Worldview

Culture

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

In confronting the problem of being true to oneself, weโ€™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...

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...