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  Rulers’ statement a great boost for moderate Malaysia

  Oct 20, 2017

  The statement by the Conference of Rulers condemning recent divisive actions in society has won wide support from many segments of Malaysian society.

  
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  Language as opening or closing our minds

  Oct 20, 2017

  Thirty years ago, the American Educator, Allan Bloom, wrote a book entitled, The Closing of the American Mind. This was his thesis: In our secularised

  
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  The power of dreams

  Oct 13, 2017

  The world seems to be in an unhappy place these days, what with all the socio-economic and political problems we are only too familiar with. More dist

  
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  Healthy and unhealthy fear of God

  Oct 12, 2017

  Fear is a gift. It is also one of the deepest, life-preserving instincts within you. Without fear, you won’t live very long. But fear is a complex, multifaced phenomenon. Some fears help you stay alive, while others deform and imprison you.

  
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  A prayer for stillness

  Oct 06, 2017

  Be still and know that I am God. Scripture assures us that if we are still we will come to know God, but arriving at stillness is easier said than done.

  
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  Exclusion, discrimination in the name of religion distances us from God

  Oct 06, 2017

  To understand this Sunday’s parable, we need to consider the situation back in the time of Our Lord. Very often, farms and vineyards were owned by foreigners or by wealthy Israelites who lived a great distance away, usually in foreign countries.

  
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  Our struggle with riches

  Sep 27, 2017

  A number of years ago I attended a funeral. The man to whom we were saying goodbye had enjoyed a full and rich life. He’d reached the age of 90 and was respected for having been both successful and honest.

  
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  Shared destiny: Removing exploitation and renewing the nation

  Sep 27, 2017

  Now that the general election is around the corner, we can expect the various political parties to jostle for attention and canvas voters in the weeks and months ahead.

  
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  God’s command to kill the Canaanites

  Sep 21, 2017

  In his autobiography, Eric Clapton, the famed rock and blues artist, shares very candidly about his long struggle with an addiction to alcohol.

  
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  Cry of the poor, cry of the earth – and a further nod to Vatican II

  Sep 21, 2017

  First, extreme weather wreaked havoc and destruction across the world from the strong hurricanes in the Caribbean and southern United States to the typhoon that lashed Vietnam, which even spilled over into the northern part of Peninsula Malaysia.