by the Khng family
Starkey Road Baptist Church, Largo Florida, held a service last year to honour five pastors’ wives whose husbands are at home with the Lord. These Christian women had served alongside their husbands ‘with effectiveness, faithfulness and distinction. Each of them was a vital part of ministries that God blessed with great abundance.’ What a testimony! The Khngs have had the rare privilege of knowing one of these great men of God and his beloved wife when the Lord first allowed our paths to cross nearly 14 years ago. Though we were ‘strangers and pilgrims’ in their land, they literally took us into their ‘heart and home’ and figuratively into their hearts.
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by Pastor John Khng
There is much confusion among Christians over the teaching of ‘Lordship salvation’. Those who teach ‘Lordship salvation’ claim that one must make Jesus Lord of his life in order to be saved. By this they mean that if a person does not surrender his life to the Lord when he receives Him as Saviour, he cannot be saved. A variation of such teaching states that there must be willingness to be controlled by the Lord at the time of salvation in order to be saved. To overcome all these confusions, we must look at the Bible for the right teaching on the way of salvation. by Bethany Khng
The church family of Mount Calvary Baptist Church was ‘settling’ quite snugly and happily at the tuition centre at Bukit Batok. We entered into our third year in 1996. The Lord has been good to us. The attendance was encouraging with some regular visitors joining our fellowship. Although we were feeling the space constraint a little, the folks were willing to put up with the inconveniences and noise problems with the thin partitions could hardly be expected to keep out. We needed more room, but where to get a bigger place, considering the difficulty of getting an “approved” place for religious activities in Singapore? And with property prices escalating, how could a young church afford to pay for a building? by Pastor John Khng
Praise the Lord that Mount Calvary Baptist Church finally owns the double-storey terrace house at No. 3 Lorong 25A Geylang, Singapore 388219. Our initial budget for a church building was $500,000 which could only buy an office space with a 99 year lease. We increased our budget to $700,000 after realising that the budget set was far too low. We prayed and scouted around for a suitable piece of property knowing that it would take a miracle from God to find a suitable place for our church in land scarce Singapore with a tightly controlled zoning law. These twin difficulties of cost and getting a change of use for a property to be used as a place of worship, have caused some preachers to give up the idea of planting any new church in our country. by Pastor John Khng
“Remember his marvelous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth:” – Ps 105:5 There were many blessings from the Lord in 1996. The first being the successful implementation of the Small Group System of Home Fellowship Prayer Meeting at Queenstown (Tuesday night) and Thomson (Wednesday night), the first group being led by the deacons and the second group being led by myself. by Bethany Khng
I would like to share 2 verses from Colossians 3:23-24. The Apostle Paul wrote, “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” He was writing to the slaves of his days for whom it was hard to throw their soul into the work. He reminded them that they were not working for men but for God. by Bethany Khng
“Mrs Khng? I am Daniel Khoo. Do you remember me?” Standing right in front of me with a bright, radiant smile, was a strapping, well-built young man who extended a hand that gripped mine in a warm handshake. He had indeed grown taller and much more matured, but that winsome smile and unsuppressed enthusiasm of his had not changed over the years. Memories of my early years teaching in Bukit Ho Swee Secondary School came back, overwhelmingly, and once again, I was in the little canteen sitting across a young lad of 14, with his head bowed in prayer as he asked Jesus to come into his heart… The year was 1974. by Lydia Lee
My husband Vincent and I have celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. (Where have all the years gone?) But I certainly would not trade now the 11th year for the first. As the years progress, it seems so wonderfully that each year has become richer and far more satisfying than before. Of course, I remember and treasure too, the special ‘tingling’ I had and the wonderful feeling of falling in love with the ‘right’ man, the first date, the first kiss, the first day of marriage, the first honeymoon, the first home. These are all memories still lingering in my heart. First experiences are never to be forgotten. The delight and wonder of spending the entire life with the right man is sweet-sweeter as the years go by. by Sister Bethany Khng
‘…We regret to inform you that your application to re-join the teaching service is unsuccessful…’ A numb, cold feeling crept in and suffused every part of my body as I held the ‘rejection’ slip limply in my hand. I stared in disbelief at the unexpected bombshell, an impersonal, 2-liner, that threatened to end my 15 years of teaching career. That was in February 1993. Today, I can still vividly recall that feeling of utter despair. It was near to grieving the loss of a loved one or some other hopeless situation, for I could never conceive myself as anything else but a teacher. Teaching was my passion. My sole aim in life is to be a Christian teacher, whom God can use in school, whose presence would make a difference in the lives of my young charges. In fact, the days following my submission of the application form to re-join the teaching service with the MOE, I was full of confidence and optimism about the future. I had painted a rosy picture, viewed through rose-coloured tinted glasses of my own making, of how privileged the pupils would be to have me as their teacher. Mentally, I had geared myself up to return to the teaching service with vigour and renewed enthusiasm after out stint of studies in America. I had a number of great plans in mind for the well-being of my ‘lucky’ students….And now, this rejection slip from the Ministry of Education has come to shatter the ‘castles built in the air’! by Betty Khng
Our family first met Dr. and Mrs. William Ward Ayer in the summer of 1985, at their lovely home in St. Petersburg, Florida. John was a ministerial student in Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, pursuing his Bachelor of Arts (Bible). We became acquainted with the Ayers through “The Marching Truth” newsletter whose editor was Dr. Ayer himself. The first “significant” letter we wrote to them was sometime in February 1984, seeking their advice concerning a good, fundamental Bible college to go to for training. |
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