Discipleship

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...

Devotionals

Yes, you can still claim Psalm 91 (Just not like the devil did!)

I love Psalm 91. I memorised it when I was a youth and quoted it often as a prayer then. In this psalm, the psalmist declares God to be his refuge and fortress, and he looks to God as: the one who...

Apologetics

Faced with temptations? Cling to truths instead

As we approach the second Sunday of Lent, it is useful for us to draw some thoughts from Jesus’ temptation by Satan, at the end of the 40 days he spent in the wilderness without food and drink...

Discipleship

What discipleship is not: Pastor Edmund Chan on 5 common flaws

Now you must realise that there are three ways we neglect something. We neglect something by not doing it. We neglect something when we stop doing it. We neglect something when we do it wrongly. I...

Apologetics

3 things Jesus is calling us to, and it’s not more work

What is discipleship really all about? The simplest answer is it’s really all about following Jesus. In Matthew 4:19, Jesus said to His disciples, who were fishermen: “Follow me, and I...