Worldview

Culture

Why I stopped reading fanfic

Fan fiction. Not everyone would be proud to say that they read them. Most of us have it as a little secret, a guilty pleasure. Why fanfics? To escape reality. When real-life celebrities or characters...

Real Life, Real People

I confessed my addiction to porn – and no one judged me

“With eyes closed and no one looking around, if you struggle in this area, please raise your hand so we can pray together.” I took a peek. Many hands were raised. Slowly, I raised mine as well. ...

Worldview

4 lessons I learnt in an actual revolution

On Friday, October 18, I woke to the smell of burning tyres. The shabaab, or young men, of my city had blocked the main square and key road junctions with barricades and set them alight. Banks and...

Surveys & Reports

When religion becomes offensive

In May this year, I worshipped in the midst of a congregation under police guard for the first time in my life. It was not in Singapore, but in Jerusalem. A group had gathered to protest and disrupt...

Discipleship

Christians in a call-out culture

Your personal opinion of Barack Obama may vary, but the former President of the United States was spot-on when he called out the prevalent culture of the day. Mr Obama derided “call-out culture”...

Worldview

JCA 2019: Want to talk about climate change? Let’s start with the Bible and binoculars

To develop a Christian perspective on climate change, two things are needed. The Bible: We first need to have a sound theology that is informed by scripture.  A pair of binoculars: If we want to...

Worldview

Young or old, there’s no point playing the blame game

There is a crescendoing cry for justice and change in almost every part of the world. Our headlines are increasingly dominated by the social injustices in our communities, accompanied by movements...

Worldview

This is my Father’s house, how dare I turn my back on it?

My dad is an environmentalist and I grew up slightly averse to all this creation care jargon. After all, this was “the work that took my father away”. As a follow-up to the previous article I...

Worldview

In this culture war, we all need to calm down

This year’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) concluded earlier this morning and the biggest prize of the night – Video of the Year – went to Taylor Swift for her Pride-themed video “You...