Culture

Who will avenge my greatest injustice?

I almost hate looking at reenactments of what Jesus went through on Calvary. It’s extremely disconcerting to consider that this was real life, that the “2000 years ago” we casually refer to...

Faith

Riches I have, but not measured in dollars

I think it was in primary school that I first realised my family was comfortably well-off. Yellow rice 加蛋 was the king’s meal back in the day. I know that now. For a long time that was my...

Faith

How to build your personal prayer altar: Suzette Hattingh at Momentum 2018

“If we don’t have a personal revival, we cannot be part of a national revival,” Dr Suzette Hattingh declared at Momentum 2018 on May 1. Speaking about the need for Singaporeans to rebuild...

Faith

So what if my S/O isn’t Christian?

While I’ve been single for most of my life, I’ve been infatuated with numerous women before. Now because some of these women weren’t Christian, I was tempted to ask God, “So...

Faith

What if I’m not interested in anything?

For the first 16 years of my life, I lived with little fulfilment and purpose. Life was simply a long list of to-do’s. Friends were simply there to fill up free time. Extra-curricular...

Faith

Are you praying stock prayers?

Prayer wasn’t always close to my heart. The logic I lived by for quite some time was that since God knows everything already, why bother saying so much? It wasn’t until I began praying...

Culture

The art to straddling church and culture

I attended a recent performance which left my friend distraught. It was put up by a cell group mate in a liberal arts college, who was one of the performers in a display which really pushed us to our...

Faith

The pitfalls of comparison

For most of my life I couldn’t stop comparing myself to others. Is he smarter than me? Is she prettier than me? Does she have more friends than I do? Sounds normal and innocent enough, but I ended...

Culture

A tale of two judges

Two incredible births, two incredible judges. These were two men borne out of barrenness, both dedicated to God at birth and instructed never to have a razor touch their head in an act of Nazirite...