Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Illness

I thought cancer would ruin me, but it gave me a new beginning

I was 34 when I was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, a type of head and neck cancer behind the nose. But what hit me like a ton of bricks that day was the news that followed: my cancer had...

Church Life

Is your ministry your identity?

Growing up, I stepped into leadership too quickly which hampered my relationship with God. I was not grounded in the Bible, lacked prayer and indeed a love for God. However, I quickly accepted and...

Illness

What good can come out of Alzheimer’s disease?

Alzheimer’s disease. The disease that robbed me of my Ah ma. The disease which came so subtly and without warning. The disease that changed my Ah ma from the inside out. For 8 years, my Ah ma...

Music

Is secular music safe for consumption?

“How do I decide what secular music is safe to listen to?” This is a question I get asked a lot. When I first made that decision to make Jesus the Lord of my life, I inevitably had to change many...

Devotionals

Buried or planted?

This week, two seemingly unrelated events converged on the same day and shed some light onto what I’ve been recently pondering. I received two packs of seeds from the National Parks to grow some...

Worldview

It’s about time

We’ve all heard it said before that “time is money”. Well, to be more accurate, I think we sell time for money. It is more obvious for professional services which charge an hourly rate,...

Real Life, Real People

Believing I was a good-for-nothing, I had given up on my future

Growing up, the only thing I remember about school is constantly being scolded and punished by my parents and teachers because I just didn’t get it. Why do angles in a triangle amount to 180°?...

Workplace

When my personality made me feel inferior

My department manager recently attended a DISC personality profile course, and wanted us to take the test too. Her aim was for us to learn about one another’s working style so that we can work...

Sermons

Loving Singapore starts in our homes: Day of His Power 2020

At the first-ever online Day of His Power, church leaders kicked off the evening with a heartfelt discussion on the state of the Church, sharing how they felt God was challenging the Body of Christ...