find out about this GIANT in the Christian Faith John Calvin was born on July 10, 1509 in Noyon, France. He was brought up in a Catholic family, his father had wanted him to be a priest, but after many year of studies, he was a trained lawyer. He lost his mother a few years after he was born. Not much was known about his conversion, all that he wrote was "God by a sudden conversion subdued and brought my mind to a teachable frame, which was more hardened in such matters than might have been expected from one at my early period of life" Soon after he published his most important work "Institutes of the Christian Religion", a gift from God through Calvin whose work is still read and re-read even today. One particular doctrine that he contributed much was to Christ being the Prophet, Priest and King. In 1536, war broke out in France, Calvin left France intending to go to Strasbourg, wanting to live a solitary life reading and writing. However, due to military movement, he had to detour in Geneva, spending a night there. In God's timing and plan, William Farel (another Christian at that time) knew about Calvin's arrival in Geneva and sought him. When Farel found Calvin, this is what he spoke to him according to Calvin "he proceeded to utter an imprecation[curse] that God would curse my retirement, and the tranquillity of the studies which I sought, if I should withdraw and refuse to give assistance, when the necessity seas so urgent." words in [ ] are mine. Then marks the start of the life of John Calvin, the pastor of Geneva. Calvin continued to pastor in Geneva till his death on 27th May 1564 at the age of 65. He was buried in a unmarked grave. To know more about our GAINTS in church history, I highly encourage you to read 'The Legacy of Sovereign Joy' by John Piper. It's a short, easy to read and enjoyable book. Through it you will get to know about the lives of Augustine, Martin Luther and John Calvin. A video to end off. Labels: John Calvin 0 comments |