Discipleship

COVID-19

Don’t waste this “lockdown”: Jason Wong on coming out stronger when disruption comes our way

As I was spending some time praying this morning (Friday, April 3), I was led to the familiar words: stay home, lockdown, quarantine. Of course, this has to do with the COVID-19 situation – a new...

Discipleship

Head, heart and hands: How can I love God and my neighbour if I don’t know His Word?

I carved out some time to focus on learning last year. I’ve had the privilege to attend two classes each week, one on preaching and the other on hermeneutics (interpreting the Bible). One was...

Family

Not allowed to meet your church friends? Youth pastors share handles on sticky family conversations

As all worship services in churches will be suspended from today until April 30, small groups have become the main source of fellowship for many. However, some of you might have parents who...

Surveys & Reports

4 youth ministry leaders chat about church, change and staying the course

“What is your current assessment of youth ministries today? And how have they changed since you first began?” Pastor Raymond: I think youth ministries are still doing great work and still...

Discipleship

7 things you should be praying about (but probably aren’t)

So what have you been praying about lately? The usual petitions and praises — asking God to work in our circumstances or thanking Him for what He has done? Maybe some confession as well — laying...

Discipleship

Are we seeing the “new normal” with eyes of faith?

Following the World Health Organisation’s declaration of a global pandemic last Thursday (March 12), our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong provided an update on the COVID-19 situation. In the...

Tech

Digital discipleship: 3 ways to take the gospel online

In light of recent developments, the way we do church will have to evolve. And I don’t mean scaling back our ministries, because the gospel is more relevant than ever in these dark times. On...

Sermons

Has the Great Commission become the “great commotion” in our churches?

A story was told of a group of executives who was being showed around a fancy oil refinery. The refinery was filled with some of the most state-of-the-art equipment that would transform crude oil...

Church Life

“Discipleship requires proximity and not just connectivity”: Pastor Andre Tan of The City SG

I am a big fan of the “return to the Acts church” movement. Namely, the notion that big gatherings are an incomplete expression and reflection of our faith. We need to go back to the church of...