Discipleship

Discipleship

Why am I even praying?

It wasn’t until recently when I started to examine the things I do as a Christian and question why I actually do them. One of the things that came to my attention was prayer. I was reminded of the...

Discipleship

To live is to die

It’s been a whirlwind month since switching jobs. I’ve worked past midnight on consecutive days, with to-do’s bleeding perniciously into the weekends. In the throes of this madness, I finally...

Discipleship

How to be a person after God’s own heart

“At this age, you should be at this job position.” “By this organisational level, you should be earning this.” “Shouldn’t you be married by now?” “When...

Outreach

40 years after Billy Graham, Singapore needs a new holy desperation: Lawrence Khong at PraySingapore

“How desperate are we for another historic revival?” Pastor Lawrence Khong – the closing speaker at PraySingapore on October 7, 2018 – began his segment by showing a video of Billy...

Outreach

Why do we share our faith?

The struggle to evangelise and share the Gospel is often the elephant in the room for many Christians. Because not everyone wants to evangelise all the time; no one can be up to share the Gospel...

Faith

Worship is not about us

Some time ago, my friend sent me a video of a band performing a medley of worship classic with a parodic twist. For instance, instead of singing “I Exalt Thee”, the singer changed the words to...

Discipleship

Learning about election: How can we be sure?

For the longest time, I’ve avoided thinking too hard about the inconvenient or uncomfortable aspects of the faith. With “predestination” for instance, I simply packed it up in a box...

Faith

How to really read your Bible

One of the challenges that new believers first encounter in reading the Bible is reading it in totality. We tend to have the most trouble with the Old Testament (OT), where cultural and...

Faith

If the Lord is God, follow Him

Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. (1 Kings...