Articles by

Edric Sng

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...

Discipleship

A toast to Biblical literacy

That photo? That’s my happy place. My first teh of the morning. I never say no to kaya toast. I’m meh about the eggs, but they’re part of the package. But the real reason I’m...

Discipleship

The answer is discipleship

Whatever your struggle is, whatever stage of life you’re in, whatever decision has been put before you: The answer is discipleship. The definition of discipleship is simple: It is the discipline to...

Devotionals

Time to pay the price

Redeeming the time (kairos) because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16) Man’s days are evil — full of pain and laborious trouble. Yet in between the humdrum of life, God appoints kairos...