“We are living in an age that dislikes precision and definitions. It is an age that is anti-theological, anti-doctrinal and which dislikes propositions and exact knowledge. It is a lazy age in every respect, a sentimental, sloppy age, an age that wants entertainment and dislikes effort” (DM Lloyd-Jones on Romans 10:3, “Romans,” p. 29) by […]

by Elder Peter Lim It doesn’t take a parent to realize that newborn babies require milk to grow before graduating into mushy versions of adult food. Before you know it, they are able to eat solid food. That’s the imagery that is given to us in relation to or spiritual maturity in 1 Cor. 3:1-3: […]

by Elder Peter Lim Christianity is inherently social in nature. Not only are we to relate to God Himself, but we Christians are to relate to one another in much the same way: with love. This love manifests itself with all the “one anothers” found in the Bible. With the technology that’s available today, more […]

by Elder Peter Lim Is it a sin for a Christian to own a Rolls Royce? Is it a sin to get a tattoo or body piercings? Is it a sin to play video games or watch TV for 24 hours straight? Is it a sin to _______? Whatever you fill the blank with, questions […]

by Elder Peter Lim In my previous article, I focused on the changes that occur in a Christian’s heart as he matures spiritually. Today I’d like to focus on changes that occur within Christian circles of friends. There are many different circumstances that lead Christians to decide whether to stay at the church of their […]

by Elder Peter Lim One of the more popular praise songs of the 1980s involved the words, “He’s changing me, my precious Jesus, I’m not the same person that I used to be…” People change. There are good changes and bad changes. Good changes are always a result of the gracious work of God in […]

by Elder Peter Lim After having dealt with the prerequisite for Spiritual Maturity, we now move on to the phase of life that will consume all Christians until the day we die: Growing in the Lord. According to Gal. 1:15-18 , soon after Paul first saw the light, he went away to Arabia for three […]

by Elder Peter Lim For the first real article in this series (as opposed to the introduction), I wanted to get us all on the same page with respect to the only real prerequisite for spiritual maturity by stating the obvious: one must be genuinely a Christian before one can truly recognize the signs of […]

by Elder Peter Lim Growing as a Christian is one of the great joys of a Christian’s life. Understanding that we were dead in our sins in which we formerly walked, it ought to be expected that redeemed people would live differently than the world does (Eph. 2). This makes a lot of sense because […]