Outreach

Outreach

How a mocker of God ended up encountering His love

My parents had a strong Chinese religious background, and from a young age I would follow their religious practices without questioning what they meant. In spite of my upbringing, I did not believe...

Outreach

Billy Graham: The man who left a spiritual legacy in Singapore

Today marks the first death anniversary of Dr Billy Graham, who passed away at the age of 99 on February 21, 2018.  Known as “America’s Pastor”, Graham was the world’s...

Outreach

I got street evangelism all wrong

Street evangelism. Those were the 2 words that would send shivers down my spine whenever I heard them, both as a kid and as a young person. I’m okay with the idea of evangelism, after all, it’s...

Discipleship

What if I’m not ready to be a Christian?

“I don’t think I can go to church with you,” I remember my friend telling me as we were walking back from school. “I’m not holy enough.” “I can’t...

Outreach

Evangelism is dying in the US. What about here in Singapore?

Forty-seven per cent of Christian millennials in the US (born 1984-1998) think that it’s wrong to evangelise, according to recent research commissioned by Alpha USA. Based on a report released by...

Worldview

How a young atheist ended up in church

For 16 years of my life, I lived through my days following the norms set before me and in the way I felt life should be lived – mostly happy, with tinges of frustrations and sadness along the way...

Faith

Our Top 10 stories by contributors in 2018

The stories you read on Thir.st are a unique blend of voices from across our little island of Singapore – and at times, around the region. Many of these testimonies are written by contributors, and...

Faith

Reframing the miraculous: It’s all about salvations

“Jesus did not come just to show us what He could do but what we could do,” Robby Dawkins told the crowd on the third night of School of Power and Love 2018. “He destroyed the works...

Faith

Power and Love 2018: Getting schooled by Todd White on signs and wonders

“Miracles aren’t a validation of how powerful we are.” The man with the signature blonde dreadlocks in front of us had a simple agenda over the last three days: To show the world that Jesus...