Chrishanthy Sathiyaraj
Visions of the past, reality of the present
1 March 2021By Ezra 3:6 we know that the altar had been erected even before the foundation of the temple was laid (due to the fear that was upon them): “On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid.” The conditions caused the Jews to first focus on what’s most important: worship, not the building. Perhaps there’s something we can learn here? We read on and arrive at verse 12: some “wept aloud when…
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United we stand in Christ
27 December 2018I still remember the humble beginnings and how my husband, Jonathan Eden and Christina Balasingham would knock on the doors of people’s homes in Southall, share the gospel, and work among the UK’s growing Tamil community. Southall Tamil Church (STC) was birthed out of this mission work, but God had a bigger plan. The evangelism led to a Sinhalese person accepting Jesus as their saviour and joining the church. This marked major progress, as it was ethnic strife between these two groups that led…
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