Do Good

Easter

Drops of Life 2018: A week before Good Friday, another man gave his blood in my place

“You’ve never given blood before?” My editor looked at me incredulously. More specifically: “You’ve never given blood before and you want to encourage people to give...

Faith

My struggle with becoming a full-time missionary

“Lord, please don’t ever call me to be a missionary!” This was my plea after my first mission trip as an 18-year-old onboard Operation Mobilisation’s (OM) ship Doulos. It had been an...

Culture

“Have the right finish line in mind”: Ed Silvoso reviews Singapore’s Antioch call to transform nations

Very often, the work of the church stays in the church. It’s a massive tragedy, said Ed Silvoso, who brought a powerful message of discipling the nations through the marketplace to Kingdom Invasion...

Apologetics

“What if the poor are billionaires?”: Heidi Baker asks the Church to feed all who are hungry

“He told me to start this way,” Heidi Baker said in tears, kneeling on the floor. This is how the missionary to Mozambique for the past four decades normally starts her sermons. On her knees,...

Culture

“God showed me 4 digits”: The 22-year-old jewellery maker with a vision

“Is this like Vogue’s 72 questions? I’d better get rid of this dead cactus!” Laughter fills the small studio as Caroline, 22, welcomes me into her studio. It’s a small...

Faith

“You are not a humanitarian”: The heart and purpose of missions

“Therefore go …” These two words have been the bedrock (Matthew 28:19) of the missional church today. I have been affiliated with several mission organisations: Cru Singapore (CRU),...

Faith

Where in the world are our young missionaries?

It’s becoming somewhat of a perennial question: How can we engage and mobilise millennials for missions, both within the Church and across cultures? Here’s something my cell member said...

Faith

Are you a part-time Christian?

I’m in the middle of a life transition, and the one question I keep getting is, “Are you going into full-time mission work?” Well yes, I’m committing a fairly big portion of my life...

Culture

"Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet": Bringing Good News to the next generation

The following is an excerpt from the book “Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet”, featuring Dr Tan Lai Yong. “Once, Lai Yong joined a medical team on a visit to a lepers...