Articles by

Pastor Edric Sng

COVID-19

COVID-19 and the threshing floor: The Church in a moment of reckoning

“Do you see all these things?” he asked. A line that could describe any of us reacting to the events of the past few weeks. Just over a month ago, the first case of COVID-19 surfaced in...

COVID-19

COVID-19 and the valley of decision: The unbearable pressure your Senior Pastor is under

Maybe your Church is running worship services this weekend, and you’re not happy about it. Is that really the wisest decision at such a time? Or maybe your Church isn’t running services,...

Discipleship

Christians in a call-out culture

Your personal opinion of Barack Obama may vary, but the former President of the United States was spot-on when he called out the prevalent culture of the day. Mr Obama derided “call-out culture”...

Outreach

Parting thoughts: The late Jim Chew on his hopes for the next generation

Jim Chew was called home to the Lord on Thursday, October 24, 2019. He was 81. The former national director of The Navigators Singapore last served in The Navigators of New Zealand as Asia-Pacific...

Life & Death

Will you be an Elliot?

You may not have heard of Elliot Soh during his too-brief life, but many of you will by now have read his final thoughts, penned just before he was called home to be with the Lord on September 28. ...

Faith

Time for our Second Passover

Singapore – we are on the cusp of the Second Passover. You understand the origins of the Passover. How, to kickstart the exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land, every firstborn in the land of Egypt...

Faith

If the Lord is God, follow Him

Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. (1 Kings...

Culture

1,000 stories later, a note from the Editor

After 578 days of this site going live, and 1.58 million pageviews from 483,000 unique visitors, this is the 1,000th story to be published on Thir.st. This old man had a dream, and somehow, a bunch...

Culture

My stay in the worst room in the world

I recently read that someone chose to stay at the worst room in Singapore. Only to moan about it and press the eject button before the night was over. Some news commentators wonder if it was a fair...