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Teaches Computer Science at Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

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My lunchtime meditation on 1 Kings 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.”

https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/only-one-hero.html

My lunchtime meditation on 1 Kings 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.” https://ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/only-one-hero.html

My lunchtime meditation on 1 Kings 5:3 “You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under the soles of his feet.”

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13.03.2026 05:29 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Birds at sunrise

Birds at sunrise

Bird with moon

Bird with moon

Birds with sunrise and moon this morning

10.03.2026 02:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Outsiders Inside

Outsiders Inside

Outsiders Inside
2 Samuel 23-24 ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/outs...

06.03.2026 06:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Joab murdering Amasa

Joab murdering Amasa

My lunchtime meditation on DUMC's Bible Reading Plan for today ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/.../the-hatc...

27.02.2026 06:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Consequences S: 2 Samuel 12 7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, an...

Consequences: a meditation on 2 Samuel 12
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20.02.2026 08:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US funding for global internet freedom ‘effectively gutted’ Programme that funds groups building tech to evade oppressive government controls under serious threat

Without tools to dodge censorship, regimes in 🇨🇳 🇮🇷 🇷🇺 etc. can more easily silence dissent and trap citizens behind digital iron curtains. Democracy just got harder to defend. I hope the EU steps up to the plate.
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20.02.2026 05:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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COMMENT | Cabinet's anaemic response to Azam-MACC case We need transparent probe involving MPs, report made public.

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14.02.2026 01:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Political scientist Adriana Hest on Spain’s migrant regularisation:
"Does it bother you that people who live and work here have rights and aren’t considered second-class?" — "Wow! Maybe you’re a little racist." Good news for everyone except exploiters and racists.

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05.02.2026 06:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry for your loss

31.01.2026 07:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It looks like a fluffy dog in the sky 😁

31.01.2026 07:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ahimelek and David

Ahimelek and David

A lie, a loaf, and a lesson: my lunchtime meditation on 1 Samuel 21 ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-li...

23.01.2026 06:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saul vs David

Saul vs David

How terrible is terrible?
My meditation on 1 Samuel 13-15; 2 Samuel 11-12, Psalm 51
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16.01.2026 11:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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As hate spirals in India, Hindu extremists turn to Christian targets Anti-Muslim violence has soared for more than a decade under Indian PM Modi. Now, Christians face the brunt, too.

Actually, this has been going on for a long time, it's just that AlJazeera with its Muslim focus may have just become more aware of it.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

16.01.2026 01:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Serving God When the Story Isn’t About You S:  1 Samuel 1-9 O: Despite bearing his name, 1 & 2 Samuel are not primarily about Samuel. They are part of the larger Judges–Samuel–Kings...

Serving God when the story isn't about you -- my lunchtime meditation on 1 Samuel 1-9.

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09.01.2026 07:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hophni and Phinehas slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Hophni and Phinehas slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Does God really set up people to be condemned?

My lunchtime mediation on 1 Samuel 2: ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/does...

02.01.2026 05:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When the World is on Fire: Finding Hope in Ruth S: Judges 19-Ruth 2 O: The end of Judges tells us one horrible thing after another. It starts with the Levite and his concubine avoiding “pa...

My meditation on Judges 19 to Ruth 2 ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/when...

27.12.2025 03:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US condemns Iran’s sentencing of five Christians to decades in prison, rights groups warn of deepening religious repression - SyriacPress WASHINGTON — The US State Department has “strongly condemned” the recent sentencing of five Iranian Christians to a combined more than 50 years behind bars, calling the punishments part of a broader c...

Routine religious acts like prayer, Bible reading, baptisms, Communion and Christmas are being treated as crimes. Rights groups say the charges effectively criminalise home worship. #iran #humanRights #religiousFreedom

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27.12.2025 02:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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US bombs target ISIL in Nigeria: What’s really going on? Trump says strikes are related to 'Christian genocide' but attacks on Christian farmers happened in different area.

Trump oversimplifies Nigeria’s violence as “Christian genocide,” but Al Jazeera downplays religion’s role. The truth: a messy mix of ideology, identity, politics, and state failure.
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27.12.2025 02:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ramkarpal laments lack of political will to abolish Sedition Act This follows a sedition probe against activist-artist Fahmi Reza.

The Sedition Act remains a blunt instrument of oppression — Pakatan Harapan promised reform in 2018 and 2022, yet nine years later, it’s still used to silence critics like Fahmi Reza.
#brokenPromises #seditionAct

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23.12.2025 12:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lawyers: Cops beat, burned 'suspect' who turned out to be innocent Rajesh says the legal team will seek justice for the 20-year-old.

A man was allegedly 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, only for officers to later admit he was innocent. Multiple injuries, 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Malaysia needs a 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐏𝐂𝐌𝐂 - 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞.

#ipcmc #policeBrutality

www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/76...

23.12.2025 09:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How many ways can you violate the Bible while claiming to worship Yahweh? S: Judges 17-18 O: The story of Micah of Ephraim, Jonathan the grandson of Moses, and the tribe of Dan seems like an exercise in “How many...

How many ways can you violate the Bible while claiming to worship Yahweh?

My Bible meditation during today's lunch break.

ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/how-...

19.12.2025 06:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥-𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧

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17.12.2025 16:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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COMMENT | Recognising UEC does not drain the swamp UEC issue is DAP's dog ate my homework excuse for not doing what it's supposed to.

It appears that S THAYAPARAN agrees with me www.malaysiakini.com/read4free/76...

16.12.2025 05:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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COMMENT | Different education systems really a threat to unity? Once politics enters the chat, the UEC almost becomes like a loyalty test.

UEC recognition flares again: DAP pushes it after Sabah losses, Umno warns of constitutional and language issues.

For students it’s mostly symbolic—UEC holders already enter private unis; only public subsidies matter; IGCSE excluded.

Politics: base-playing while corruption and failures go ignored.

15.12.2025 02:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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May we 𝐧𝐨𝐭 live in interesting times 😅 S: Judges 9-10 O: After Gideon, his son Abimelech killed the rest of Gideon’s sons, and usurped power, but one, Jotham, escaped, and prono...

May we 𝐧𝐨𝐭 live in interesting times 😅

My lunchtime meditation on Judges 9-10

ianlifejournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/may-...

12.12.2025 05:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lawyers tell Malacca police to focus on alleged killer cops, not dress code They criticise state police chief for not expressing same concern for alleged misconduct.

Families say evidence shows the three men were killed by cops under the Malacca chief. He should focus on the accused officers, not policing complainants’ clothing.
#moralPolicing #ExtraJudicialKillings

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11.12.2025 02:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why investigate Koh's abduction again, pastor's wife asks Gobind Liew meets with minister, urges govt to instead act on the identified perpetrators.

Why another probe? After 8 years, Susanna Liew wants what the High Court, Suhakam & the task force already confirmed: state agents took Pastor Raymond Koh. Show the truth. Prosecute the police involved. Stop delaying justice. #RaymondKoh #EnforcedDisappearance

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08.12.2025 11:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sudan group accuses RSF of raping 19 women who fled el-Fasher Sudan Doctors Network says two of the victims were pregnant and calls for immediate action to protect Sudanese women.

“Unfortunately, the age of these raped victims varies from 15 years to 23 years old.” #warCrime #RSF #sudan

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

08.12.2025 11:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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DAP MPs renew call to reform 'draconian' Sosma Critics demand swift action on concerns linked to prolonged detention powers.

“This is a clear-cut case of abuse… The purpose of using Sosma is to detain without trial, because they are not entitled to apply for bail.”
#humanRights #detentionWithoutTrial
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08.12.2025 00:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rafizi: MACC probed PKR candidates who ran against Izzah's camp He says one candidate had house surrounded, terrifying family.

Rafizi alleges PKR candidates who challenged Nurul Izzah’s camp were suddenly hit with MACC probes — including a raid that terrified a candidate’s family over a RM30k auction house. Serious questions about political neutrality.

#SelectiveProsecution #MACC #PKR
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08.12.2025 00:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0