Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Music

Should worship concerts offer VIP experiences?

Recent weeks have seen considerable furore in the Christian online space concerning the pricing strategies for Hillsong UNITED and Chris Tomlin’s upcoming concert. Tickets for their upcoming US...

Real Life, Real People

Pedal to the metal: A lifelong cyclist becomes a fund-racer for the Hethne

For nearly 40 years, Kumar has been – literally – flying the flag and blazing the trail for the Hethne community to know the love of Jesus. The lifelong cyclist is something of a fund-racer, who...

Dating

3 keys to keep Christ at the centre of your relationship

Dating is fun. There’s no doubt about it. Especially in the early days as you’re getting to know each other, through a flurry of text messages, café and movie dates, or a stroll in the park or...

Faith

Demystifying the Supernatural: Pastor Derek Hong discusses demons and the divine

What does a “spiritual attack” mean? How about “oppression” or “deliverance”? When speaking about the supernatural, terms like these would come up in conversation...

COVID-19

Being positive with COVID: What I learnt from 10 days of solitude

On October 7, I felt a sudden sore throat in the evening. I bought Strepsils and rested. I had a fever that night and it subsided by evening on the next day. I went for a prayer meeting thereafter,...

Real Life, Real People

“I was left with nothing”: How a drug abuser left the lows and highs of a rollercoaster life

TRIGGER WARNING: THIS ARTICLE MENTIONS SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE Shortly after his first taste of alcohol at 11, Thomas Koh began using drugs, all the while chasing money and power as antidotes to the...

Workplace

3 things God taught me about my motives at work

It’s been a year and a half since my last burnout. I remember the tightness in my chest, the shortness of breath and lots of tears from feeling so overwhelmed by work. After leaving that job for a...

Family

Waiting for my child: A journey through infertility

A seemingly natural, straightforward, joyful experience that so many others easily celebrate and at times casually joke about, became a clinical, drawn-out and painful journey for us. Needles, vials...

Discipleship

Rethinking what worship is in this pandemic

With church life disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a profound way, some of us miss going to church. We miss the pews, the ambience and the acoustics of a church sanctuary. While churches have...