Discipleship

What does it really mean to be #blessed?

“I am so blessed to get these pair of new kicks for my birthday!” “I received the promotion that I’ve been waiting for … I feel so blessed!” “I got an ‘A’ on the test even...

Discipleship

Feeling the burn?

How am I going to survive this?, I found myself thinking one recent afternoon. It wasn’t just the exceptional heat from the morning sun making its way down my face and soaking uncomfortably...

Discipleship

Say it with me: I am wonderfully made

I’m not built like your typical Singaporean guy. I’m ridiculously tall for an Asian – at 1.84m I’m in the 96th percentile of Singaporean males. My shoulders are curiously broad,...

Devotionals

I AM good enough

“I AM he who exists.” God is self-existent; He does not rely on any other being for His existence. He was not created and is the Creator of all things that are living. So the name “I AM”...

Mental Health

Why are you crying?

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot....

Discipleship

Getting to the meat of my temptations

The season of Lent has ended for the year – a time when many Christians fast in a posture of repentance and reflection. Sometime last year, I began to placed myself on a pedestal, inscribed with...

Apologetics

The worst of times – and the best of times

We’re living in the worst of times, and also the best of times. The question has been asked many a time: “Why is there evil in the world?” Ever since the day man rebelled against God,...

Discipleship

Has God blue-ticked you?

Ever heard of this extreme sport called Banzai Skydiving? It’s like skydiving, only without the parachute. Born and bred in the boundary-pushing capital of the world, Japan, Banzai Skydiving –...

Real Life, Real People

The boy who’s always been picked on – and the God who picked me

I’ve always been bullied. Growing up, I felt no one understood me. I always felt that my parents favoured other people. At least, to my young mind it looked that way – it seemed they always...