News

ā€œBelow 250 participants where possibleā€: Church leaders respond to latest advisory on social distancing

Most of the churches Thir.st spoke to are making plans to adjust their worship services in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongā€™s address to the nation yesterday and additional guidelines...

Music

Old man listens to Hillsong Y&Fā€™s ā€œBest Friendsā€ and finally gets it

A few weeks ago I was told by a younger friend that Hillsong Young & Free had recently released ā€œBest Friendsā€œ. I mean it when I say that the news was shared with me like the song was...

News

Religious gatherings may need to evolve with global escalation in COVID-19 situation: PM Lee Hsien Loong

With the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, religious services may need to be shortened and attendance at faith-based gatherings reduced, said Singaporeā€™s Prime Minister...

Culture

ā€œUnpublish that story with 63,000 viewsā€: 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 Valentineā€™s Day: ā€œYouā€™re not as pretty as you used to beā€

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 Valentineā€™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

ā€œI am so amazed at what God has done among usā€: Grace AOGā€™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...