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My struggle with lust and pornography started around primary school, where it was first introduced to me. At that time, I was unaware of what pornography was, and I was also unaware of what lust was....
“Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines… yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” (Habakkuk 3:17–18) There are seasons when faith...
One of the most useful things from my time in counselling was this phrase my friendly old counsellor would always say to me: “Would it help to apply a bit of objectivity to the situation?” Over...
Last week, CNA reported that those in their 30s comprised the highest number of suicides in Singapore last year. Called the “sandwich generation”, those in their 30s are caught between their...
In October 2015, Pastor Takashi Funatogawa, or Pastor Tak as he is known to his Singaporean friends, was installed as the senior pastor of Sapporo Minami Evangelical Christ Church. He was only 34 at...
It was a lazy spring afternoon outside Ueno Station in Tokyo where our team had agreed to meet Pastor Kaoru Inoue. We hadn’t met him in person before, but based on photos we had seen online, we...
Jayna’s earliest years were marked by feelings of rejection, fear and loneliness. As a child, she strove for perfection in everything she did due to the high expectations of her caregiver and...
TRIGGER WARNING: This article deals with sexual assault. My first encounter with Christianity happened when I was in secondary school. But it wasn’t in the usual way that anyone would imagine. I...
From a young age, Kelly Seah’s life was marked by hardship and instability. She grew up in a broken family, torn between her divorced parents, each of whom had remarried. She endured physical...