Articles by

Gabriel Ong

Church Life

The promise of new strength: Bishop Dr. Gordon Wong on hope for the weary soul

Delivering the keynote message on the first day of Christian Mental Health Conference 2023, Bishop Dr. GORDON WONG took us on a deep dive into Isaiah 40 and offered a quite different take on the...

Discipleship

So you had a great church camp in June… now what?

The season after the camp has arrived. The games and sessions are all over. You have said your goodbye to the new friends you made during camp, and you’ve promised to continue to hang out...

Church Life

Everything we took away from Hope Conference 2023: Hearts On Fire

Somehow, in an unplanned (though perhaps divine) coincidence, half of our interns this summer season are members of HOPE Singapore.  That’s how they’re able to share their top takeaways...

Real Life, Real People

Guna Raman: My heart was reawakened to the Gospel through the work of Tim Keller

We spoke to Pastor GUNA RAMAN, CEO of City to City Asia Pacific – sister organisation to the church planting organisation co-founded by #TimothyKeller. Pastor Guna looks back on his encounters with...

Personalities

Dead at 72: Timothy Keller

On Friday, 19 May 2023, Pastor Timothy Keller went to be with the Lord after a three-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.  Based in New York, Pastor Keller was a spearhead for...

Church Life

5 tips for a smooth transition between church communities

I hate transitions. I have never been the kind of person who looks forward to new changes in life. To me, transitions are painful because they often involve bidding goodbye to things that I have...

University

SMU Business freshman: I’m learning to do university with God

As a freshman undergraduate at SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business, I realise that many of my Christian friends experience a certain tension between their identity as a Christian and their identity...

Worldview

On kingdoms and empires

Sometimes I do wonder, when we read through the Bible, whether the significance of kingdoms and empires are lost on us modern readers. It’s common for believers today to use the word...

Finding Purpose

Personal calling: 3 stories of finding purpose

Many people believe that success is the ultimate goal in life. Success, then, is often measured by things like material possessions, status and popularity. With these standards in mind, some...