Church Life

Apologetics

How can we be a church that’s ready for the End-Times?

Wars. Chaos. Pandemics. With all the chaos that’s happening in the world, many are speculating whether the End-Times are here. While the Bible tells us that we can’t possibly predict when the...

Church Life

Serving in the spotlight: The music director

At a worship service, have you ever seen a microphone in front of a musician who’s not singing? Do you know what that microphone is for?  Recently, we chatted with Thomas*, a Berklee graduate...

Discipleship

7 reasons why our top priority must be prayer

What do you want your generation to be known for? A generation that judges? A generation that complains? Or a generation that loves God and is on fire? Whatever it is, you need to be a generation...

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Serving in church: 4 ways we are transformed

Why is serving in church always so hard and painful? This is a question that I sometimes ask myself as I serve in church. I don’t think I am someone who is talented in a specific area. When it...

Mental Health

I can do it with a broken heart: Do we tend to bypass difficult emotions?

While she was on tour last year, news broke that Taylor Swift’s six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn had ended. At her first show after the news, Swift was professional, happy, and more or less put...

Surveys & Reports

State of the Great Commission: How can we be better disciple-makers?

The Great Commission is the mission that Jesus left for His disciples to accomplish before ascending to heaven. “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been...

Culture

How should we respond when Christians go viral for the wrong reasons?

Things go viral online nowadays for all kinds of reasons, and Christians are not exempt from such exposure. Whether it’s a church conference that looks more like a concert, prayers that sound...

Church Life

Why I started going back to church

“I just want to feel safe in a church environment again,” I said as a stranger beside me (who is now a good friend) squeezed my fingers. And to my horror, tears started leaking down my face. This...

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Thir.st Youth Nights: Everything this adult pastor learnt from serving with Gen Z through 2023

Pastor Amos Pang (32) works full-time at Bethesda Bedok-Tampines Church. He has been journeying with young people for half of his life and most recently organised Thir.st Youth Nights every month...