A Tribute by Ajith Fernando 15th January 2018 On 13th January 2018 at the age of at the age of seventy-one, Suriyakumaran Williams went to be with the Master he had served so faithfully and lovingly. He had battled Alzheimer’s disease for eight years. MY FRIEND And I lost a friend of fifty years. We …
October 2005 HUDSON TAYLOR CHALLENGES TODAY’S PREOCCUPATION WITH SELF Ajith Fernando We live in an era when selfishness has become respectable in society and even in the church. In fact a lot of the proclamation of the church today seems to be pandering to human selfishness. The church in Asia is also …
a Book Note: FINISHING THE COURSE WITH JOY BY J. I. PACKER For my airplane reading on my US trip one of the books I read was a small but powerful book by J. I. Packer, Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with our Aging (Crossway, 2014). It seeks to …
This is an unedited version of chapter 17 of John Stott: A Portrait by his Friends, edited by Chris Wright (Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2011). JOHN STOTT: MENTOR AND MODEL TO EMERGING LEADERS Ajith Fernando My initial contact with John Stott was primarily through his books. I had a sense that …
September 2010 INDRAMANY SOMAPALA: THE POSSIBILITIES OF GRACE Early last Sunday morning our friend Indramany Somapala called my wife Nelun before leaving for Church. She had forgotten Nelun’s birthday and wanted to give her belated wishes. A few minutes later she was in the presence of the God she dearly loved. She …
September 2009 PRABHAKARAN GEORGE I am very sorry that it will be impossible for me to attend the funeral Prabha George, National Director of India Youth for Christ (YFC). I am very sad today because I have lost a dear friend. We have had very similar histories, having served YFC for …
A sermon preached by Ajith Fernando at the funeral of his friend and colleague Sebamalai Calistus Subendran on 9th October 2016 at the Youth for Christ Centre in Mannar. SUBENDRAN: A GOOD MAN Acts 11:24 Sebamalai Calistus Subendran was 17 years younger to me, but we were very close friends. He wasn’t …
Ajith and Nelun Fernando 26th May 2013 Dear friends, Thanks so much for the invitation for the service on April 14th. Unfortunately the long time it takes now for letters to go overseas via snail mail and my travel schedule have combined to make me miss the deadline even for the presentation …
This appeared in a Festschrift for Prof G P V Somaratne, A Cultured Faith, published by CTS Publishing, 2011 A Portrait of a Scholar Mentor Ajith Fernando I have known Professor G. P. V. Somaratna (“Prof”) as a friend and colleague since he joined Colombo Theological Seminary in 1997. I …
7th April 2005 Mrs. Hester Dain, Dear Hester, I have been hit by a nasty flu, and one of the few things I could do was to read in bed. I read your Jack’s Memoirs fully. It was so very refreshing and encouraging and healthgiving–a breath of fresh air amidst a …