Discipleship

Christmas

The dirty, messy manger: God’s message to humanity

Singaporeans might find this hard to imagine, but there’s something about the birthplace of Jesus that speaks so loudly of the Saviour we serve. If we teleport ourselves back to the night Jesus...

Christmas

What Jesus doesn’t have yet

God gave the first Christmas gift to us in the form of His only begotten Son Jesus more than 2,000 years ago. Then there were the Three Wise Men, the first humans to present gifts at Christmastime....

Christmas

The other side of Christmas

Truth be told, this year I don’t feel altogether “christmassy”. The week preceding Christmas has been laden with happenings that brought much discouragement and disappointment. I...

Culture

And Singapore’s favourite verse of 2017 is …

It’s official. Singapore’s favourite verse of 2017 is … Jeremiah 29:11. YouVersion released their year-end review recently, which said we may be living amid the most Bible-engaged...

Relationships

The God of irreconcilable differences

There is no way we can save this. No hope that we’ll ever work out our problems. We’re too different. Too far gone. We just have to accept it as irretrievable. Unfixable. One too many...

Christmas

Stressed about planning for Christmas?

I was recently trying to write something about Christmas so that people who aren’t Christians would be able to understand what it’s truly all about. But it only made me realise that...

Faith

A new heart for the hurting

The other day, my colleague randomly showed me a picture of a man who’d just had his heart replaced. To celebrate the success of the operation, he took a picture while holding his original...

Faith

A shot of wonder for the weary

Last Sunday morning, I settled into my usual seat in church – fourth row from the front – strongly feeling the lack of an additional hour of sleep, all for this predictable 90 minutes of service....

Faith

Who made you the judge?

In every court case, there’s always a hearing. The judge, before pronouncing the defender innocent or guilty – and meting out due punishment for the guilty – has the obligation to hear both...