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The truth about love in Hosea

The Hosea sermon series taught me that true love involves discipline, which means God’s judgment is essential for His people to repent. This was so hard for me to grasp in the book of Hosea, considering that the culture I’m in elevates tolerance and positivity, resulting in the conception of a god who never judges and is willing to live with people who don’t even truly love Him. But this is clearly not true from the book of Hosea, where God showed that He desires genuine worship from transformed lives and not mere outward religiosity (Hos 6:6).

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Posted on 14 Feb 2022

Pan Family Update to the Church – Dec 2021 –

It’s been about 4 months since Elden, Jou Ee and their boys have left Malaysia for Philadelphia, USA, for Elden’s training in Westminster Theological Seminary. In this video, they give a brief update on how things have been going for them, how they have been settling down, and their encouragement

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Posted on 5 Jan 2022

Pan Family Update to the Supporters and Tour of Westminster Theological Seminary – Dec 2021

It’s been about 4 months since Elden, Jou Ee and their boys have left Malaysia for Philadelphia, USA, for Elden’s training in Westminster Theological Seminary. In this video, Elden gives supporters a brief tour of Westminster and updates on settling down as a family. Check it out!

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Posted on 5 Jan 2022

Being a Christian is Serious Business

“I knew that if I didn’t belong to a church, I would be everywhere else but not in the household of God. Being apart from God’s people is like being a limb detached from one’s body; it will eventually rot.” This realisation was what drove Tan Kok Keong to commit

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Posted on 18 Nov 2021

Prisca’s Journey to Church Ministers’ Apprenticeship (CMA)

Pious Proud Prisca at a younger age.. Growing up in a Christian family I had always been serious about Christianity, and I would spend hours on devotion and prayers. I still remember the day when I came across Romans 3v10-11 in my devotion (10 as it is written: “None is

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Posted on 22 Oct 2021

Hope In The Face of COVID-19

On the 23rd of July 2021, at 10.45 pm, the cries of a newborn baby filled a room in the birth wards at the hospital. At 3.31kg, she was a healthy baby girl, and her mother, tired but relieved, cradled her lovingly. She was given the name, Naomi Oui Zhen

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Posted on 18 Oct 2021

How CERC’s Ephesians Series Taught Me to Wear My Armour

Andrea DavidMums GG Going through the book of Ephesians has once again reminded me of God’s immense grace and mercy towards my life as I recall how He opened up my eyes and mind to notice and question things that mattered in His perspective. When I was a teenager, I

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Posted on 4 Oct 2021

Growing Youth Ministry in a Pandemic: Getting to Know Our Youth Pastor-in-Training

Some of the youths with Pastor-in-Training, Jerome during one of the weekly physical meetings 2 years ago before the pandemic hit With the COVID-19 pandemic lasting for an indefinite period, the youth ministry at CERC has continued to meet faithfully each Saturday at 10AM to grow under God’s Word! Amidst

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Posted on 2 Oct 2021

The school of fatherhood

Some things are hard to forget. I still remember our time in the hospital when a lactation specialist was teaching Robyn how to nurse our newborn son. She had the look of a kind old lady and was just as excited as we were as new parents. At one point,

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Posted on 27 Aug 2021