PUBLICATIONS
THE BURNING BUSH
Volume 16 Number 2, July
2010
College News
The Far Eastern Bible College had
a blessed Day of Prayer on 4 January 2010 at the Shalom Chapel of
Calvary Tengah Bible-Presbyterian Church. The Principal spoke on the
topic, "When God Works Satan Also Works" (Acts 5:12-42). He exhorted the
students to be prepared to face opposition and hardships when they want
to obey God’s will according to God’s Word and do God’s work in God’s
way. He encouraged the students to study the life of the Rev Dr Timothy
Tow, FEBC’s founding principal, and the history of FEBC to see how Satan
has not ceased to attack the College time and time again, and how the
Lord has protected and preserved His School of Prophets for His good
purpose. So, we are not disheartened by the trials the College is
currently facing.
Life Bible-Presbyterian Church (LBPC)
had sued to evict FEBC from her birthplace and home due to FEBC’s
firm and uncompromising belief of a 100% perfect Bible today without any
mistake (the doctrine of Verbal Plenary Preservation). The case was
heard in the High Court of Singapore from 25 to 29 January 2010. There
are those who wish to silence or prevent FEBC from teaching the perfect
preservation of God’s inspired, infallible and inerrant words without
any mistake (Ps 12:6-7, Matt 5:18, 24:35). But we reply like the
Apostles of old, "We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts
5:29). "For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth"
(2 Cor 13:8). May the Lord honour our testimony for Him and preserve our
birthplace and home at Gilstead Road, "Remove not the old landmark;
and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is
mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee" (Prov 23:10-11).
In the January-April semester,
the College had a total enrolment of 391 students
comprising 115 day-time students (56 full-time, 59 part-time) from 18
countries (Australia, Cambodia, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India,
Indonesia, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Northern Ireland, Philippines,
Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam), and 276 lay students in the
"Basic Theology for Everyone" classes on Monday (1 Kings by Dr Quek Suan
Yew) and Thursday (1 Corinthians by Dr Jeffrey Khoo) nights, with an
increasing number of local and overseas students taking the online
distance learning courses.
We thank the Lord for 13 new
students in the January-April 2010 semester. They are Michael
Accadio (Ghana), Desnawati Ambarita (Indonesia), Chan Choy Leng
(Malaysia), Clement Chew (Singapore), Donald M dela Cruz (Philippines),
Samuel Eio (Singapore), Rudi Jeams (Indonesia), Kim Jung Lan (Korea),
Kim Min Shick (Korea), Kong Sing Soon (Malaysia), Lee Do Yeoul (Korea),
Nguyen Van Hieu (Vietnam), and Jonathan Poh (Singapore) from Calvary
Tengah who has enrolled to study full-time for a semester to earn his
Certificate of Religious Knowledge before starting his university
studies.
We congratulate Mrs
Janice Lai for being conferred the degree of Master of Sacred Music
by Foundations Bible College (USA) in December last year. Mrs Lai is
tutor in Church Music at FEBC.
We welcome Mrs Irene Lim to the faculty of
FEBC as English tutor to the Intermediate English class. Mrs Lim is a
qualified school teacher and holds a Diploma in English Studies from the
University of Cambridge and a BA in English Language and Geography from
the National University of Singapore.
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