Culture

“Unpublish that story with 63,000 views”: Why I stopped writing fanfic

Being an avid writer from a young age and hungry for an avenue to share my work with the world, I joined an online website that let me publish and read user-generated stories for free. Writing story...

Culture

Prophetic art: 3 artists discuss what it means to deliver a message from the Father 

What is prophetic art and what makes it different from non-prophetic art? Daniel: To me, prophetic art conveys the heart of our Father in visual form. The visual imagery and accompanying messages are...

Dating

I told my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day: “You’re not as pretty as you used to be”

Before I married my wife last year, we had been friends for 12 years during which we dated for about three. So Cheryl and I had already been going out for a fair amount of time when Valentine’s Day...

Music

3 things our COVID-19 songs have taught me

We first saw this in China, but it was heartening to witness songwriters and artistes banding together in Singapore when COVID-19 started hitting close to home. Listening to these new songs and...

Money Matters

I made my first half a million at 15, lost it all at 16 and found God

Part of my quest as a teenager was to become free from the question of God. I had been brought up in a Christian home and learnt about God in Sunday school, studying the Word and memorising verses....

COVID-19

“I am so amazed at what God has done among us”: Grace AOG’s pastor on surviving COVID-19

The past couple of weeks have been remarkable for my church, Grace Assembly of God. It all started when two members of our staff contracted COVID-19 and had to be warded in the National Centre for...

COVID-19

What’s going on in Wuhan? Life in the lockdown, 1 month on

Since January 23, 2020, Wuhan has been under a city-wide lockdown. As residents are not allowed to leave the city without permission, all forms of public transportation including buses, railways and...

Dating

Lust in dating: The secret sin we don’t talk about

My husband and I have been married for more than half a year now. Before that, we were in a courtship for just over two years. Most of that time was spent struggling with a sin we were deeply ashamed...

Apologetics

3 books to read when you want to make sense of suffering

Bombarded with news about COVID-19, questions about worry and safety fill the minds of many: How should Christians respond to such fears? And how should we view events like panic-buying at the...