Home ¢ Timmy Ng is a Christian Ministry Staff at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). He worships at Zion Bishan Bible-Presbyterian Church.
On the road to peace
“Violence should never be solved with peace”. 1
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Furthermore, Jesus has never taught His followers to use violence to bring about peace and in His ministry;
hese were the words that was found in the
He practised what He preached. In fact, Jesus said,
document written by the 16-year-old Protestant
“Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31). 5 When
Christian who was recently arrested by ISD for
He was about to be forcefully captured, He said,
making “detailed plans and preparations to conduct
“Put your sword back in its place… For all who draw the
terrorist attacks” against Muslims.
sword will die by the sword” (Matt 26:52). To a representative of one of the most powerful empire in
This young person had apparently spent a lot of his
history, He said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it
time online and alone, which was perhaps the cause—
were, my servants would fight… My kingdom is from
or the result—of the little face-to-face meaningful
another place” (Jn 18:36). Finally, He demonstrated how
communication he had with others.
to respond to those that sinned against Him: “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8).
It is important for young people to develop deep relationships with others from different racial, religious,
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to meet and
cultural and socio-economic groups. These deliberate
interact with an Ustaz from a mosque, to learn about
interactions will facilitate the reduction in the divides
his work among the youths attending the mosque
between social class, anxiety 3 and bias 4.
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METHODIST MESSAGE March 2021
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and since then we have gone on to become friends.
