Articles by

Pastor Edric Sng

Worldview

The counter-cultural Christian

So you say you’re a Christian. So what? What difference does your being a Christian make? How different is the life you are living – whether it is the person you are or the things you do –...

Relationships

Why I run from the people who love me

I’m a runner. I run from problems. I’ve come to realise that I instinctively put up my walls as defences. I distance myself and turn away from hard times. It’s so easy to run when things are...

Real Life, Real People

The gang fight that set me straight

I was a rebellious child growing up. I didn’t feel I had the love or approval of those around me. So from the age of 12, I began to be involved in a gang. It was my first taste of belonging....

News

From a hospital in Tokyo, an urgent cry for help

Maybe you’ve seen this appeal on your Facebook feed: Please help me bring my father home. You may have trouble accessing the link, possibly due to heavy traffic to the site. In short: The...

Mental Health

Why are you crying?

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot....

Apologetics

The worst of times – and the best of times

We’re living in the worst of times, and also the best of times. The question has been asked many a time: “Why is there evil in the world?” Ever since the day man rebelled against God,...

News

“I am truly sorry”: City Harvest Pastor Kong Hee

In a Facebook post late on Wednesday night (April 19), Kong Hee, the founding pastor of City Harvest Church in Singapore, apologised “to all I have disappointed, stumbled and hurt in my...

News

City Harvest verdict: How should we respond?

Here’s what the High Court decided this morning (April 7): Kong Hee’s sentence reduced from 8 years to 3.5 years Serina Wee: From 5 years to 2.5 years Tan Ye Peng: From 5.5 years to 3...

Real Life, Real People

I saw the light: How I learnt to drown out my woes in worship

About 3 years ago, I woke up barely able to see a thing. There was a sliver of light coming in from my left eye, and nothing through the right eye. The blood vessels in both my eyes had burst that...