Discipleship

Learning to love the God of Job

The book of Job is a perplexing one to many Christians. Apparently older than Genesis, this book appears out of nowhere, and is more or less self-contained in its own independent context. The Bible...

Surveys & Reports

Permission To Dream: A night of praise, prayer and reconciliation

More thanĀ 200 believers ā€“ students and parents ā€“Ā gathered at the Yale-NUS Performance Hall on the evening of Jan 10 for the NUS leg of Permission ToĀ Dream, a non-denominational worship event...

Relationships

The quest for true love

ā€œI love the bak chor mee here!ā€Ā  ā€œI think Iā€™m in love!ā€ ā€œGod loves you!ā€ Any of these phrases familiar to you? Thanks to pop culture, loose usage of the word ā€œloveā€ has cheapened...

Relationships

Teach me to love

What is love? Christians likeĀ to go Greek when trying to understand the things of God.Ā So here we go. The Greeks, in their sophistication, would be appalled at the crude generalisations of love in...

Apologetics

Living with the gravity of doubt

Brought up in a church culture where everyone is taught to ā€œjust believeā€, many Christians grow comfortable and complacent. Weā€™ve got our own dialect of Christianese, hip pastors, and church...

Worldview

Stewardship of the environment: My worship

The first time I saw a humpback whale breach, tears flowed uncontrollably. ItĀ too, seemed to worship itsĀ Creator. ItĀ isĀ not alone. “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad, let the...

Surveys & Reports

Singapore university students in NUS, NTU, SMU to unite in worship and prayer

A cross-church, non-denominational worship event is set to be heldĀ across three universities in Singapore. Named ā€œPermission To Dreamā€ (PTD), the event will be held at the National University of...

Discipleship

The importance of being silent

ā€œBut he would withdraw to desolate places and prayā€ (Luke 5:16). Jesus did this oftenĀ ā€“Ā even when “conventional” leadership wisdom would have held thatĀ HeĀ should keep going. He...

Discipleship

Faith: Simple or simple-minded?

It’s sadĀ how we are called to unity, yet nothing divides like religion. When confronted with doubt and growing cultural opposition to organised religion, Christians may be tempted to respond...