Discipleship

Faith

Chosen to light up the world

One of my favourite times of the day is in the early morning. I love watching the first rays of light pierce the darkened sky, how dawn breaks through with unstoppable light. I love life because I...

Faith

Reflect before you resolve

Iā€™ve heard it said before, ā€œItā€™s not about how you start, but how you end that matters the most.ā€ And Iā€™m guilty as charged: I have many ā€œbeginningsā€ ā€“ but few...

Faith

Thoughts from the birthday boy: I too was born on Christmas Day

Each year on 25th December, I spend some time reflecting on what my life has amounted to so far ā€“ because itā€™s my birthday (too). But at the annual realisation that Iā€™ve still neither...

Faith

The day Heaven was traded for earth

ā€œChristmas is about exchanges ā€“ of counting costs and sacrifices ā€“ yet seeing them as of worth.ā€ I penned down these thoughts in my bunk on what would be my first in-camp training...

Faith

How one innocent baby boy brought hope to the world

So itā€™s Christmas this month. Itā€™s debatable if Christmas is truly meaningful. It has heathen origins, and December 25 isnā€™t actually Jesusā€™s birthday. Likewise the oldest...

Christmas

The dirty, messy manger: Godā€™s message to humanity

Singaporeans might find this hard to imagine, but thereā€™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 doesnā€™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 donā€™t feel altogether ā€œchristmassyā€. The week preceding Christmas has been laden with happenings that brought much discouragement and disappointment. I...

Culture

And Singaporeā€™s favourite verse of 2017 is ā€¦

Itā€™s official. Singaporeā€™s favourite verse of 2017 is ā€¦ Jeremiah 29:11. YouVersion released their year-end review recently, which said we may be living amid the most Bible-engaged...