Worldview

Culture

How much truth can we bear without being offended?

Jesus was a master at losing people. If you recall, there was a time when the crowds that followed Him were huge. Many were there because they heard of the miracle of the multiplication of bread and...

Studies & NS

Help! I keep compromising in National Service

I’m currently 6 months into my National Service (NS), and it definitely hasn’t been an easy one. Before enlisting, I had a lot of thoughts about how NS would be a toxic environment for me...

Culture

To every guy who’s been told, “Guys shouldn’t cry”, this is for you

It started young. I was the wobbly eight-year-old boy who struggled at gym – the kid who got picked last whenever the captains assembled their teams. I remember it was gym class one morning and we...

Culture

Is religion still relevant to young Singaporeans?

Do young people want to talk about religion? What do we think about sharing our faith? And what about… God? At a forum organised by the ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity last month, the...

Culture

Identity in the age of authenticity: Who am I, really?

In confronting the problem of being true to oneself, we’re left unsure of who we even are. This has resulted in a loneliness epidemic across the world. An ordained pastor and full-time speaker for...

How-tos & Handles

As a young person, how can I make a difference in my culture?

Culture is not neutral. It represents the ideas and behaviour of a particular group of people or society; culture is formed by the people who propagate it. If we have a belief about something, it...

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...