Family

I may not have a perfect mother, but I have a perfect God

A mother’s love is said to be the greatest in the world. Yet I feel like my own experience with my mother fell short of what I was told. Many of my childhood memories, despite the happy ones,...

COVID-19

As cases rise and bad news breaks, how should we pray?

At such times, the tendency is to feel really helpless, because no matter what safety measures are in place, no country – not even ours – seems to be able to come to grips with the virus and its...

Faith

Ask Pastor John Piper: How can we fight for joy?

Day 2 of Adam Road Presbyterian Church’s (ARPC) John Piper Equip Conference featured a segment where theologian John Piper shared what he’s learnt in life about fighting for joy....

Faith

“You can’t stop pain and tears from coming, but you can keep joy from going,” says John Piper

Does joy follow suffering? Or is there joy within suffering? For Pastor John Piper, those are natural questions to ask because every human being will experience both of them.  Speaking at the online...

Discipleship

What’s the secret behind making a cell group work?

I don’t know about you, but I have been in cell groups where I honestly didn’t feel close to anyone. In better cases, I felt connected to the individuals in my group, but we were still...

Surveys & Reports

Survey: What do you want to see on Thir.st?

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Post-secondary

Rejected from polytechnic 8 times, I looked for a way forward

Polytechnic was the only place I envisioned going to after leaving secondary school. Growing up in a family where all my older siblings had gone to polytechnic, it seemed like the natural path that I...

Movies & TV

Seobok: What is the meaning of life if we could live forever?

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND! “Death is the fundamental element holding life together.” Seobok, South Korea’s latest film offering starring Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum, confronts the issue of...

Culture

Race and the Church: Reflections from an Indian pastor

“I don’t think our church is ready for an Indian senior pastor.” That was an unsolicited comment made to me one Sunday in church. I assumed that the person who was addressing me was thinking of...