Gordon Cheng's blog

  My latest surgery--a stoma reversal--went for a  few hours on Frlday 12 July, 2024. There was a lot of scar tissue that was moved away, th...

 Greetings all. For the sake of completeness, let me record that I had (apparently successful) eye surgery today. If you are not interested ...

 Did an interview on facing death as a Christian, and other matters.

When I first got diagnosed with stage IV bowel cancer I was quite surprised that medical receptionists would routinely say to me, as I walke...

Happy Christmas to all. There weren't three kings. Here's a sermon I preached on that yesterday on Christmas Day, from about the 40 ...

 Greetings all.  Yes, I am in remission as mentioned in the previous post. This is the truth, and God is good! But. as also mentioned, that ...

I had some good news this week. My oncologist, having considered the PET scans from the previous Friday, was ready to say for the first time...

Last Sunday I preached on Hebrews 7, 'Will I make it to the end?' You could also call it 'International Man of Mystery'. Key...

 I preached a sermon recently about entering into God's rest, wuth carrot and stick. You can hear it from about the 23 minute mark.

 I recently did an interview with a good friend, Mark Peterson, about cancer and mission.  Mark Peterson is the director of the Church Missi...

I preached a meaningless sermon on Ecclesiastes 6-10. You can see it here from about the 33 minute mark. Oh and the cancer treatment is stil...

Actually the saying is that 'God loves a cheerful giver' (2 Corinthians 9:7) But in my case a cheerful oncologist is the next best t...

 I preached another meaningless sermon. Why meaningless? Listen from about 25 minutes, here: https://youtu.be/oFf8QZDFPIQ

 The news from my oncologist continues to be good. He is pleased with the progress of my cancer treatment, which he says is in the top 1% of...

 Not a cancer update but too good a story not to record here. (Oh, the cancer treatment seems to be progressing well although in the last tw...

I have good news and a broken bone. The two are not unrelated. The good news, in fact great news, is that I had a PET scan yesterday with re...

 You can hear the sermon here from the 25 minute mark: Three points:  1. The Holy Spirit is our Helper. 2. The Holy Spirit is a teacher of T...

 In continued good news I am still putting on weight. Given the possibility of sudden weight loss I wouldn't mind getting a bit over my ...

 You work out what’s news by looking at the headlines. ‘Dog bites man’ is not news, ‘Man bites dog’ is. Actually when you think about it tha...

I said to Fiona (my first wife) that if people hadn’t heard from me, no news was good news. She reminded me that it could also mean that I w...

 This is what prevents me from worry. "Even so, it is well with my soul."

 All sorts of people have phoned or sent messages, some expected friends, some unexpected friends, some with memories from long ago. Here is...

 I'm not sure if I've ever said anything particularly rude or inconsiderate about pregnant women in the past, in fact I'm going ...

 Due to overwhelming popular demand, another cancer update! I am home with Fi and the girls now and have been for about a week, following a ...

 This is me leaving hospital on Friday. Apparently the wheel chair was compulsory, though I'd offered to walk and help push. I'm not...

This is me, exercising by walking around the hospital ward with the other COVID-isolated inmates. No not really, but I shall be released tom...

Not too much to report. Jabs and pills. Waiting on results, maybe I'll go home tomorrow. In the meantime, whether you are great or small...

I work at CMS ( Church Missionary Society ) as an editor, and the International Director there is Peter Rodgers . I've been so thankful ...