Proverbs 3:5-6 is quite the famous passage. So in 2015 YouVersion checked their statistics to see what the favorite verses of each countries were - meaning how many times the Christians in that country opened up a particular verse. You wanna guess - which of the following countries had Proverbs 3:5-6 as its top hit? China, Nigeria, Mexico or ( Read more... )

Just a couple weeks back, I was talking to my fiancé, Charis about the book of Jonah. And I was wondering out loud - you know, “if we have the privilege of having children one day, should we name our son Jonah?” But she protested very quickly, “no, no, no we definitely cannot name him that - he confirm will get bullied in Sunday school one. Can you ( Read more... )

This past summer, I was interning and had the chance to assist with a high court trial. I’m not going to go too much into the details but we had a really difficult time with our client. All his accounts of the alleged offence were inconsistent, his defence was far too incredible. The newspapers and social media were having a field day ripping him ( Read more... )

I was watching a Formula 1 race last week with my 5-year-old nephew, and as Lewis Hamilton lined up at the head of the pack to star the race, he kept shouting “Hamilton! Hamilton!” During the race, however, he started shouting the names of other drivers, “Rosberg!” I was confused so I asked him, “Eh Lucas, how come you change team? What happened to ( Read more... )

In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul talks about true wisdom and understanding - we read in verse 6 of a wisdom that is not of this age, and in verse 7, a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. When we read this, some questions pop to mind - what is this secret and hidden wisdom? It’s been planned for a long time ( Read more... )

*A sermon preached at Zion Bishan BP Church's evening service (15 May 2016)

1st Thessalonians - a letter by the Apostle Paul to the Church in Thessalonica. At the time the letter was written, the Thessalonian Church was a fairly young church. In fact, the birth of this church was an interesting event recorded in the book of Acts.


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*Mini 5-min long sermon prepared as part of preaching training in my church. What do we mean when we say someone is a ‘stumbling block’ to others? I imagine something like this ( Read more... )

*Shared at an inter-batch prayer fellowship meeting in NUS Law.I wonder if you've ever thought what your future will be like? What lies ahead? A good life? Struggling and suffering? How will your future job be like? What will your future wife or husband be like? You see, it would be really awesome if we could send someone ahead of us, to sort ( Read more... )

Here's how the ideal day begins: I wake up bursting with delight - I am a child of God after all! Leaping out of bed in the strength of my Savior, my steps bounce with joy as I head for the morning shower. The refreshing touch of water on the skin covers me with praise as I remember the daily mercies of the Lord God falling upon me as the morning ( Read more... )

We talked last week about skin diseases and how they represent our sinful condition in the book of Leviticus. Remember Leviticus 13 tells us that the disease is much more serious than it looks, it is more than skin deep. Similarly, sin goes deeper than the surface. Sin is the very condition of our hearts - the prophet Jeremiah says our hearts are ( Read more... )