Discipleship

Don’t numb the pain

Sigmund Freud once proposed that the mind seeks to avoid pain and findĀ pleasure. In this life, we will get our hearts get broken. People might say mean things to us. Something or someone beloved...

Mental Health

It is okay to be not okay

Have you ever felt a pain so great that it pounds through every fibre of your being? I have. My mind goes back to one night some years back when Iā€™d gone to see a volunteer counsellor in one of the...

Worldview

How separate should Church and State be?

Some people say the churchā€™s vocal stance towards public policy and legislation is an adulteration of Jesusā€™ teachings. Jesus, after all, transformed culture bottom-up, rather than top-down. In...

Discipleship

Say it with me: I am wonderfully made

I’m not built like your typical Singaporean guy. Iā€™m ridiculously tall for an AsianĀ ā€“ at 1.84m I’m in the 96thĀ percentile of Singaporean males. My shoulders are curiouslyĀ broad,...

News

“I am truly sorry”: City Harvest Pastor Kong Hee

In a Facebook post late on WednesdayĀ night (April 19), Kong Hee, the founding pastor of City Harvest Church in Singapore, apologised “to all I have disappointed, stumbled and hurt in my...

Movies & TV

The longest day in the world

Death. You know this feeling according toĀ what you’ve been through. The death of a person. The death of a dream. The death of hope. I admit I probably havenā€™t experienced great tragedy...

Marriage

So you want to get married

So you want to get married …Ā  Are you crazy?! Why would you want to do that? Donā€™t you know how difficult marriage is? Marriage has been on the decline worldwide. In the US, it is estimated...

Outreach

Sharing the Gospel in a multi-religious society

The recent incident involving the imam who was fined $4,000 for making a supplication during a Friday prayer, ā€œGrant us help against the Jews and the Christiansā€, is a reminder of the strict...

News

City Harvest verdict: How should we respond?

Here’s what the High Court decided this morning (April 7): Kong Hee’s sentence reduced from 8 years to 3.5 years Serina Wee: From 5 years to 2.5 years Tan Ye Peng: From 5.5 years to 3...