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The Burning Bush

The Burning Bush is the theological journal of the Far Eastern Bible College. It is published bi-annually, and contains theological articles written by faculty/graduates/students, college news, and alumni reports.

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Volume 32 Number 1, January 2026 Contents EDITORIAL: CONTEXT AND MEANING AN EVERLASTING COVENANT: AN EXAMINATION OF WILHELMUS À BRAKEL’S VIEW OF THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS (Lingkang Ko) THE TONGUE AND ITS SINS: FLATTERY AND HYPOCRISY (Jonathan Ryan Hendricks) IN DEFENCE OF THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS: A RESPONSE TO A CRITIQUE OF “THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS AND THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER” (Jeffrey Khoo) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (6.2 MB)
Volume 31 Number 2, July 2025 Contents THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS AND THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER (Jeffrey Khoo) HONOURABLE HOMILETICS (Samuel Joseph) COVENANT THEOLOGY IS CENTRAL TO THE GOSPEL (Mathews Chacko) THE SINS OF THE TONGUE IN THE LIGHT OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Milton Ang) PLAYING FOUL ON FOWLER: A CLARIFICATION ON QUOTING O S FOWLER ON COURTSHIP AND UPHOLDING BIBLICAL MORALITY (Jeffrey Khoo) THE LORD WILL NOT HEAR YOU! (Jose Trinipil Lagapa II Ba-a) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (9.6 MB)
Volume 31 Number 1, January 2025 Contents PREACHERS AND HEARERS (Jeffrey Khoo) MODERN VERSIONS CONTROVERSY: HOW TO CHOOSE A TRANSLATION? (Lingkang Ko) A REVIEW OF KEPT PURE IN ALL AGES: RECAPTURING THE AUTHORISED VERSION AND THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENTIAL PRESERVATION FANNY CROSBY: HER LIFE AND SONGS (Joycelyn Chng) I REMEMBER MRS IVY TOW (Karen Lee) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (2 MB)
Volume 30 Number 2, July 2024 Contents UNITY IN TRUTH AND GRACE (Jeffrey Khoo) THE BEST LOVE SONG OF ALL: A COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SOLOMON (III) (Jeffrey Khoo) A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGEMENT OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM (Cornelius Koshy) WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH? (Rachel Ann-Lee Leong) “2084: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY”: A REVIEW (Winston Yoon-Chong Chew) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (1.5 MB)
Volume 30 Number 1, January 2024 Contents TRUTH, CHARITY, UNITY (Jeffrey Khoo) THE BEST LOVE SONG OF ALL: A COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SOLOMON (II) (Jeffrey Khoo) THE BIBLICAL PROMISES OF THE VERBAL AND PLENARY PRESERVATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (George Skariah) “GO, AND SIN NO MORE”: A SERMON ON THE PERICOPE DE ADULTERA (Gia-Hien Nguyen) THE REFORMED PASTOR AS A MINISTER OF THE WORD (Samuel Joseph) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (782 KB)
Volume 29 Number 2, July 2023 Contents THE BEST LOVE SONG OF ALL: A COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SOLOMON (I) (Jeffrey Khoo) THE PROPHET JEREMIAH AND HIS MINISTRY (Gia-Hien Nguyen) CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVEN-BOUND AND HELL-BOUND PEOPLE FROM THE SERMONS OF DR JOHN SUNG (Crisa Jane Guanzon Zagado) THE PROBLEM OF EVIL (Samuel Goh) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (1.1 MB)
Volume 29 Number 1, January 2023 Contents FEBC’S DIAMOND JUBILEE: SIXTY YEARS OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE (Jeffrey Khoo) DEMONIC POSSESSION AND MENTAL ILLNESS (Cornelius Koshy) WHY UNGODLY CHILDREN DESPITE GODLY UPBRINGING? (Thessa B Lagapa) COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (1.4 MB)
Volume 28, January/July 2022, Special Commemorative Book FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE Diamond Jubilee (1962-2022) Contents WEEKLY WISDOM: THE THEOLOGICAL AND PASTORAL WISDOM OF THE REV DR TIMOTHY TOW (Jeffrey Khoo and May-Lynn Khoo) THE SAYINGS OF THE REV DR TIMOTHY TOW SUBJECT INDEX TO THE LIFE AND TRUE LIFE WEEKLIES FEBC LIFE IN FILM THANKSGIVING TESTIMONIES OF GRADUATING STUDENTS COLLEGE NEWS	PDF (2.7 MB)
Volume 27 Number 2, July 2021 Contents HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF BIBLE-PRESBYTERIANISM: REFUTING THE REVISIONIST BIBLE-PRESBYTERIANS (Jeffrey Khoo) THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN A DISINTEGRATING WORLD (Seung-Kyu Park) THE DIVISION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: A SCRIPTURAL RESPONSE TO CALVIN’S VIEW (Shermaine Tan) SONGS IN THE NIGHT (Joycelyn Chng) College News	PDF (4.2 MB)
Volume 27 Number 1, January 2021 Contents SINGING THE PRESERVATION OF SCRIPTURE (Jeffrey Khoo) THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF BIBLICAL SEPARATION IN THE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (SINGAPORE): A RESPONSE TO BPCIS (Ling-Kang Ko) CANON REVISITED: A REVIEW ARTICLE (Joseph Robert Samuel Vijeyaraj) BIBLIOTHERAPY: THE PLACE OF THEOLOGY IN FIGHTING CANCER (Joycelyn Chng) College News	PDF (3.4 MB)
Volume 26 Number 2, July 2020 Contents FAITH OF OUR FATHER: ORAL HISTORY OF TIMOTHY TOW HSIAN HUI, FOUNDER OF SINGAPORE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIANISM AND FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE College News	PDF (4 MB)
Volume 26 Number 1, January 2020 Contents CALVINISM AND EVANGELISM (Timothy Tow and Jeffrey Khoo) BIBLICAL COOPERATION: PRINCIPLES OF PARTNERSHIP IN FULFILLING THE GREAT COMMISSION (Jeffrey Khoo) THE DOCTRINE OF PREMILLENNIALISM IN THE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Joshua Yong) THE DIDACHE AND PEDAGOGY OF JESUS: LESSONS FROM THE GOSPEL OF LUKE (Michael Koech) THE TITLE “REVEREND” (Gia Hien Nguyen) HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE TESTIMONIES (Rachel Leong and Theya Lagapa) College News	PDF (3.8 MB)
Volume 25 Number 2, July 2019 Contents BIBLICAL SEPARATION OF BIBLE-PRESBYTERIANISM (Jeffrey Khoo) THE PRESERVATION OF GOD’S INSPIRED WORDS IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (Samuel Joseph) AFRICA BIBLE COMMENTARY: A REVIEW ARTICLE (Nelson N’guono Were) IN PURSUIT OF THEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: A TESTIMONY (Michael Koech) BACHELOR OF MINISTRY DEGREE PROGRAMME FOR BCEA STUDENTS AND GRADUATES College News	PDF (1 MB)
Volume 25 Number 1, January 2019 Contents PREMARITAL COUNSEL FROM THE BIBLE (Jeffrey Khoo) TOWARDS A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL PRESERVATION (PART FOUR) (Samuel Tze-Liang Eio) THE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE PEKING COMMITTEE BIBLE EXAMINED UNDER THE TEXTUS RECEPTUS AND THE KING JAMES BIBLE (Jianwei Zhu) GREAT IN WHOSE EYES? REFLECTING ON THE MINISTRY OF THE LATE BILLY GRAHAM (Jeffrey Khoo) College News	PDF (2.7 MB)
Volume 24 Number 2, July 2018 Contents THE REFORMATION SETS FREE: FROM ECCLESIASTICAL DARKNESS TO EVANGELICAL LIGHT (Jeffrey Khoo) TOWARDS A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL PRESERVATION (PART THREE) (Samuel Tze-Liang Eio) THE EARNEST SERVICE OF AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT (Tadahito Yamazaki) College News	PDF (1.2 MB)
Volume 24 Number 1, January 2018 Contents WAS THE REFORMATION A MISTAKE? (Jeffrey Khoo) TOWARDS A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL PRESERVATION (PART TWO) (Samuel Tze-Liang Eio) LORD DENNING: A CHRISTIAN AND A JUDGE (Jeffrey Khoo) I KNOW MY CALLING: A TESTIMONY (Cornelius Koshy) College News	PDF (3 MB)
Volume 23 Number 2, July 2017 Contents A PERFECT BIBLE: DREAM OR REALITY? (Jeffrey Khoo) TOWARDS A HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL PRESERVATION (PART ONE) (Samuel Tze-Liang Eio) BE ZEALOUS FOR GOD’S SAKE (Leonard Chong-Teck Ngui) WHY “MUSIC IS NEXT TO THEOLOGY” (Timothy Tow) HEAVENLY MELODIES: HYMNS, CHORUSES AND VERSES OF TIMOTHY TOW A BELIEVING JEW OF GREAT FAITH: OBITUARY OF DR RAYMOND H SAXE College News	PDF (1.1 MB)
Volume 23 Number 1, January 2017 Contents THE CHURCH AND THE TRUTH (Jeffrey Khoo) THE HOLY COMMUNION DOCTRINE OF JOSEPH PRINCE: A CRITIQUE (Jose Trinipil G Lagapa) LIVING A CONSECRATED LIFE (Shuaiyong Wang) REFORMATION PILGRIMAGE TESTIMONY: OF MAN, MACHINE AND MOVEMENT (S M Wong) WORD, WATER, AND SPIRIT: A REFORMED PERSPECTIVE ON BAPTISM: A BOOK REVIEW (Chin-Meng Cheong) STRANGE FIRE: THE DANGER OF OFFENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH COUNTERFEIT WORSHIP: A BOOK REVIEW (Wai-Ho Yap) College News	PDF (1.59 MB)
Volume 22 Number 2, July 2016 Contents Editorial ANTIDOTE TO APOSTASY: A COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE OF JUDE (Jeffrey Khoo) PAY OR NO PAY, WE PREACH (Keng-Woo Koa) THE REV JOHN S MACKENZIE AND THE REFORMATION MOVEMENT (James Tat-Yong Tan) A PURE CHURCH: A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF ECCLESIASTICAL SEPARATION: A BOOK REVIEW (Joycelyn Siew-Miang Chng) INTRODUCTING FEBC’S IN-MINISTRY DEGREE PROGRAMMES College News	PDF (3.23 MB)
Volume 22 Number 1, January 2016 Contents Editorial THE SAVING POWER OF DOCTRINE (Jeffrey Khoo) BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DISCIPLINE (Suan Yew Quek) GREEK GRAMMAR BEYOND THE BASICS: A REVIEW (Joshua Yong) CHINESE KING JAMES VERSION: A REVIEW (Eileen Chee and Yijie Choong) THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND: A PILGRIMAGE REPORT (Samuel Joseph) TIMOTHY TOW MEMORIAL LIBRARY College News	PDF (2.32 MB)
Volume 21 Number 2, July 2015 Contents Editorial THE TRUTH OF VERBAL PLENARY PRESERVATION (Suan Yew Quek) THE BIBLE COLLEGE, THE HIGH COURT, AND THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE TRUST (Jeffrey Khoo) THE SCHEME FOR THE SHARED USAGE OF 9, 9A AND 10 GILSTEAD ROAD, SINGAPORE THE BATTLE FOR THE BIBLE BETWEEN FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE AND LIFE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS II TESTIMONIES OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS College News	PDF (12.4 MB)
Volume 21 Number 1, January 2015 Contents PROPHETS AND PROPHECIES (Jeffrey Khoo) REFORMATION PILGRIMAGE (Joycelyn Siew-Miang Chng) THE HISTORY OF CAPS AND GOWNS (Natalia Maree Belting) WORSHIP IN SONG: A BIBLICAL APPROACH TO MUSIC AND WORSHIP: A BOOK REVIEW (Eileen Siew-Juan Chee) College News	PDF (12.3 MB)
Volume 20 Number 2, July 2014 Contents THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION (Jeffrey Khoo) DEAN BURGON AND THE TRADITIONAL TEXT (Joseph Poon) THE GUIDANCE OF DIVINE GRACE IN THE LIFE OF THE SAINTS (D Breure) THE CENTRE OF YOUR LIFE (Ezra Sae-Kwang Jang) College News	PDF (1.93 MB)
Volume 20 Number 1, January 2014 Contents THE “GOD” OF KONG HEE (Jeffrey Khoo) THE CROSSOVER PROJECT OF CITY HARVEST CHURCH (Wai-Ho Yap) THE HISTORIC VIEW OF THE PERFECT PRESERVATION OF GOD’S INSPIRED WORDS (Paul S Ferguson) THE SECRET THOUGHTS OF AN UNLIKELY CONVERT: A BOOK REVIEW (Eileen Siew-Juan Chee) MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND (Carol Lee) IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CHURCH HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH College News	PDF (9.01 MB)
Volume 19 Number 2, July 2013 Contents Editorial DISCERNING THE SPIRITS BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS (Jeffrey Khoo) THE MODERN FUNDAMENTALIST ATTACK ON THE PERFECT PRESERVATION OF GOD’S INSPIRED WORDS (Paul S Ferguson) IS THE KING JAMES BIBLE COPYRIGHTED? (Christian S Spencer) REPORT ON FEBC’S 2^ND BIBLE LANDS PILGRIMAGE: IN THE STEPS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AND THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION (Joycelyn Siew-Miang Chng) College News	PDF (2.20 MB)
Volume 19 Number 1, January 2013 Contents FROM FAITH TO FAITH (Jeffrey Khoo) THE NEED FOR GODLINESS IN MINISTRY (Keng-Woo Koa) SON OF A MOTHER’S VOW: A BOOK SUMMARY (Kit-Hoong Leong) FAITHFULNESS OF GOD IN PRESERVING FEBC AND HIS WORD (Sok-Sin Chan and Kay-Heem Chan) THE FEBC STORY RETOLD (Siang-Hwa Tow) GOLDEN JUBILEE THANKSGIVING RETREAT (Ruth Mei-Ern Low) What a Golden Jubilee! College News	PDF (4.31 MB)
Volume 18 Number 2, July 2012 Contents Faithfulness in His Majesty’s Service (Jeffrey Khoo) A SHORT HISTORY OF FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE THREE EARLIER CRISES IN THE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THAT AFFECTED THE FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE The Battle for the Bible between Far Eastern Bible College and Life Bible-Presbyterian Church: Chronology of Events God Is No Man’s Debtor! (Han Soon Juan) Knowing Bible-Presbyterianism (John Leong Kit Hoong) THE ENDURING WORD: A REVIEW ARTICLE (Clement Yiming Chew) College News	PDF (1.01 MB)
Volume 18 Number 1, January 2012 Contents “Remove Not the Ancient Landmark”: The Founding and the Protection of the Birthplace and Doctrine of the Far Eastern Bible College College News	PDF (614 KB)
Volume 17 Number 2, July 2011 Contents FEBC IS Safe! To God Be the Glory Great Things He Has Done Seven Biblical Axioms in Ascertaining the Authentic and Authoritative Texts of the Holy Scriptures (Jeffrey Khoo) THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD OF GOD (Gia-Hien Nguyen) PIONEERING IN DYAK BORNEO: A BOOK REVIEW (Helen Gek-Suan Lee) “To Every Thing There Is a Season” (Su-Shiang Lo) IN THE STEPS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL: FEBC’S FIRST BIBLE LANDS PILGRIMAGE, TURKEY AND GREECE, 21-31 MAY 2011 (Suan-Yew Quek) College News	PDF (2 MB)
Volume 17 Number 1, January 2011 Contents Commemorating 400 Years of the King James Bible (Jeffrey Khoo) A BRIEF HISTORY, PURPOSES, AND GOALS OF THE DEAN BURGON SOCIETY (D A Waite) NON-RUCKMANITE ANSWERS TO ANTI-KJV QUESTIONS (Jeffrey Khoo) Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth: A Review Article (Paul Ferguson) Jesus Is Divisive: A Response to Francis Frangipane’s A House United: How Christ-Centered Unity Can End Church Division (Jeffrey Khoo) College News	PDF (641 KB)
Volume 16 Number 2, July 2010 Contents Editorial I REMEMBER TIMOTHY TOW (1920 – 2009) PERSONAL Lessons from Bible-Presbyterian Church History (Lim Seh Beng) SON OF A MOTHER’S VOW (Timothy Tow) College News	PDF (525 KB)
Volume 16 Number 1, January 2010 Contents The Legacy of John Calvin in the Bible-Presbyterian Church (Jeffrey Khoo) REPENTANCE IN SALVATION (Ko Lingkang) THE BATTLE OVER PRESUPPOSITIONS ON THE TEXTUAL ISSUE (Paul Ferguson) A CRITIQUE OF ROLLAND MCCUNE’S TEACHING ON BIBLE PRESERVATION IN HIS SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY OF BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY (Paul Ferguson) A REVIEW OF THIO LI-ANN’S MIND THE GAP: CONTENDING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN AN AGE OF LAWLESSNESS (Paul Ferguson) A REVIEW OF DAVID FOUNTAIN’S CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH: E J POOLE-CONNOR, A “PROPHET” AMIDST THE SWEEPING CHANGES IN ENGLISH EVANGELICALISM (Joseph Poon) College News	PDF (943 KB)
Volume 15 Number 2, July 2009 Contents Obituary and Eulogy PRESERVATION OF THE BIBLE: PROVIDENTIAL OR MIRACULOUS? A RESPONSE TO JON REHUREK OF THE MASTER’S SEMINARY (Paul Ferguson) ERRORS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION? A RESPONSE TO WILLIAM W COMBS OF DETROIT BAPTIST SEMINARY (Jeffrey Khoo) College News	PDF (545 KB)
Volume 15 Number 1, January 2009 Contents The Resolutions of the ICCC and SCCC on bible versions (Paul Ferguson) Bruce Metzger and the Curse of Textual Criticism (Jeffrey Khoo) God’s Problem : A REVIEW ARTICLE (Jeffrey Khoo) KING JAMES Onlyism : A REVIEW ARTICLE (Jeffrey Khoo) INTRODUCING CALVARY BATAM BIBLE COLLEGE (SEKOLAH TINGGI TEOLOGIA CALVARY BATAM) (Kiantoro Lie) My First Three Months at BCEA Tanzania (Tan Nee Keng) College News	PDF (0.98 MB)
Volume 14 Number 2, July 2008 Contents Postmodernism and the Emergent Church (Jeffrey Khoo) Kicking against the Pricks: The SCCC Contradicts the ICCC on VPP (Jeffrey Khoo) AN APPROVED WORKMAN (Dennis Kwok) An Unhappy Message (Richard Murcia Tiu) MARK THEM WHICH CAUSE DIVISIONS (Paul Ferguson) A Review of Jack Sin’s Article, “A Grave Matter: Verity, Sagacity and Clarity in the Textual Debate” (Biak Lawm Thang) FEBC-True Life 13^th Holy Land Pilgrimage (March 3-16, 2008) (Joshua Yong) College News and Notes	PDF (1.73 MB)
Volume 14 Number 1, January 2008 THE IRON DID SWIM Memoirs of Arthur E. Steele Contents Editorial / Acknowledgements Foreword 1920-1932: Birth to Mother’s Death 1932-1938: Mother’s Funeral, Living with Relatives 1936-1942: Dolores, God’s Choice, and Mine 1938-1942: High School and College 1941-1947: U.S. Army 1947-1956: Air Products 1956-1959: Faith Seminary 1962-1965: Shelton College 1966-1987: Clearwater Christian College 1987-2003: Retirement to the Homegoing of Dolores 2003-2007: Retirement after the Homegoing of Dolores God’s Covenant Faithfulness FEBC News and Notes	PDF (3.73 MB)
Volume 13 Number 2, July 2007 Contents FEBC Faculty United on Verbal Plenary Preservation (VPP) CANON, TEXTS, AND WORDS: LOST AND FOUND OR PRESERVED AND IDENTIFIED? (Jeffrey Khoo) THE NUMBERS IN EZRA 2 AND NEHEMIAH 7: A SOLUTION IN FAVOUR OF THE INERRANCY OF THE VERBALLY AND PLENARILY PRESERVED TEXT (Nelson Were) MODERN DENIAL OF PRESERVATION (Lawrence E Bray) Not Exposing Error: A Serious Error of Preachers (Prabhudas Koshy) WHY CALVIN WROTE HIS INSTITUTES (Jeffrey Khoo) 21^st Century Reformation Movement in East Africa (Jeffrey Khoo) College News	PDF (1.10 MB)
Volume 13 Number 1, January 2007 Contents Editorial INSPIRATION, PRESERVATION, AND TRANSLATIONS: IN SEARCH OF THE BIBLICAL IDENTITY OF THE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Jeffrey Khoo) CAN VERBAL PLENARY INSPIRATION DO WITHOUT VERBAL PLENARY PRESERVATION?: THE ACHILLES’ HEEL OF PRINCETON BIBLIOLOGY (Jeffrey Khoo) Lost Words in Our Bible? (Jeffrey Khoo) Inspired Textual Criticism? (Jeffrey Khoo) THE GLORY OF GOD AND EZEKIEL’S WHEELS (Paul Lee Tan) College News	PDF (407 KB)
Volume 12 Number 2, July 2006 Contents TRUTH OR LIES? (Jeffrey Khoo) IN DEFENCE OF THE FAR EASTERN BIBLE COLLEGE, THE REFORMED FAITH, AND THE REFORMATION BIBLE (Jeffrey Khoo) THE BATTLE FOR THE KING JAMES BIBLE IN THE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (S H Tow) IS THE PRESERVATION OF SCRIPTURE A DOCTRINE WORTH DYING FOR? (Michael Koech) TO MAGNIFY HIS PERFECT WORD (Gia-Hien Nguyen) BEWARE THE SIN OF PRIDE (1 CHRONICLES 21:1-17) (Nee-Keng Tan) SETTING OUR SIGHTS (Carol Lee) BOMET BIBLE INSTITUTE AND AFRICA GOSPEL UNITY CHURCH: A MISSIONS REPORT (Carol Lee) College News Class Notes	PDF (1.27 MB)
Volume 12 Number 1, January 2006 Contents Editorial THREE HEAVEN AND EARTH MOVING STATEMENTS FROM GOD’S MOUTH SETTLE THE QUESTION WHETHER HIS WORDS ARE PRESERVED (Timothy Tow) GOD’S PURITY OR MAN’S PERVERSITY—WHICH? (Denis Gibson) THE BLASPHEMY AND DECEPTION OF THE DA VINCI CODE (Jeffrey Khoo and Suan-Yew Quek) IS THE PRACTICE OF CHILD DEDICATION BIBLICAL? (Timothy Okman Ki) MOSES, A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE LORD (Arthur E Steele) FEBC 30^th Graduation Service (May 8, 2005) FEBC’s Inaugural Conferment of the Doctor of Theology (ThD) Degree at her 30^th Graduation Service, May 8, 2005 Ordination of Tan Kian Sing FEBC-BCEA 2^nd Bachelor of Ministry Graduation Service Class Notes College News	PDF (1.38 MB)
Volume 11 Number 2, July 2005 Contents Editorial “MY GLORY WILL I NOT GIVE TO ANOTHER” (ISAIAH 42:8) (Timothy Tow) A CHILD OF GOD LOOKS AT THE DOCTRINE OF VERBAL PLENARY PRESERVATION (Carol Lee) BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, NEO-FUNDAMENTALISM, AND BIBLICAL PRESERVATION (Jeffrey Khoo) CONSTITUTION OF TRUE LIFE BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Class Notes College News	PDF (1.44 MB)
Volume 11 Number 1, January 2005 Contents Editorial SOLA AUTOGRAPHA OR SOLA APOGRAPHA?: A CASE FOR THE PRESENT PERFECTION AND AUTHORITY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (Jeffrey Khoo) A CRITIQUE OF GOD’S WORD IN OUR HANDS: THE BIBLE PRESERVED FOR US (Thomas M Strouse) THE BIBLE IN A POSTMODERN WORLD (Raymond Saxe) The First FEBC Bachelor of Ministry Convocation at BCEA (May 29, 2004) FEBC 29^th Graduation Service (May 9, 2004) College News Class Notes	PDF (917 KB)
Volume 10 Number 2, July 2004 Contents Editorial EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH (Timothy Tow) JOHN OWEN ON THE PERFECT BIBLE (Jeffrey Khoo) A SCRIBAL ERROR IN 2 CHRONICLES 22:2? NO! (Robert J Sargent) DID JESUS AND THE APOSTLES RELY ON THE CORRUPT SEPTUAGINT? (Prabhudas Koshy) DID GOD PROMISE TO PRESERVE HIS WORDS?: INTERPRETING PSALM 12:6-7 (Quek Suan Yew) APOSTLES AND PROPHETS TODAY? (Ephrem Chiracho Ouchula) WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING (S H Tow) THE BEGINNING OF THE FEBC WORSHIP SERVICE AT THE RELC (Timothy Tow) College News Class Notes Book Notices	PDF (1 MB)
Volume 10 Number 1, January 2004 Contents Corrigendum THE EMERGENCE OF NEO-FUNDAMENTALISM: ONE BIBLE ONLY? OR “YEA HATH GOD SAID?” (Jeffrey Khoo) JUDGES 18:30: MOSES OR MANASSEH? (Quek Suan Yew) EXTERNAL BACHELOR OF MINISTRY PROGRAMME College News Class Notes FEBC 28^th Graduation Service (May 11, 2003)	PDF (658 KB)
Volume 9 Number 2, July 2003 Contents Editorial A STANDARD RAISED (Timothy Tow) REVISIONISM ANCIENT AND MODERN (S H Tow) A BIBLICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE “ALPHA COURSE” (Jack Sin) A CRITIQUE OF MODERN CHURCH GROWTH STRATEGIES (Prabhudas Koshy) FILIAL PIETY AND BURIAL CUSTOMS (Tan Eng Boo) BURIAL OR CREMATION? (Jeffrey Khoo) REPROBATION: IS GOD FAIR? (Chan Tuck Whye) SCRIPTURAL DIRECTIONS AGAINST MAN-PLEASING (Tan Kian Sing) THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD IN MY LIFE (Ephrem Chiracho Ouchula) College News Class Notes	PDF (541 KB)
Volume 9 Number 1, January 2003 Contents A PLEA FOR A PERFECT BIBLE (Jeffrey Khoo) BIOETHICS: WHO SHOULD PLAY GOD? (Charles Seet) PERSPECTIVES IN CHRISTIAN MUSIC (Jack Sin) MISSION OR MISSIONS? (Edward Paauwe) KEYS TO SUCCESS (JOSH 1:7-9) (Ho Chee Lai) College News Class Notes FEBC 40^th Anniversary and 27^th Graduation Service (May 5, 2002)	PDF (1.6 MB)
Volume 8 Number 2, July 2002, Special Commemorative Book TRUTH UNFAILING: A Tribute to Alma Mater In Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Far Eastern Bible College (1962-2002) Contents Editorial “EBENEZER, HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US” (I SAM 7:12) (Timothy Tow) A TIME FOR INTROSPECTION (Tow Siang Yeow) A STANDARD LIFTED UP (S H Tow) THE GENESIS OF FEBC AS RECOUNTED BY THE MALAYSIA CHRISTIAN, 1961-1962 “ FOR WE CAN DO NOTHING AGAINST THE TRUTH, BUT FOR THE TRUTH” (Timothy Tow) TRIBUTE TO OUR ALMA MATER DIRECTORY OF ALUMNI (1966-2001) THE DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY PROSPECTUS	PDF (6.12 MB)
Volume 8 Number 1, January 2002 Contents THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE: PROGRESSIVE CREATIONISM EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE (Quek Suan Yew and Jeffrey Khoo) DO MISSIONARIES DESTROY CULTURES? (Charles Seet) AN EVALUATION OF KOREAN BIBLES (Dong Soo Jung) BIBLICAL MOTHERHOOD (III): A CRITIQUE OF THE SINGAPOREAN SITUATION IN VIEW OF BIBLICAL TEACHINGS (Carol Lee) THE PRAYER OF JABEZ (Charles H Spurgeon) College News Class Notes	PDF (982 KB)
Volume 7 Number 2, July 2001 Contents “SET FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL” (S H Tow) IS MODERN TECHNOLOGY A THREAT TO CHRISTIANITY? (Charles Seet) THE CHRISTIAN VIEW ON POKEMON AND HARRY POTTER (Charlene Lim) BIBLICAL MOTHERHOOD (II): THE ROLE OF CHRISTIAN MOTHERS IN THE LIGHT OF PROVERBS 31:10-31 (Carol Lee) THE FALAM-CHIN KJV BIBLE (Robert Thawm Luai) BOOK REVIEWS (Jeffrey Khoo) College News Class Notes FEBC 26^th Graduation Exercises (May 13, 2001)	PDF (1.69 MB)
Volume 7 Number 1, January 2001 Contents BOB JONES UNIVERSITY AND THE KJV: A CRITIQUE OF FROM THE MIND OF GOD TO THE MIND OF MAN (Jeffrey Khoo) DEATH IN THE POT! (Timothy Tow) GOSPEL STRATEGY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM (S H Tow) BIBLICAL MOTHERHOOD (I): THE ROLE OF CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE SOCIETY (Carol Lee) HOW GOD LED A CHINESE GIRL THROUGH INDONESIA’S RIOTING (Linda Liejardi) College News Class Notes	PDF (1.22 MB)
Volume 6 Number 2, July 2000, Festschrift in Honour of Timothy Tow ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF TIMOTHY TOW Contents EDITORIAL A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF OUR BELOVED PASTOR—REV DR TIMOTHY TOW, by Khoo Peng Kiat A MODEL FOR ME TO FOLLOW, by Koa Keng Woo ALL IN THE LORD’S PROVIDENCE, by Arthur E Steele GOD’S ACCEPTANCE OF ABEL’S OFFERING AND REJECTION OF CAIN’S (GEN 4:1-7), by Quek Suan Yew THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES (DEUT 18:15), by Jeffrey Khoo GOD’S PROMISE TO PRESERVE HIS WORD (PS 12:5-7), by Shin Yeong Gil THE DOCTRINE OF HEALING IN THE ATONEMENT (ISA 53:4-6), by Charles Seet THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRIST’S BLOOD IN THE ATONEMENT, by Prabhudas Koshy THE SOTERIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACTIVE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST, by George Skariah THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, by Jack Sin FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE WAY TO SUCCESS IN THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, by Timothy Tow A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF THE REV DR TIMOTHY TOW COLLEGE NEWS AND CLASS NOTES	PDF (1.52 MB)
Volume 6 Number 1, January 2000 Contents LOVE DIVIDES, TRUTH UNITES (1 COR 13:6) (Jeffrey Khoo) ISRAEL’S CURRENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS (II) (John Douglas) THE MILLENNIAL TEMPLE (Prabhudas Koshy) THE PASTORAL THEOLOGY OF JOHN CALVIN (Mark Ryan) OUR BIBLE-PRESBYTERIAN FAITH AND PRACTICE (James Chan) THE UNCHANGING ROLE OF THE LADY MISSIONARY IN A CHANGING WORLD (Lehia Paauwe) College News Class Notes	PDF (846 KB)
Volume 5 Number 2, July 1999 Contents THREE VIEWS ON THE MILLENNIUM: WHICH? (Jeffrey Khoo) ISRAEL’S CURRENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS (I) (John Douglas) A GREAT DOOR AND EFFECTUAL IS OPENED UNTO US (Timothy Tow) PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST APOSTASY (Charles Seet) REMEMBERING THE MARTYRS OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION (Jack Sin) HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD? (Morris McDonald) THEOLOGICAL IGNORANCE, CONFUSION, AND ENLIGHTENMENT: A TESTIMONY (Mathews Abraham) College News Class Notes 24^th FEBC Graduation Exercises (May 30, 1999)	PDF (1.98 MB)
Volume 5 Number 1, January 1999 Contents Editorial THE UNFINISHED COMMISSION (MATT 28:18-20) (Timothy Tow) “FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS” (ESTH 4:14) (J C Maris) PETER’S EXHORTATION TO THE ELDERS (1 PET 5:1-11) (Tow Siang Yeow) REACHING OUT TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY (Pang Kok Hiong and Christian Wei) CHARISMATICS AND HERMENEUTICS (Jeffrey Khoo) HOW TO TRY THE SPIRITS (1 JOHN 4:1-4) (Charles Seet) THE PASTOR AND HIS CHURCH (Quek Suan Yew) DO YOU HAVE TRUE REST? (MATT 11:28-30) (Shim Eun Ju) CHRISTIANS IN THE CAMBODIAN HOLOCAUST (Jimmy Rim) College News Class Notes	PDF (1 MB)
Volume 4 Number 2, July 1998 Contents MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND REMARRIAGE (Jeffrey Khoo) HOMOSEXUALITY: WHAT DOES GOD SAY? (George W Zeller) THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST: HUMAN OR DIVINE? (Robert Peh) DECODING THE BIBLE CODE OF MICHAEL DROSNIN (Jack Sin) A HISTORY OF MY DEFENCE OF THE KING JAMES VERSION (Edward F Hills) HOLY HATRED (Timothy Tow) SCHOLAROLATRY (David Otis Fuller) A REPORT ON THE FEBC MISSION TRIP TO MYANMAR (JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 2, 1998) ORDAINED BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD (Andrew Kam) College News Class Notes 23^rd FEBC Graduation Exercises (May 10, 1998)	PDF (1.66 MB)
Volume 4 Number 1, January 1998 Contents AMILLENNIALISM EXAMINED (Jeffrey Khoo) ISRAEL A GREAT NATION (Timothy Tow) JOHN CALVIN: REFORMER, PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN (Paul R P Hoole) NIV CLAIMS EXAMINED: A CLOSE LOOK AT TODAY’S BESTSELLER (S H Tow) THE INSIDE STORY OF WESTCOTT AND HORT (Charles Seet) THE CRISIS OF MORALITY: EUTHANASIA AS A WORLD TREND (Mark P Ryan) CHRISTLIKENESS AS THE GOAL OF OUR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (Robert Gonga Tan) GOD’S SOVEREIGN ELECTION OF ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH: STUDY NOTES ON ROMANS 9-11 (Edward Oliver) A REVIEW OF THE GOSPELS IN UNISON (Randy Mann) College News Class Notes	PDF (1.84 MB)
Volume 3 Number 2, July 1997 Contents Editorial CONFESSIONALISM AND REVIVALISM IN THE SINGAPORE BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN MOVEMENT (Blakely Baynes Hurst) CALVIN’S CLOCK OF THE SEVENFOLD WILL OF GOD (Timothy Tow) HYPER-CALVINISM IN THE LIGHT OF CALVIN (Jeffrey Khoo) PREMILLENNIALISM (Charles Seet) CREATION EX NIHILO IN GENESIS 1:1 (Quek Suan Yew) MY SEVEN-COMPARTMENT SURVIVAL KIT IN GOD’S SERVICE (Pang Kok Hiong) GOD’S TACTIC IS HOMILETICS (Gary G Cohen) Class Notes College News	PDF (685 KB)
Volume 3 Number 1, January 1997 Contents CHRIST’S ACTIVE OBEDIENCE IN HIS SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT: AN EXPOSITION OF GALATIANS 4:4-5 (Jeffrey Khoo) A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE CHURCH OF ROME (Timothy Tow) GOD’S WORD FOR THE END TIME (S H Tow) SEPARATION AND PURITY (Yang Shao Tang) IN DEFENCE OF THE JOHANNINE COMMA (Michael Maynard) LIFE’S FOUR GREAT QUESTIONS (Brutus Balan) A SUMMARY OF ERNEST PICKERING’S THE TRAGEDY OF COMPROMISE (Kenneth D Womeldorf Jr) THE EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MYANMAR AND FAR EASTERN FUNDAMENTAL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (1983-1996) (Robert Thawm Luai) BY GOD’S PROVIDENTIAL CARE (Joshua Cheng) College News Class Notes	PDF (964 KB)
Volume 2 Number 2, July 1996 Contents Editorial SOLDIERS EQUIPPED TO GUARD AND TO DO GOD’S WILL (Howard J Carlson) NIV TURNS “LAND OF SINIM” INTO “REGION OF ASWAN” BY A TWIST OF THE BALL-PEN! (Timothy Tow) THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE (Edward Paauwe) PAUL YONGGI CHO’S THEOLOGY AND CHURCH GROWTH METHODOLOGY (Christian Wei) THE DOCTRINE OF HEALING IN THE ATONEMENT (Charles Seet) SHEEP STEALING OR SHEEP SAVING? (Prabhudas Koshy) “WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?”: LIM PUAY HIAN’S STORY I FOUND THE ONLY LIVING AND TRUE GOD (Tan Koh Teck) College News Class Notes Book Notices	PDF (1.7 MB)
Volume 2 Number 1, January 1996 Contents “OCCUPY TILL I COME” (Tow Siang Hwa) EVANGELICALS AND CATHOLICS TOGETHER IN JOHN 17:21? (Jeffrey Khoo) THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR (Timothy Tow) WHEN LOVE DIVORCES DOCTRINE AND UNITY LEAVES TRUTH (John C Whitcomb) THE PRINCIPLE OF SECONDARY SEPARATION (Charles Seet) A REVIEW ARTICLE : “BE YE HOLY”: THE CALL TO CHRISTIAN SEPARATION (Lim Jyh Jang) THEONOMY EXAMINED (Jack Sin) SAIPAN MISSION NEWS (Pang Kok Hiong) Class Notes College News	PDF (828 KB)
Volume 1 Number 2, July 1995 Contents Editorial WHY BIBLE COLLEGE? (Timothy Tow) THE LIMITATIONS OF SCHOLARSHIP (D R Breed) WHAT IS CLEAR BIBLICAL TEACHING? (John C Whitcomb) SALTED WITH FIRE AND SALTED WITH SALT (MARK 9:49) (Jeffrey Khoo) LEADING BY EXAMPLE (Thawng Nei Bil) CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF GOD (Lim Jyh Jang) FEBC-LIFE 6TH HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE: Egypt, Israel, Jordan — March 8 to 22, 1995 (Nancie Koo) CERTIFICATE OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE (CertRK) — Off-Campus Programme for Special Students CLASS NOTES	PDF (883 KB)
Volume 1 Number 1, January 1995 Contents Editorial What is Unique About the Birth of Jesus? (Khoo Peng Kiat) The Sign of the Virgin Birth (Jeffrey Khoo) John Sung and His Legacy in Singapore (Timothy Tow) Being a Good Pastor (Bob Phee) How to be Successful in the Ministry: The Example of Peter (Hpung Raw Hpung Seng) From a Farmer of Wheat to a Fisher of Men (Errol D. Stone) Going the Way of the Great Commission (Alex Wugu) Vacation Evangelism in the Riau Islands (Phoa Ang Liang) College News Class Notes	PDF (1.02 MB)

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FEBC Press

The Far Eastern Bible College Press has published over 50 works mostly authored by the faculty. All the books below are published by the FEBC Press and authored by the Principal - Rev Dr. Timothy Tow - unless otherwise stated. For books which are available for downloads, permission should be sought in writing (febc@febc.edu.sg) if any of these books are copied for distribution; but if cited in research papers or theses, proper acknowledgement of source is expected.

Christian Theology

Biblical Studies

Church History

Pastoral Ministry

Christian Theology

THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH

The Westminster Confession of Faith is perhaps the most notable expression in creedal form of the truths of the Bible. It was the work of that assembly of divines which was called together by Parliament and met in London, at Westminster Abbey, during the years 1643 - 1648. It was this assembly which also produced the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The Confession and the Catechisms are used by many Churches as their doctrinal standards, subordinate to the Word of God. The text of the Confession as given on the following pages is in the form adopted by the Bible Presbyterian Church in 1938.

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Authors: Timothy Tow & Jeffrey Khoo
ISBN: 981-04-0076-4

A THEOLOGY FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN BOOK 1: KNOWING GOD & HIS WORD

This book offers an introductory study of the nature of God and His Word. It also exposes the unbelief of Westcott and Hort, and the corruption of modern versions and study Bibles.

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Author: S H Tow
ISBN: 981-04-0524-3
Publisher: King James Productions

BEYOND VERSIONS
– A Biblical Perspective of Modern English Bibles

Today Modem Versions have all but replaced the Good Book, the King James Bible. Through years of propaganda and media persuasion, aided by the smoke-screen of “language and readability,” Christendom has been converted to Modern Bible Versions as more accurate, readable and understandable, and trustworthy, than the KJB.

Beyond Versions is a Biblical perspective of the multiplicity of versions confronting the Church today. Vital issues are at stake. To see the deeper conflict the smoke-screen of “language and readability” must be removed by the penetrating searchlight of God’s Word.

The thrust of this book was to demonstrate, beyond reasonable doubt, that only one English version, the KJB fulfilled all the criteria of a BOOK that could be regarded as GOD’S WORD, and without mistake since it is a very accurate and faithful translation of God’s inspired and preserved words in the “original languages.”

Author: Jeffrey Khoo
ISBN: 981-04-1671-7

BIBLICAL SEPARATION
– Doctrine of Church Purification and Preservation

Biblical separation (ie, the separation of the church and its members from unbelief, apostasy, and compromise) is a much neglected doctrine today. It is disturbing to note that most of the major or popular theology textbooks written in this century fail to discuss it systematically. Those that do discuss it either treat it superficially or view it negatively. A look at the Systematic Theologies currently available will bear this out. (If discussed, it is usually done under Ecclesiology, ie, Doctrine of the Church.)

The absence of the doctrine of separation in most of the Systematic Theologies is unfortunate. The apostasy of mainline denominational churches today might be due to a lack of appreciation for this vital doctrine. This work thus seeks to study the neglected doctrine of separation from a biblical perspective by presenting and commenting on the texts that propound it from Genesis to Revelation.

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Author: Gary Cohen
ISBN: 981-00-8461-7

BIBLICAL SEPARATION DEFENDED
– A Biblical Critique of Ten New Evangelical Arguments

Dr Gary Cohen’s Biblical Separation Defended published in 1966 is now reprinted with a new look and format. In his book, Dr Cohen ably exposes the doctrinal and practical errors of neo-evangelical cooperative evangelism which compromises the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you are looking for biblical answers to the common neo-evangelical arguments leveled against ecclesiastical separation, this book will be of invaluable help.

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