Paul Long's Ramblings

Thanks Doc!!! PAS REAL TARGET OF JAIS’ RAID: DUMC DISPENSABLE COLLATERAL DAMAGE By nkw PAS REAL TARGET OF JAIS’ RAID: DUMC DISPENSABLE COLLATERAL DAMAGE The war drums beat ominously. The platoons are quickly mobilized for attack. The commanders are confident that their target will be hit and destroyed given numerous artillery salvos. I am not talking about shock and awe in the Iraq war. I am talking about how JAIS and UMNO activists have carefully orchestrated their recent attacks on the Malaysian church after their illegal raid of DUMC. It is easy to be confused, especially when JAIS and UMNO activists deliberately cloud the issues with wild claims, hoping that their illegal transgression of a church will be overlooked and the innocent victim (DUMC) will somehow appear guilty, if accused repeatedly. It does not matter that till now JAIS has failed to produce any credible evidence to support the raid. JAIS seems to operate on the basis that people will end up believing lies s...

Dr. Ng Kam Weng's response to the 10 point press statement by Idris Jala. Always a helpful read To read click here.

Dr. Ng Kam Weng says is so much better than what I can manage so I will just point you to his blog posts.. Read the first link before the second http://libertysentinel.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/shhh-dont-let-neigbors-know-we-abuse-children-we-are-a-respectble-and-religious-family/ http://libertysentinel.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/malay-bibles-desecrated-by-malaysian-authorities/ I however want to add my two cents to the matter for what its worth. 1. I am glad many Malaysian Church leaders have decided to be bold and speak out and show strong leadership in correcting what I think has been letting PC and politics (as in national politics) set the tone ... I think of this episode in Acts and I leave it to you to interpret what I mean :-) Acts 16: 35-40 35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men."  36 The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can ...

Thank you Dr. Ng KW yet again! Allah Word: The Bare Historical Facts Presented By nkw Allah Word: Facts and Time-line “Why do you want to fight the Malaysian government over the use of the word Allah?” This question crops up now and then in our discussion groups. The inquirer may be well intentioned, but he is obviously ill-informed. The best answer to this question is to present the facts of history which show clearly that it is not the Malaysian Church that wants to fight the government; it is rather the case of the government pushing the Church with one demand after another until the Church’s back is pressed against the wall. The Church has no option but to appeal to the Court to seek redress and justice. I refer to the recently document ( Allah-word & the Alkitab: Fact Sheet ), just released by the Christian Federation Malaysia (CFM) on 15 March 2010 - documenting how the government has been unrelenting in its harassment of the Church for the last 30 years. To read the rest of...

Good to read Dr. Ng Kam Weng ' s article!! He was one of my favourite lecturers ever, even though at times I found him hard to follow due to overdoses of information. For those who know his reputation as a brilliant scholar, I need to add that he is a very engaging Bible expositor preacher as well! Check out his blog . It's worth your while Check out his other sites .... Kairos Research Centre and Krisis Praxis . Dr. Ng I must add as well is (despite the fact that he will "protest" this :-) ) to me a minister of God. He was one person who took the time to encourage me to think and write. I know he knew I had limitations in the academic realm but he knew nevertheless that it did not mean that I would have nothing to contribute. His getting me to write an article for the Karios magazine years ago. I just checked - it's on the Kairos website ... April 2003 was a great boost to my confidence and I think a key seed to my daring to do things like blog. Okay ...