Lutheran Herald - 22nd Edition December 2016

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Internal Circulation nd August 2012 10th Edition Evangelical Lutheran Church in MalaysiaAugust 2012 22 Edition | December 2016 10th Edition

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

John said that the “Word” meaning Yahweh which is the name of God who is never an image, became flesh, a human full of grace and truth. He is saying that we (i.e. the Apostles) had seen his glory that is only possible if he was the Son from the Father. The glory of God continues to shine in us as Christians because we are one in his flesh. And that glory is the love, compassion and grace that others can see and testify.

clinic that faced one such field. He would often stand there and look at the children playing, and try to recognize them because they were all his patients at one time or another. He also observed that the older children were always pushing away the younger ones in their games. So, at his own expense, he decided and erected some playground equipments including little swings, seesaws and sliding chutes at a corner of the field.

Many of us grew up in a Taman – a planned housing project with some social amenities within reach, roads, sewerage, plumbing, and electricity. Ideally, the neighbours will be of different races. There will often be some shops, a school and a field. In one of these Taman, there was a kindly doctor who had a

The whole Taman was happy. But after sometime and a fair degree of abuse of the playequipment, one of the little boys tripped over a broken tile and cracked his right tibia and broke his large toe. There were many possible outcomes to this very painful incident. The parents could have taken the boy to the clinic

IN THIS EDITION Bishop’s Easter Message Editorial Message from Diocesan Secretary Message from Diocesan Treasurer Joy of Christmas Gravity Bishop’s DA Address

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12 Bishop’s Main Programme for 2017 14 Brief Report on 53rd Diocesan Assembly 16 - 20 ELCM Photo Gallery 21 District Pastors for 2017 21 2017- Marking 500 years of Reformation 22 ELCM Events/News Updates & Our Condolences 24 ELCM Programme for 2017 (Tentative)

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