Relationships

Teach me to love

What is love? Christians like to go Greek when trying to understand the things of God. 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 “just believe”, many Christians grow comfortable and complacent. We’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. It too, seemed to worship its Creator. It is 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 held across three universities in Singapore. Named “Permission To Dream” (PTD), the event will be held at the National University of...

Discipleship

The importance of being silent

“But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray” (Luke 5:16). Jesus did this often – even when “conventional” leadership wisdom would have held that He should keep going. He...

Discipleship

Faith: Simple or simple-minded?

It’s sad 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...

Discipleship

Can’t think of a New Year’s resolution? Here’s some inspiration

Lose some weight. Start exercising. Save up for the dream holiday. Typical resolutions we’ve all heard our friends – or even ourselves – recycled at the start of each year. But these are...

Discipleship

While you’re doing your New Year spring cleaning, get rid of your old regrets too

I am a proud hoarder. A hoarder of artefacts. A hoarder of junk. A hoarder of memorabilia. Endless birthday cards from the 23 birthdays I’ve celebrated. Stuffed toys I refuse to discard though...

Singlehood

The Sour Single, the Clueless Church and the Kaypoh Kaki

Why do you think many are choosing to stay single? I think single young adults are idealistic about what it means to be married. We are looking for someone to complete us; we are looking for someone...