Family

God is in the business of restoring families: Pastor Ian Toh at PraySingapore

“One special morning four years ago, God spoke to my wife Lilis and myself that she will be a spiritual mother in a way she has never experienced before,” shared Lead Pastor Ian Toh of...

Relationships

You deserve God’s best

Two years ago, without fully knowing that I had feelings for her, my best friend of 11 years invited me to go to a Christian seminar on dating with her. I sat beside her awkwardly, waiting in tepid...

Relationships

She wanted to be a boy, and I loved her

I met Cassie when we were 17, at a leadership camp in school. We were assigned to sleep in the same bunk with a couple of other girls, and it wasn’t long before I noticed that she was strangely...

Faith

Are you compartmentalising your faith?

My university friends and I were on a short but enjoyable holiday after the semester had ended. Sitting on the floor of a railway station in Malaysia, I listened, captivated, as my university...

Relationships

Should we move in together before getting married?

“You should move in with him before there’s no way out!” My recently engaged friend shared with me that her colleagues were encouraging her to cohabitate with her boyfriend. Their...

National Service

With my rifle and my buddy and my … NS ministry

6 July 2018 was the day of my enlistment. As a cell group leader prior to enlistment, I had made plans to stay back in the tertiary ministry: I wanted to disciple the younger guys there to be an...

Relationships

Why is it hard to say sorry?

Drama. Remember the fiasco back in 2012 when a Member of Parliament was embroiled in a sex scandal? And then the Lee family dispute over the Oxley House? Everyone loves juicy gossip especially when...

Relationships

How important are Christian friends in uni?

A friend I met in university (who is now working overseas) shared that living the immigrant life means you’re forever questioning who you are and where you belong. While spending four years in the...

Culture

The pursuit of sexual purity

One of the struggles many dating Christians face is sexual intimacy. Our first encounter with our sexuality is probably when we hit puberty. That’s when our hormones start to fluctuate – leading...