Discipleship

Faith

Why I’m (still) a Christian

My first exposure to Christianity was when I attended Sunday School, age 4. I said the sinner’s prayer at age 7Ā after learning that people whoĀ did not follow JesusĀ would be thrown into hell....

Faith

Rend the Heavens: My cry for my generation

I will never forget theĀ phone call I received back in 2014 – on Christmas Day – and finding out that I was going to be part of Awaken Generation’s pioneer cohort. On the other end of the line...

Faith

21project: Join the ride of national revival

With the crossing of several major milestones as a nation in the past few years,Ā Singapore is clearly shifting into a new spiritual season. Many of us believe God is doing a new thing right in this...

Faith

Maybe the green pastures aren’t all that green

“The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters” (Psalm 23:1-2) All my life I had envisioned the “green pasturesā€...

Discipleship

My way or a higher way?

The way we are in bad traffic — or in any trying situation for that matter — reveals a lot about our character.Ā  For instance, here’sĀ some simple advice:Ā if you’re thinking about...

Relationships

You can smoke knowledge, but you can’t smoke a relationship

There are things in the Christian world that a believer can ā€œsmokeā€Ā ā€“ pretending to know, faking expertise in. Like general knowledge of the Bible, general knowledge of God’s natures and...

Sermons

God, I’m really struggling. Why are you staying silent?

The walls of Jericho fell in seven days. Maybe you’ve been walking around walls for a lot longer. Maybe you’re wondering: I thought they’d have fallen by now. God doesn’t...

Devotionals

Now is the time to be present

“Wherever you are, be all there.” Jim Elliot I listen to music that takes me back to the past. I look at photos taken way back, longing to return to what we always call the good ol’...

Worldview

Make purity cool again

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they willĀ see God.” (Matthew 5:8) I’ve always wondered what it would beĀ likeĀ to see God. IĀ wonderĀ how He looks at me, and ifĀ He likes what...