Kylie Yip

Kylie is living with her husband, Andy, and three small children in Sydney's Greater West. Together they serve with the saints at Campsie Chinese Congregational Church, where Andy is the pastor of the English-speaking youth service. Amidst the many joys and challenges of life, she is constantly reminded that Jesus is himself—the living, sovereign Lord of all, working his gracious plans out in the lives of schmucks like us. She is also really thankful for Rooibos tea!

Pleasure (and Power and Pride)

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In my last two articles, I wrote about Pride and Power and my aim in each was to warn us of the danger of shielding ourselves from the God who is Love. I argued that Pride turns us away from our Creator so that the reality of our smallness and dependence…

Power and pride

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In recent years I have become downwardly mobile, that is to say I used to be able to do more than what I can do now. Two words: small children. I mean I used to be able to go to the shops and even to the bathroom whenever I felt like it. Now there are very…

Pride: Its root and fruit

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In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis claims that pride is the great sin.[1] When I re-read this recently, I thought he was exaggerating. After some more reflection, however, I have come to the conclusion that he is right, that pride is in…

Communicating Christmas

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A good friend has recently become a Christian. As she and her then boyfriend (who has had a mixed experience of Christianity) came home from church one night, she bubbled over with excitement about the sermon: “Wasn’t it so great to be reminded…

Is Christianity a tribe?

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What’s a tribe?  Well, whenever a woman tells me she studied Science, Engineering or Maths at university, and I reply that I too studied Engineering, there’s a moment of “aha…!”. Suddenly the relationship becomes more open as there’s a bunch…