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Believing the Promise “BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS, AND YOU WILL BE SAVED— YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.” —Acts 16:31
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was born into a traditional Singaporean Chinese family. My parents are of Hakka descent, one of the main Chinese dialect groups. Like most Chinese families, we were brought up to worship Chinese deities. We also burned incense and offerings to our ancestors to provide for their needs in the afterlife. Such beliefs and practices are widely considered to be essentially “Chinese”—they 5
