Worldview

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...

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...

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....

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...

Worldview

What if there’s a disease much more lethal than COVID-19?

What is it about contagious diseases that we have so much primal fear over? As we religiously attempt to sanitise and set ourselves apart and avoid all contact with contagion, we do whatever we can...

Dating

No, romance is not your great reward

A Christian counsellor once told me that addiction to pornography is poisonous to a marriage. “If you watch pornography, your marriage will break down.” He said that pornography kills...

Apologetics

Pastor Edmund Chan on the world’s greatest need

It’s often been said the world is in trouble and the Church is in need. Look at global warming. Look at the economic meltdown. Look at this viral infection. Look at the earthquakes, the forest...

COVID-19

Young people and COVID-19: Don’t be scared, but please be wise

Most Singaporeans are fearful of COVID-19, but it seems this is less true for younger people. In fact, over 60% of those under age 30 said they would continue to attend important events even if they...

Family

An unplanned pregnancy, a family crisis

I fell in love with my unborn niece, at nine weeks of gestation, the moment I saw her sonogram. My 19-year-old step-sister related to me how her boyfriend brought her to the abortion clinic. The...