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December 19, 2010

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How To Go Heaven Or How The Heavens Go?

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Young, Restless & Reformed

Christianity Today latest issue : "Young, Restless, and Reformed: Calvinism is making a comeback--and shaking up the church." Woo-hooo!! I have been sensing this resurgence for some time and finally, some 'recognition' from CT. Since Malaysia did not have a strong Reformed church presence to begin with (notable exception: Gereja Presbyterian?), it would be more appropriate for me to speak of a "come-in" instead of "comeback". When I first discovered "Calvinism" during my first year of college (working at Evangel), I almost believed I was a 'lone-ranger'. Who would have thought it would be 'cool' to be Reformed now? :) As responses from blogosphere have been pouring in, here is my opinion on the trend in the local scene... (check out one beggar's bread too) Why is the Reformed faith attractive to the younger generation? Among the Chinese-speaking churches, the tireless, almost-weekly expository efforts of Stephen Ton...

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