By Ps Tan Hui Ru One of John Piper’s more famous quotes is “Missions exist because worship doesn’t” — his point is that we proclaim God’s name to all nations so that God will be worshipped by all nations. But what is worship? And how would you explain to a non-Christian friend or family member…
By Pr Ho Wei Liang “Again Jesus said, ‘Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.’” (John 20:21) John Piper says that “Missions exists because worship doesn’t.” Adapting his motto just a little, my lecturer in mission at Trinity Theological College would say, “Mission exists because worship doesn’t.” What’s…
By Pr Herna Kong “And how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 3:15). Do we read the Bible every day? Some of us may say, “I don’t have the time.” However, don’t we still make time for…
By Dr Dominic Kuek “So how are you going to apply the sermon today?” I remember being quite taken aback when the lady sitting next to me in church asked me that very question after service. Quite frankly, my mind had been preoccupied with lunch plans at that moment, and the thought of discussing the…
By Rev Dr Edward Goh Channel News Asia recently reported that some teachers’ mental health is at an all-time low. An engagement survey shows thirty per cent of the MOE teachers are struggling to cope with the increased work stress brought about by the need to generate new lesson plans, online quizzes, and monitor the…
By Dr Agnes Tan At the beginning of our COVID-19 lockdown, the choir chose an anthem called “A Community of Faith” as their first audio recording project and as a reminder of what a community of faith should look like, even when facing a global pandemic. The refrain of the anthem goes like this, “A…
By Rev Dr Clive Chin What is biblical discipleship? Those who follow Jesus by faith are known as his disciples. Scripture does not make a distinction between Christians who are “normal believers” and disciples who are “super Christians”. We are either following Jesus as his disciples or we are not; there is no middle ground…
By Pr Ho Wei Liang Over a six-year longitudinal study from 2004-2010 involving more than 500 youths, Christian youth researchers from the Fuller Youth Institute investigated how faith can be more successfully passed on. At the end of it, they pinpointed “steps youth workers, churches, parents, and students themselves can take to help students stay…
By Dr Dominic Kuek I have lost track of how many Christian friends of mine have stopped believing in the gospel. And it wasn’t just the ‘flaky’ ones. Many of them grew up in church with me, served in various committees, came for prayer meetings regularly, and taught Bible studies. One of them was even…
By Ps Tan Hui Ru Tomorrow is Singapore’s 56th National Day, and for the first time in 56 years, we will not be watching the National Day Parade (NDP) on 9 August itself. It feels really odd to me because as a child, I looked forward to National Day with a passion. Before NDP tickets…