Discipleship

Faith

What does it mean to “know” Christ?

My youngest sister has a bit of a crush on the English actor Tom Hiddleston. She is able to tell me which train line “Hiddles” uses when he’s in England and which cafés he frequents. She’s...

Culture

Avengers, assemble: We are part of God’s endgame

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND! IF YOU SOMEHOW STILL HAVEN’T WATCHED AVENGERS: ENDGAME, YOU REALLY SHOULD BEFORE YOU READ THIS! Avengers: Endgame has taken the world by storm. Maybe it’s...

Real Life, Real People

Saved from superstition and swearing: Rayson Tan’s story

I started following my parents’ religion at the age of 10. I followed them to many places, praying for peace, good health and good results in my studies. I was following a principle of doing...

Devotionals

Guilty as charged

Will we ever run out of grace? Will my sons be raised well while I’m in jail? Will my wife wait for me or run off with another man? Am I a good father? These were probably the questions of anguish...

Mental Health

A letter to the hurting

Dear Hurting One, I thought of you today when I read these lines. “Kneeling, I’d picked up one of the shards, dragged its sharp edge across my skin, relieved by the red line slowly seeping up,...

Finding Purpose

Do open doors always reflect God’s will for us?

When I was 21, God called me into full-time ministry. I obeyed, turning down a scholarship to study accountancy in the UK, and took on the job of a youth pastor and chaplain. I enjoyed my job very...

Easter

Resurrection Sunday: Brokenness is not the end of the story

Joy does not come with the morning, I thought to myself on one of the many mornings my body had failed to stay asleep. Sleep would suddenly leave me in the early hours of the day, when it was still...

Easter

If Good Friday was a movie, then Jesus Christ would be its protagonist

Having seen dozens of reruns, almost everyone would know the hero’s story by now. The Son of God came to a fallen world in the form of a man. Born of virgin birth, He ministered and then died...

Discipleship

No, repentance is not just being sorry

Nobody likes the feeling of knowing you’re in the wrong. It first hits you with a gnawing feeling inside your heart, and before you know it, it’s the works: Shame, humiliation, regret and...