Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Surveys & Reports

Grades do not define you, excellence does

Prior to going full-time in church, I was a teacher in ACS (Barker Road) where I had the privilege of working under a principal who is such a spiritual giant.  Mr Peter Tan is a principal whose...

Movies & TV

Oppenheimer: What the dark side of humanity can tell us about life

“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” Isn’t that quite a mind-blowing and scary remark to make about yourself? Yet this is what renowned scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer is...

Disabilities

What could drive a father to strangle his sons? A lonely desperation I know all too well

Reading about how Xavier Yap strangled his two autistic twin sons to “relieve” the caregiving burden on his wife, 32-year-old ABIGAIL LEE broke down and wept uncontrollably. As someone...

Secondary

A good education isn’t about grades

Ahead of this month’s Thir.st Youth Night that’s all about education, we sat down with PETER TAN, a four-decade veteran educator who has served as a principal for 24 years across schools...

Worldview

Young Singaporeans, what can we do for our country?

Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country! Those famous words were spoken at US President John F. Kennedy’s legendary inaugural address. As we celebrate...

Church Life

Gen Z believer: My hopes for young Christians in Singapore

I am a proud member of Gen Z (just about) and already have a decent sensing of how our generation stands out, whether it’s through our unique monopoly on TikTok silliness, the 0.5 selfie or our...

Missions

Antioch Summit: It’s time to turn the tide

Church, we have a grave and growing problem in the area of missions. At the turn of the millennium (1990-2000), Singapore was ranked by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary as the number one...

Missions

Come and play a game with us that’s all about missions

Missions has always been something upon my heart, even when I was in university! But back then, I had this idyllic idea of what missions was about. To me, missions was about going out into a foreign...

Family

Struggling to have conversations about the value of family, marriage and children? Me too

I’ve been pondering over the struggles of my generation in articulating the value of marriage and family. For starters, it was recently reported that Singapore’s total fertility rate has hit...