Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Easter

The road of suffering: Jesus and His journey to the cross

Itā€™s Easter season! As Christians, this period is meant to put a special focus on Jesusā€™ death on the cross and His resurrection. However, many believers risk treating it as just another special...

News

The Covenant School: On the Nashville shooting that left 6 dead

This morning on Reddit, one of the trending posts on the platform was the body-cam footage of police officers storming a building.Ā  I viewed the clip on the way to work, and was saddened, angry and...

Movies & TV

Everything Everywhere All at Once (from the lens of Scripture!)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) swept the Oscars the other week and clinched seven accolades including the crowning achievement of “Best Picture”. Like many others, I was blown...

Family

What will it take to see reconciliation in our families?

On a night (one of the monthly #ThirstYouthNights we’re doing through 2023) that was all about reconciliation in families, I was surprised to find I was struck most by what happened before the...

Discipleship

What does taking our thoughts captive mean?

NOTE: This article discusses the biblical principle behind taking our thoughts captive. Here it’s important to distinguish that there are mental illnesses (such as anxiety, ADHD, OCD, etc.)...

Mental Health

Losing all my friends in a single quarrel, the depressive thoughts began

TW: There is mention of self-harm and suicidal thoughts in this article. Anxiety gripped me. I couldnā€™t breathe properly. My heart hurt. The turmoil was overwhelming. I knew that it was all my...

Mental Health

After the panic attacks began, I faced depression and anxiety

My heart is poundingā€¦ My hands are shakingā€¦ I canā€™t breatheā€¦ The whole world is spinningā€¦ Iā€™m gonna faintā€¦ Am I gonna die? These were the thoughts that were running through my mind when...

Family

When your Christian family is always fighting

I once heard this view about how in Christian families: the first generation is the most faithful, and with each passing generation, a natural decline in the familyā€™s faith sets in. As someone who...

Illness

When God didn’t heal my mum of cancer

I waited with bated breath for mum’s message in the hospital hallway. My phone pinged. I saw image after image of a ugly red, fungating mass in a colon. Immediately, I shrunk into my hospital...