Film / Book Reviews

Zoey and Robey’s Big Fix is a children’s picture book designed to help parents, churches and Christian organisations share the gospel with young children. This book is the first of five titles that Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB) is producing under its Gospel Before 6 campaign. It was launched on 13 July at the recent Bible Conference, titled The Daunting Privilege: Reaching Children with the Gospel.

Imagine this scenario: Two friends, both Christians, catch up at a Christian conference. Between them stands a stranger, also Christian. As the friends converse, they "speak through" the stranger, as if he is not there.

What does being a Christian have to do with saving the earth? What can Christians do to practise both stewardship while tending to their relationship with Christ?

The Generations Project is impressive for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is not a boring sociology textbook, although the breadth and depth of the research that forms the book, and the authors' thoughtful conclusions, should qualify it as "a sociology text with a church slant".

When it comes to missions, we usually think of church volunteers going abroad on short-term mission trips and full-time missionaries living among the natives. Donald Leow, a movie-maker, however, calls himself a “media missionary”.

Ng Fook Kah is a well-loved member of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church. In his autobiography, “Journeys of an Octogenarian”, 89-year old Ng writes of the people and events that have shaped his life. “Journeys” is written with candour, describing people and experiences with touching honesty. Calling it a “people story”, Ng­ (known as ‘Papa’ to […]

The team that produced Clean Hands, Pure Hearts and Beautiful Feet Daniel could not wait to tell the story of his recovery to others. As he shared his story, some who had knowledge of sorcery told him, “Even if you had died after two weeks, your God is still a great God, because this type […]

A Daughter’s Faith is a 30-day devotional journal based on personal stories of a daughter in relationship with her Heavenly Father. Gleaning precious truths from her journey with God from her teenage years to adulthood, Jiamin Choo-Fong shares intimately her experience of drawing nearer to God’s heart with confidence, comfort, and hope.   The 30 […]

Confrontations that wound The door slammed. Right in my face. I have never had someone do that to me before; this was the stuff of Hollywood dramas, but this drama was only just beginning. That was the response I encountered when my father asked me point-blank if I was seeing Pravin*. It marked the start […]

Season of Creation The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration of prayer and action for our common home. From 1 Sep to 4 Oct, we unite with the global Church to pray and protect God’s creation. This year’s theme is “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God”. Oikos is the Greek […]

The Bus Driver; Auntie Goes Home; Uncles at Work Who are the people in your neighbourhood? Ames Chen, the author of the Invisible People series, wants her children—and yours—to know. The series tells the stories of people in three jobs often marginalised in society: The Bus Driver, Auntie Goes Home and Uncles at Work. Everyone […]

Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert M Solomon, the Bishop of The Methodist Church in Singapore from 2000–12, has authored more than 20 books. The Sovereign God and the Christian Disciple is his latest one. In the first half of the book, he examines in detail the biblical teachings on God’s sovereign nature: as Creator, Saviour, Shepherd […]