Moving On

Yet again.

RBS: Basic Beliefs & Apologetics

Thank you so much for being part of the Basic Beliefs & Apologetics class. I hope you found the discussions helpful. Do continue to grow in your journey as thinkers after God's heart and mind.

Below are some links to some of the topics we discussed - please review them and think through the questions you have:

• Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus (Peter Kreeft)
• Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? (Greg Boyd)
• How Christianity "did everything wrong" : Resurrection Faith from a Social History Perspective (JP Holding)
• Jesus was Resurrected: So What?
• The Anthropic Principle (Henson Family)
• If Christianity is true, why does it need so much defending?! (Glenn Miller)
• Is Faith Irrational? (Greg Boyd)
• Is there Evidence for the Existence of the Soul? (Gary Habermas & JP Moreland)
• How was the New Testament formed? (JP Holding)
• Why does God often fail to respond to prayer?
• If Jesus didn't STAY dead, could His death have been a REAL sacrifice? (Glenn Miller)

Recommended websites:

• Stand to Reason
• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
• Tekton : Education & Apologetics Ministry (incl. responses to 52 alleged Bible contradictions)
• Christus Victor Ministries
• Answering Biblical Contradictions (from Answering-Islam)
• The Christian ThinkTank

You are absolutely encouraged to post comments, ask questions, share your thoughts, etc. Also, don't forget the "Are You A Heretic?!" quiz!

In His Warmth,

Alwyn Lau

p.s.: This blog was discontinued, but for your sake I'm opening for this post alone!

My Decade That Was (Final Upload)

10 years. Many memorable moments and phases. Here are mine:

• Meeting my wife-to-be, Chrissie, whilst working on a project at Malaysian National Insurance (2000)
• Climbing Mount Kinabalu and walking like a crab for days after that (2000)
• Getting a job in Singapore and living half a year in a hotel (2001), something repeated the following year in Jakarta
• Seeing the North - the first - Tower collapse and not believing it (2001)
• Doing a Bachelor of Divinity part-time and (finally!) putting all those books to use (2001-2004)
• Starting a part-time stint at Malaysian Care (2002)
• Staying in Jakarta for 5-6 months on a banking project (2002) and resigning by accident(!)
• Holding my grandmother's hand as she breathed her last (2002); my maternal grand-mum would also leave us 2 months later
• Preaching my first ever sermon, something on Jesus, the paralytic and his mission-impossible-minded pals (2003)
• Getting married and going through the whole 'wedding planning' project cum headache cum joyride cum celebration (2003); I guessed I'm still amazed how Chrissie can 'stand' me after about 7 years (smile)
• Beginning my journey into "post-modernism" via Leonard Sweet's Soul Tsunami (2003); I've never looked back since (though I have stopped reading Sweet)
• Becoming an 'official' teacher at Fairview International School in what would be, I suppose, a vocation-defining half-decade (2003-2008)
• Visiting San José and San Francisco and sharing an unforgetable 3-4 days with Derek, my cousin (2003), my first trip to the States (there may be another one in about 3 months' time, but I'm not holding my breath...)
• Beginning a blog (2003-2010)
• Seeing my firstborn child, Nicholas Lau, emerge from the hospital's Operating Theater after 1.5 hours of waiting (2004)
• Being part of the Emergent Christian Movement / Church / Network conversation in Malaysia and globally (2005-ish and beyond - in true emergent fashion it's kinda fuzzy, *grin*)
• Visiting Australia (2005), Thailand (2006), The Philippines (2007) for the first time
• Doing an MBA (2006-2009)
• Giving my first ever conference presentation at the International Thinking Conference in Sweden (2007)
• Seeing Tottenham Hotspur win their first trophy in 9 years! (2008)
• Joining KDU College (2008) and being introduced to a whole new world of learning (which I'm still exploring, btw)
• Holding newborn Melody Lau in my arms (2009)

It's been an adventure with God cheering and lighting the way. What comes next - I can't wait. This blog, though, has run its course. I hope it's helped some - even as I pray it hasn't angered too many! - who've visited.

Do share your best moments between 2000 and 2010 and leave the link in the Comments area if you will.

Goodbye (for now).

Alwyn