Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Personalities

Dead at 72: Timothy Keller

On Friday, 19 May 2023, Pastor Timothy Keller went to be with the Lord after a three-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.  Based in New York, Pastor Keller was a spearhead for...

Church Life

5 tips for a smooth transition between church communities

I hate transitions. I have never been the kind of person who looks forward to new changes in life. To me, transitions are painful because they often involve bidding goodbye to things that I have...

University

SMU Business freshman: I’m learning to do university with God

As a freshman undergraduate at SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business, I realise that many of my Christian friends experience a certain tension between their identity as a Christian and their identity...

Worldview

On kingdoms and empires

Sometimes I do wonder, when we read through the Bible, whether the significance of kingdoms and empires are lost on us modern readers. It’s common for believers today to use the word...

Finding Purpose

Personal calling: 3 stories of finding purpose

Many people believe that success is the ultimate goal in life. Success, then, is often measured by things like material possessions, status and popularity. With these standards in mind, some...

Mental Health

Walking with God through Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Jolting up in the night with blurred vision Twitching Chest pains Pain in the arm that felt like a heart attack Feeling constantly on edge Facial numbness Tingling in the limbs Migraines When I found...

Dating

Are we over-spiritualising our love lives?

In Bible College (or “Bridal College” as it’s also known), I was asked out on a date by a guy whom I had clearly stuck in the friend-zone list. But my friends encouraged us to be together...

Secondary

Go church? I need to study!

“It’s just two weeks! Missing two weeks of church to study wouldn’t hurt!” my mother used to tell me during the examination season. I was stumped whenever she said that. It was as if God was...

Outreach

“Evangelism is a journey of repeated disobedience to fear”: Evangelist David Loh on sharing the Gospel online

If you haven’t joined us yet for Thir.st Youth Nights, you really should come check it out every (third Thursday of each month except June and December). It’s been awesome and the April...