Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Church Life

How’s your cell group doing?

With churches reopening and new opportunities to meet in person in larger groups, it’s a good time to take a step back and examine how our cell groups have been growing (or not growing) over the...

Outreach

“I’ve learnt more in two weeks than the last 24 years,” says young Singaporean who dropped everything to help Ukrainian refugees

What is it that compels a young Singaporean to hitchhike and travel rough over all the world, and most lately — right into the border of war-torn Ukraine? The voice of God, as JONATHAN NEO would...

Discipleship

Feeding your soul in a time of crisis

In my last post, I reflected on our new status as refugees from Ukraine. I talked about some of the ways that God had prepared me for this crisis and was helping me process this new reality. The...

Workplace

How God moved me to give up my business

When I first came to know God, it was not difficult for me to decide to follow Him. I was overwhelmingly grateful that He had saved me from my old life and forgave me of my sins. But a year after...

Discipleship

Mentors: My life would have been so different without them

I started out in Primary School as a really good boy. After all, I was enculturated with polished manners because of my church and mission school upbringing. However, I was very restless on the...

Devotionals

Let it out before you burn out

Our yard flooded a few times during the recent rainy season. The water was inches from both our front and back doors.  So, I decided to get hold of a pump to get rid of the water, sending it through...

Apologetics

12 things that make Christianity unique: Tim Keller

Have you ever stopped to consider what makes Christianity unique from other religions? How many points of difference did you think of? Theologian and author Pastor Timothy Keller got up to 12, in a...

Finding Purpose

I am an overseas scholar… who has no job

In Singapore, getting a scholarship is seen as the thing. Sometimes, it may be seen as the only thing. Winning a coveted scholarship seemed to be the surefire way to security, prestige and a...

Discipleship

3 beliefs we wrongly hold about Jesus

Did you ever hear these lines growing up (and perhaps even until today)? “Stop being so _________! Jesus would never do that!” “Don’t say/do that! You’re behaving like an unbeliever!”...