Faith

“Stop window-shopping, it’s time to pay the price”: Will you be the one?

He was speaking to a crowd of over 800 young people from more than 80 churches – gathered in an auditorium on a Thursday afternoon at the FOPx conference for youths – but there was someone...

Faith

FOPx: Surrender ushers in the supernatural, Ben Fitzgerald urges youth

“When God tells you to do something, He’s not asking you to figure out how to do it. It’s up to you to obey. It’s up to God to do it.” Ben Fitzgerald, leader of Awakening Europe and GODfest...

Faith

The real island life: A peek into the people and past-times of Pulau Fordata, Indonesia

In July this year, I travelled to Pulau Fordata, located in Tanimbar Islands of Maluku province, Indonesia. A Bible Dedication Ceremony took place in one of its villages, Romean, to celebrate the...

Faith

White shoes dirty souls

My brand-new white shoes got dirtied within the span of just a few days. But of course, right? I know it sounds trivial – and I should have seen this coming when I bought them – but I was still...

Health

Hope for the suffering Christian

Recently, I learnt from a cell group member that someone in our young adults ministry requires a serious operation due to the presence of a benign tumour. She’d sent a message to several chat...

Faith

The Modern Sabbath: Separating fact from fiction

One of today’s marks of a good Christian is one’s attendance of Church on Sunday morning. Stay with me on that one. Why is attendance on Sunday even a benchmark of faith? Well, because...

Relationships

A tender but strong heart

“Be tender-hearted, and be strong-hearted..” Those were about the last words my mentor gave me before our season ended, and one of the deepest lessons I am still learning in life. I find that the...

Faith

Do you live by a Christian GPA?

Anyone who’s ever gone to a polytechnic or university would be familiar with some tricks to get better grades: Choosing a pass/fail module Currying favour with tutors to get hints ahead of time...

Health

Orphaned at 28, I wanted to commit suicide

I experienced my first anxiety attack right after my mum passed away in front of me — from a brain haemorrhage in a Hong Kong hospital. For once in my life, things had actually been going along...