Worldview

Worldview

Coming out Christian

I am the worst at confrontation. Don’t let the volume of my voice and weight of my words fool you. It’s probably why I enjoy giving speeches rather than engaging in debates. Join the fight? Pick...

Worldview

Politics and faith: If you’re not on the side of the Right, then what’s Left?

In the light of the “political Left’s” reaction to the Trump administration pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement, American conservative blogger Erick Erickson recently...

Finding Purpose

Why be like everyone else? Just be you

Let’s say you’ve just entered a room. You don’t know anyone there. So you spend a bit of time observing everyone. How they move. When they speak. Where they stop. Their facial...

Culture

Ever felt like a foreigner in your own country?

I’m sureĀ that many of those who are reading this article now attendĀ Singaporean churches, where everyone speaks Singlish or some variant of Standard Singaporean English. But where I worship,...

Worldview

Should you get a tattoo? Here’s how I made up my mind

I’ve always thought tattoosĀ stood for something beautiful. AĀ permanent and unchangeable mark of a decision made – a sign that you stood for something, believed in it so much that you had to...

Worldview

The counter-cultural Christian

So you say you’re a Christian. So what? What difference does your being a Christian make? How different is the life you are living – whether it is the person you are or the things you do –...

Worldview

I thought Science was supposed to point to Truth – not march in the opposite direction

In the wake of theĀ Trump administration’s defunding of scientific researchĀ and ignorance-based policies, the people stirred. Like the women who marched before, Earth Day provided theĀ clarion...

Worldview

How separate should Church and State be?

Some people say the church’s vocal stance towards public policy and legislation is an adulteration of Jesus’ teachings. Jesus, after all, transformed culture bottom-up, rather than top-down. In...

Outreach

Sharing the Gospel in a multi-religious society

The recent incident involving the imam who was fined $4,000 for making a supplication during a Friday prayer, ā€œGrant us help against the Jews and the Christiansā€, is a reminder of the strict...