Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Life & Death

Even in death and grief, God is still in control

I’m a 19-year-old polytechnic student who had an ordinary life just like most of my peers.  I had a good education, a wide social circle of friends and a part-time job that gave me a stable...

Tech

Singapore’s first metaverse wedding: The love story behind it and the hopes ahead

Clarence Chan (36) and Joanne Tham (32) made news last week, when they became Singapore’s first couple to get married in the metaverse. The Chans were married in a hybrid “phygital” wedding....

Real Life, Real People

How a valedictorian became a missionary: Swopping a master’s for her Master’s will

Before I came into university, I was still a very young Christian. I accepted Christ when I was six or seven years old, but it was only when I was 17 that God started placing a desire within me to...

Work

#5to9: Are we falling for another productivity trap?

Even as “Quiet Quitting” and other lifestyle trends challenge how people approach work, other trends relating to rest and off-work hours are beginning to surface. The latest of these is...

Money Matters

I lost a huge sum of money, but God looked after me

At the start of 2021, I had to leave my job amid the pandemic because my dad had asked me to go back home to Malaysia to help with a family affair. By then, I had been working with my employer in...

Personalities

God saved the Queen: The enduring faith of the late Queen Elizabeth II

I was watching the Arsenal game last night when something unprecedented happened.  At half-time, before kicking off the second half, both Arsenal FC (widely rumoured to be the Queen’s...

Outreach

#Revival1972: Church leaders’ hopes and prayers for the next generation

When I was growing up, my father told me something that always stayed with me. He said: “Every generation must be better than the one that came before it. Son, you must be better than...

Dating

How important is physical attraction in a relationship?

“Cliff, do you realise all the girls that you used to pursue have one thing in common? They all have long hair. I have long hair.” This was Wai Jia’s response after seeing the pictures of the...

Outreach

What obstacles to revival does the next generation face?

In our #Revival1972 series so far, we’ve featured the testimonies and stories of the folks who were right there when it happened at the Clocktower, the generation that experienced the...