Church Life

Church Life

Female pastors: The strong women who are building the kingdom of God

Relatively speaking, female pastors are few and far between.  That it is why I thought it was really nice to hear the stories of Rev Peace Choi and Pastor Amadea Seow who were invited to speak...

Church Life

God is not my grandfather: The struggles of a second-gen Christian

As a second-generation Christian who was born, raised and still is in church, it felt like a lot of my spirituality was imparted to me. Believing wasn’t a conscious personal choice until I had been...

Sermons

Gen Z, will we be known for our legacy of love?

Last year, I found out that a friend whom I had known for almost five years had been talking behind my back. Whatever she had been saying seemed to have no basis either. I felt falsely accused and...

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I want to go to cell group and church, but my parents are against it. What should I do?

Different scenarios require different responses. So rather than a simple “go” or “don’t go” answer, let’s look at the posture of our hearts towards God and our parents. If our hearts are...

Faith

Summit 2022: Are we a church marked by division or a church grieved by division?

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John...

Culture

Does the Singaporean dream breed comfortable Christianity?

I was particularly stirred by a message American pastor David Platt shared at Passion 2022 conference earlier in January, where he urged young Christians to avoid a casual Christianity and not to...

Sermons

This is the most divided time in the Church: Francis Chan on the Oneness we need

“I’m so tired of teaching into a camera; that’s all I feel I’ve done in the last year,” American author and pastor Francis Chan remarked candidly during the afternoon session on the third...

Work

What does it mean to be a preacher?

On the 20th of November 2021, I took my Preachership pledge. While the official pledge taking marks a denominational recognition of my status as a Preacher in the Presbyterian Church in Singapore,...

Faith

We turned 5?!

On December 3, 2016, we flicked a switch, and the Thir.st website went live. So every time December rolls around, we marvel at another year of still being around.  This year is a bit special than...