Opinion

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:37-38 (NKJV) For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”… And how shall they believe in Him of whom they […]

One only has to turn on the news to hear of sad stories of all kinds – a mother killed by a drunk driver, a child dying of cancer, war between nations, earthquakes leaving villages in ruins, not to mention the issues surrounding ISIS. So, does Christianity have an adequate response?   Where to begin? […]

I do not truly grieve for him, my father, the great King, whom the world revered for his unsurpassed wisdom and untold riches; for his Palace – the House of the Forest of Lebanon with its forty-five pillars of cedar embellished with five hundred gold shields that left visitors breathless with wonder at its opulence; […]

Secularists have long ridiculed religion by portraying it as dangerous and divisive. Secularism, they insist, is not only objective since it is based on the natural sciences and empirical rationalism; it is also more tolerant and neutral, and therefore the best guarantor of social peace.   Secular neutrality has been brandished about as if secularism is […]

Boundless Love Why God became a Man by Robert M. Solomon Published by ARMOUR Publishing Pte Ltd, 160 pages   Available at: Armour Publishing’s showroom (1003 Bukit Merah Central #02-07 S159836, opening hours from Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), or via delivery from www.armourpublishing.com, or at Wesley Methodist Church’s BookNook. Retails at […]

December 19 2014 – Singapore: Singapore business zone cityscape with number 50 by using 20000 white spheres and 5000 red sphere over river to celebrate over 50 years of independence on December 19, 2014 in Singapore, marina bay “After we became independent, the point that he (the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew) always reiterated was […]

Wisdom “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10 (NKJV)   “Now this is the commandment… that you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments…” Deuteronomy 6:1-2 (NKJV)   If any of you lacks wisdom, […]

In his 2011 book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker argues that “violence has been in decline for long stretches of time” and that “we may be living in the most peaceful era of our species’ existence.”   Describing the 800-page tome as a “masterly achievement”, the Princeton ethicist Peter […]

Integrity springs from inner purity. It is rooted in one’s heart. It is the internal character of God’s people.   Many years ago I was complaining to my immediate leader about a questionable practice of a fellow worker. I questioned the integrity of the person. The well-respected leader told me not to bother about it. […]

Discover God’s design and purpose for family God’s design for family – every family – is really about something bigger. Ask anyone if family really matters and most, if not all, would say it does. The real question, though, is “Why does family matter?” Have you ever wondered what God has in mind for the […]

I was not ready then to die for Him, my Lord, despite my oaths of allegiance and declarations of His divinity, that fateful evening at the garden when even the olive trees were bent over with grief as their Creator agonised with drops of blood falling from His brow, pleading with His Father that He […]

On a chilly January morning this year, two heavily-armed Islamic terrorists barged into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris and fired 50 shots, killing 11 people and injuring 11 others. The terrorists shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is the greatest”) in an attack that was a violent retaliation to the […]