by Ethos Institute | Sep 7, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
‘It is finished’ is the sixth of the seven words of Christ on the cross. From the late eighteenth century, meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ on the cross became a very popular form of devotion. In some churches today, the last words of Jesus are heard in...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 6, 2015 | Feature
September 2015 Feature Article Conservative Christians perceive that there are threats to the institution of the family. Most apparent are attempts internationally to redefine marriage to include same-sex unions. Cohabitation has become so common in some societies...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 6, 2015 | Pulse
September 2015 Pulse On 24 May 2015, the citizens of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage, making the predominantly Roman Catholic country the first in the world to do so by popular vote. 1,201,607 or 61% of the voters said ‘Yes’ to same-sex marriage in a...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Many Christians are familiar with the Great Commandment recorded in Luke 10:27: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with your entire mind. Love your neighbour as yourself’. This Commandment urges believers...
by Ethos Institute | Sep 4, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
For more than a decade I have made it a point during the holy week to listen to all of the extant Passions of the brilliant Baroque composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, and also his magnificent Easter Oratorio on Resurrection Sunday. Not only was Bach a musical genius who...
