Ajith Fernando Two people who were having an adulterous affair were confronted by a pastor friend of mine about the wrongness of what they were doing. Their response was, “How could something that feels so good, be so wrong?” My friend responded, “How could something that is so wrong, feel so good.” I am sure …
Ajith Fernando While the Bible does not dwell much on the “whys” of things like epidemics, it clearly teaches that when there is a great need, Christians must seek to be involved. Our God is a god who acts, and he often acts through us. Let us look at some biblical principles which we need …
A message on Psalm 119:137-144 from Pastor Ajith Fernando. March 19, 2017.
WORSHIP THAT HONOURS GOD Some Biblical Principles Ajith Fernando WORSHIP THAT HONOURS GOD Some Biblical Principles GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP Ajith Fernando YOUTH FOR CHRIST PUBLICATIONS …
Late 1990s GENIUS AND GRACE Ajith Fernando I’ve just read a fascinating book called Genius and Grace by Dr. Gaius Davies (Hodder & Stoughton, 1992). Dr. Davies is a consultant psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital in London and a committed Christian. He includes biographies of nine of God’s great servants who …
April 2011 SUPPORTING SRI LANKA AT THE WORLD CUP I watched the finals of the Cricket World Cup in Nepal in the company of YFC staff workers from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Though we Sri Lankans were sad to see India defeat us, we rejoiced over making it to the finals and …
Written in 2007 LINGERING IN OUR RUSHED WORLD Ajith Fernando The past three months have been very hectic for me, and for spiritual refreshment I have been reading the book, A Basket of Fragments by Robert Murray M‘Cheyne (Christian Focus Publications). M‘Cheyne died when he was 29 years old. That is …
WHEN LEADERS MAKE MISTAKES Ajith Fernando In my many years as a leader I have made many mistakes, and sometimes others on our staff have suffered because of those. I desperately pray that those mistakes will not have a permanent negative affect on the staff. Our belief in God’s sovereignty tells us that …
This is an unedited version of an article published in This We Believe: The Good News of Jesus Christ for the World, edited by John Akers, John H. Armstrong, and John D. Woodbridge (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000), pp. 120-138. BEING A CHRISTIAN: WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? Ajith Fernando Mahatma …
RESIDUAL ANGER Ajith Fernando A few days ago I realised that Paul used the words “rejoice,” “rejoiced,” “joy,” and “glad” a total of sixteen times in the Epistle to the Philippians. The great Bible scholar A. T. Robertson aptly named his classic exposition on Philippians, Paul’s Joy in Christ. This Epistle was written …