Discipleship

Are we seeing the ā€œnew normalā€ with eyes of faith?

Following the World Health Organisationā€™s declaration of a global pandemic last Thursday (March 12), our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong provided an update on the COVID-19 situation. In the...

Tech

Digital discipleship: 3 ways to take the gospel online

In light of recent developments, the way we do church will have to evolve. And I donā€™t mean scaling back our ministries, because the gospel is more relevant than ever in these dark times. On...

News

ā€œBelow 250 participants where possibleā€: Church leaders respond to latest advisory on social distancing

Most of the churches Thir.st spoke to are making plans to adjust their worship services in response to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongā€™s address to the nation yesterday and additional guidelines...

News

Religious gatherings may need to evolve with global escalation in COVID-19 situation: PM Lee Hsien Loong

With the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, religious services may need to be shortened and attendance at faith-based gatherings reduced, said Singaporeā€™s Prime Minister...

Do Good

Lessons on love from giving out 6,000 cups of ice cream

It may seem frivolous when compared to care packages stocked with hand sanitisers, health supplements and surgical masks, but what if showing love to others during this COVID-19 pandemic doesnā€™t...

Culture

Prophetic art: 3 artists discuss what it means to deliver a message from the Father 

What is prophetic art and what makes it different from non-prophetic art? Daniel: To me, prophetic art conveys the heart of our Father in visual form. The visual imagery and accompanying messages are...

Sermons

Has the Great Commission become the ā€œgreat commotionā€ in our churches?

A story was told of a group of executives who was being showed around a fancy oil refinery. The refinery was filled with some of the most state-of-the-art equipment that would transform crude oil...

Mental Health

When suffering doesnā€™t make sense

In July, I received some bad news from relatives in Taiwan about my cousin. Her cancer had returned and, this time, it was terminal. I was shocked to hear the news, since I had just recently seen her...

Outreach

3 Impossible stories of praying for someone we barely knew

  1. ONE MANā€™S TRASH IS ANOTHER MANā€™S TREASURE On my way home, as I walked past the basketball court under my block, I saw a lot of rubbish everywhere. I decided to clear it up. The...