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COVID-19

Worried about the novel coronavirus? Why not pray

“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ “Surely he...

Personalities

Kanye West tells 12,000 students: “He saved a wretch like me”

“This is a mission, not a show,” Kanye West said to a crowd of 12,400 students at the recent Strength to Stand Conference held in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US.  “We don’t pull...

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Australia burns: Why is heaven silent while our earth is scorched?

Australia is burning. An unprecedented season of bushfires has laid waste to over 6 million hectares, wiping out half a billion animals and livestock, and devastating native ecosystems and farmlands...

Faith

The stories you loved most this year

Together as an online community, we had honest conversations on relationships, addiction, sickness and loss in 2019. We said farewell to brothers of the faith, talked about church life, shared our...

News

The hug that shocked a nation: How do you forgive the person who killed your brother?

“Did anyone see this?” My colleague held up her phone wondering if any of us had read about Brandt Jean’s forgiveness of ex-police officer Amber Guyger – she had wrongly shot and murdered...

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City Harvest’s Pastor Kong Hee released from jail

He’s free. City Harvest Church’s founding pastor Kong Hee was released this morning after being in jail for 2 years and 4 months. He turns 55 tomorrow.   As quickly as the media mob...

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Hong Kong protests: When the streets I knew turned into turmoil

A couple Sundays ago, my husband, son, and I found ourselves in the vicinity of a protest march. It was in the neighbourhood I had grown up in, and I was amused watching crowds of people dressed in...

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Regardless of race: Which side of offence are you on?

This was written in response to NETS’ controversial E-Pay ad and the subsequent video response by local influencer, Preeti Nair (better known as Preetipls), who is also under investigation...

Do Good

Micah Conversation 2019: What social justice is not

Have we mistaken social justice as the means for someone to come to know Jesus Christ? Or perhaps confused evangelism for social action, and social action for evangelism? Perceptions like these were...