Discipleship

Discipleship

Why should I bother reading the Old Testament?

Paul told the Christians in Rome that they would be encouraged and find hope as they read the Old Testament (OT). “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that...

Discipleship

At the heart of porn addiction is pain

“The effects of porn on the soul can be deep, and the use of porn itself can be a sign of emotional wounds,” said Josh McDowell, reading out a quote from the United States Conference of...

Money Matters

Will God provide for me?

Recently, during one of my weekly cell group sessions, we shared openly about our struggles and worries. We were supposed to share how we were seeing God move in our lives and what we were thankful...

Sermons

What it takes to live a life of influence

“Big doors swing on little hinges.” Speaking at Victory Family Centre’s Kingdom Life Conference in March, Pastor Jesse Winchester, Campus Pastor of Bridge Church Bangkok,...

Discipleship

I wanted to break up with God

I have been struggling for the longest time. These days, when people ask me what I want to do in the future, I cringe a little when I tell them what I really want to be: A missionary. And I feel like...

Discipleship

Help! I’m not smart enough to teach the Bible

“But… I’m not gifted to teach the Bible!” is the common refrain against taking the step to share God’s Word with others. Yes, God has especially gifted certain men to be teachers so as to...

Mental Health

Do you need some compassion?

“Self, I forgive you.” These were precious words I learnt from a sweet lady who told me about her own practice of self-forgiveness. Every so often we come into need for compassion on ourselves....

Discipleship

“I promised God I would stop”: My struggle with sexual addiction

I discovered pornography when I was really young and because I didn’t know better then, it quickly developed into an almost daily habit of pornography and masturbation. It even came to a point...

Devotionals

Setting the slave free

Slavery is an awkward topic to broach in any Christian setting. To our modern minds, the only kind of slavery the Bible should talk about is the “spiritual” kind. Who today would want to...