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    True Shalom

    Shalom (שלום). As a Christian, we may have been greeted with this word at least once. There is something unique and heartwarming about being greeted with this Hebrew word. But what is it about this word that comforts the heart…

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    Did you miss the announcement?

    As announced in our Sunday Service, GBC IMPACT will reopen for in-person service this Sunday (14 Nov). Here is a detailed SOP for your attention: We encourage all visitors to update their MySejahtera before they come for Worship Services. We…

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    Is Christmas Worth Celebrating

    Is Christmas Worth Celebrating? by Jason Fam It’s that time of the year again when we see Christmas trees being decorated and put up everywhere we look. Christmas lights would light up the night sky. Carols are heard in shopping…

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    Be a Butterfly

    After many weeks of staying at home, I finally decided to go to my usual barber to have a haircut. He is from India and his family is still there, so he lives alone here. When I arrived, there were…

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    Fancy going against 400 prophets?

    Micaiah, son of Imlah. Remember the name. 1 Kings 22:1-38 tells the story of this solitary prophet contradicting 400 other ‘prophets’ in King Ahab’s court. What happens next carries important life lessons for us all.

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    Creation: from Groaning to Glory

    We are in the second half of 2021. When the pandemic started early last year, I thought that it would be a small matter and that the situation would get better by 2021. How naïve I was! The pandemic has…

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    The Dark Side Behind Christmas

    It is 5 months to Christmas but with the bleakness surrounding us now, surely, we can all do with the peace, hope and cheer that Christmas usually brings, can’t we? But I wonder, have you ever thought about the dark…

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    Why I joined Befrienders

    Last October, I decided to sign up as a volunteer with the Befrienders Penang. As a believer in mental health and a psychology graduate, it is something that I have wanted to do a few years ago. Despite the COVID…

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    The Church and Mental Health

    Recently, the suicide rate in Malaysia has been climbing. There were 631 suicide cases recorded in year 2020. The Bukit Aman CID director said in a statement on 1 July 2021 that there were 468 suicide cases between January and May…

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    Don’t hold back, let us spark Joy!

    In a world that has been ‘silenced’, all of us have been thrown into a state of apartness during the FMCO. The lyrics from the Christmas carol “Joy to the World” plays a silent tune in my mind. In Psalm…