Bøger af Boon-Sing Poh

The primary purpose of this book is to help the believer handle youthful lusts. The text, namely 2 Timothy 2:22, is expounded so that youthful lusts are identified, dissected, and treated with the biblical remedy. Youthful lusts are not confined to youths, i.e. those who are young in age. They are found in older Christians as well. Older Christians, who have been in the faith for longer, are expected to handle youthful lusts better. However, they must be careful not to drop their guard as the serpent in them is always ready to rear its ugly head. It will be tragic for Christians of mature years to fall into youthful lusts and sin against the Lord. Furthermore, mature Christians should understand the struggles of the youths and be ready to guide them.

Worship is a key component of the life of the church and of the individual Christian. Lack of clarity on worship will affect both. The differences among Christians on this issue have caused confusion and perplexity in many. The 'worship war' over this subject that started in 1980's has not abated. Our purpose here is not to join in the fray of this 'war' but to provide positive help on a subject so indispensable to the Christian faith. While the controversy over worship has focused mainly on music, and to a lesser extent on the Regulative Principle of worship, our scope encompasses public worship in church, and extending from there to other areas of the life of the church and the individual Christian. As with church government, we may ask, "Is there a 'jus divinum' (divinely ordained) form of worship - a system of worship that is revealed in the Scripture?" If the Bible is the sole authority in all matters of faith and practice, if it is sufficient and perspicuous (that is, capable of being clearly understood), there is a divinely ordained form of worship. It cannot be that there is no divinely ordained form of worship when there is a divinely ordained form of church government. The Regulative Principle is the application of the sole authority of Scripture to both worship and church government (1689 Confession:1:6). My thesis is that there is a divinely ordained form of worship taught in the Scripture which all New Testament churches must strive to uncover and adopt.

Many are the Christians who have been converted from a background of the Chinese Religion. Being first-generation Christians, they face many problems from their unconverted families. Help from Christian quarters concerning how to live the Christian life within the Chinese culture is hard to come by. It is hoped that this book will be of help to them. The Christian who is from a different religious background in which idol worship is practised may find this book helpful, too. >There are millions of Chinese overseas people whose culture is mixed Western and Eastern. Their languages are English and Chinese, with other languages spoken where they live. Chinese Christians themselves speak of the 'Diaspora', from the Greek word used of scattered Jews in Acts 8:1, James 1:1, and 1 Peter 1:1. Chinese people are scattered everywhere. This modest book deals keenly with the Chinese culture and religion as it is challenged by Christianity. The author's apologetic explanations are well suited to the traditionalist Confucian or Buddhist Chinese who are exposed to modern unbelief from Western sources. Samuel E. Boyle (1905-2002) Former missionary to Southern China and Japan