Worldview

Apologetics

The false conflict between science and faith: An astrophysicist examines Genesis

Atheists and sceptics perceive Genesis as the Bible’s greatest embarrassment, the Achilles’ heel of the Christian faith. They think that science contradicts Genesis, which is the...

Life & Death

Saving the safest place in the world

I had been asking God what was next. After years in the marketing industry, enjoying my job as I supported my husband in his full-time ministry as a pastor, I had known for some time that I needed to...

News

Christchurch attack: Let’s talk about beliefs

The recent Christchurch terrorist attack deeply saddened me. It haunts me when I imagine a terrorist storming into my place of worship raining bullets on all my fellow worshippers I love. I pray for...

Surveys & Reports

Singapore, we have a porn problem

“If you marry someone who watches pornography, you can kiss your intimacy goodbye. Because there’s not a woman in Singapore that can compete with porn.” This sobering statement was...

Life & Death

Unwed, pregnant and headed for Harvard โ€“ I thought the choice was clear

He was my best friend. We had known each other for five years. At that time, both of us were the most senior Ph.D students in the laboratory. We started a secret relationship without the knowledge of...

Do Good

Are we numbed to wastage?

I recently read about a group of Singaporeans who prepared a huge buffet spread of food for the public โ€“ free of charge. The only catch? All the food served at the event was “rescued”...

Worldview

Jesus is coming back anyway, why should I care about the state of the earth now?

That’s a line you might hear if you talk to a Christian who doesn’t really care about being eco-friendly. As believers, some of us tend to hide ourselves behind great things of the faith...

Family

Monster father: The wretched nature of sexual assault

Four days ago, a 27-year-old man in Singapore was sentenced to 25.5 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane for prostituting his wife and sexually abusing his young daughter and niece.ย ย  Heavy on...

Worldview

Penal Code review: What are the implications if attempting suicide is no longer a crime in Singapore?

For every 100,000 people in Singapore, around 8 are lost to suicide every year. Although there was a slight dip in the total number of suicides reported in 2017,ย the number of seniors taking their...