LIVING CORAM DEO

The enormity of our world's needs is overwhelming, and without a compassionate heart, distressing news can appear to be just black and white. A few intractable issues mentioned here may require our prayers and action.

Come Like Little Children

Posted on Thursday, 21 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Come Like Little Children Faith is a gift from God – we could never earn God’s favour, and we could never sustain His favour through our good deeds. WE need to heed Jesus’ words and ask Him to make us like little children, receiving the free gift of faith with

What Does Depression Feel Like

Posted on Thursday, 21 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

What Does Depression Feel Like If you have never been depressed or have not lived with someone with the illness, then you possibly are not fully aware of the issues related to depression. Tim Lott, as an insider, attempts in his article, to help us appreciate what it is like

Photographing the Royal Family

Posted on Wednesday, 20 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Photographing the Royal Family This is a story not only of photographing the British Royal Family, but also an exercise in commemorating the 90th birthday celebration of Queen Elizabeth II. A result of the photo taking is the two year-old Prince George’s first stamp portrait. The photo above shows four

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Fearfully And Wonderfully Made (37)

Posted on Wednesday, 20 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Fearfully And Wonderfully Made (37) Psalm 139: 13 – 18 Couple’s therapy, interspersed with individual sessions followed for Thomas and Jane, in the ensuing weeks. With Thomas’ deteriorating mental situation, I encouraged them to discuss with their older son, Albert, about delegating their power of attorney to

God Glorified in Man’s Dependence

Posted on Wednesday, 20 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

God Glorified in Man’s Dependence The redeemed have all their objective good in God. God Himself is the great good which they are bought to the possession and enjoyment of by redemption. He is the highest good, and the sum of all that good which Christ purchased. God is the

The Science Behind Yellowstone’s Rainbow Hot Spring

Posted on Wednesday, 20 April, 2016Monday, 9 October, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

The Science Behind Yellowstone’s Rainbow Hot Spring Have you ever wondered about the beautifully contrasting colours of the Grand Prismatic Spring at the Yellowstone National Park? Although the steam it produces is not obvious in many photos depicting it, it nevertheless is well over 70C – virtually able to cook

Tulips at Gardens By the Bay

Posted on Tuesday, 19 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Tulips at Gardens By the Bay It is the strong soothing scent of hyacinth flowers that will hit you first as you enter the Flower Dome, but the stunning variety of tulips in full bloom on display till 22 May will awe and impress you. The colours are captivating especially

John 3:16

Posted on Tuesday, 19 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

John 3:16 No treatment of the atonement can be properly oriented that does not trace its source to the free and sovereign love of God. It is with this perspective that the best known text in the Bible provides us.Here in John 3:16, we have an ultimate of divine revelation

Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2016

Posted on Tuesday, 19 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2016 The Worldwide Cost of Living is a twice yearly Economist Intelligence Unit survey that compares more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services. These include food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items, home rents, transport, utility bills, private schools, domestic

World Running Out of Water

Posted on Monday, 18 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

World Running Out of Water With world temperatures rising and the abuse of presently available fresh water resources, it seems inevitable that water shortages in various parts of our planet will be the norm in the coming years. How competing rivalries over water claims will impact people and countries, as

Jesus is at the Center

Posted on Monday, 18 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Jesus is at the Center John 3:1 – 21; 4: 7 – 38 Jesus is the primary figure in both the stories about Nicodemus, a Jewish rabbi and the Samaritan woman. The striking thing about these two stories, set in parallel, is that God’s Spirit is at the heart of

Photographs April 2016 3

Posted on Monday, 18 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Photographs April 2016 3 Credits: The BBC, The Guardian, The National Geographic Society, Reuters

Encountering God

Posted on Sunday, 17 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Encountering God Genesis 28: 10 – 22 The story of Jacob is fraught with mishaps and crafty ingenuity that plays out like a tragicomedy, interspersed with morsels of God’s gracious interventions. With the discovery of his mother’s nefarious plot stealing Esau’s blessing from Isaac, Jacob was immediately sent to Rebekah’s

Great Barrier Reef Endangered

Posted on Sunday, 17 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Great Barrier Reef Endangered Having recently completed a documentary on it, Sir David Attenborough’s question, “Do we really care so little about the Earth on which we live that we don’t wish to protect one of its greatest wonders from the consequences of our behaviour?” related to the Great Barrier Reef.

Walk, Jog or Dance: It’s All Good for the Aging Brain

Posted on Sunday, 17 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Walk, Jog or Dance: It’s All Good for the Aging Brain More people are living longer these days, but the good news comes shadowed by the possible increase in cases of age-related mental decline. By some estimates, the global incidence of dementia will more than triple in the next 35

People Who Avoided Genetically Debilitating Illnesses

Posted on Saturday, 16 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

People Who Avoided Genetically Debilitating Illnesses Scientists are still learning about the course of genetically catastrophic illnesses that inevitably strike children with devastating results, and yet there are some who carry the same DNA of these diseases who grow into healthy adults without succumbing to the same disorders. This article

Jairus Comes to Jesus

Posted on Saturday, 16 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Jairus Comes to Jesus Mark 5: 21 – 24a We should never fear that God is too busy with the needs of others to pay attention to us. Even when our needs seem insignificant in comparison to the needs of others, the Lord still cares and listens to our cries.

Pansy

Posted on Saturday, 16 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

Pansy The garden pansy is a type of large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium (“the pansies”) of the genus Viola, particularly Viola tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease, a weed. The garden pansy flower is two to three inches in diameter and has two slightly

ALMA Spots Monstrous Infant Galaxies

Posted on Friday, 15 April, 2016Sunday, 20 August, 2017 by Zheluo Cai

ALMA Spots Monstrous Infant Galaxies We are living in a relatively quiet period in the history of the Universe where there aren’t any monstrous galaxies left in the modern Universe. Astronomers, however, believe that the original young galaxies matured into giant elliptical galaxies which are seen today. Current galaxy formation theories