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Statement by the National Council of Churches of Singapore on 21 December 2025
December 21, 2025 | By : ETHOS Institute
The National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) is deeply concerned by the incident on 21 December at the St Joseph’s Church in Bukit Timah, where a suspicious parcel was found on church premises. We are grateful that thorough checks by the Singapore Police Force and specialist units have confirmed . . . . Continue Reading »
SPECIAL ARTICLES
Forgotten Foundations: Christianity and Modernity’s Amnesia
November 3, 2025 | By : Dr Roland ChiaThis lecture was delivered at a Christian Apologetics Seminar organised by Journey GKYSG on 11 October 2025 at the Bible House. In recent decades, Christianity has been subjected to intense scrutiny and criticism, especially from Western academics and writers. Early in our century, there emerged a new perspective dubbed the ....Continue Reading »
What is the New Apostolic Reformation?
September 28, 2025 | By : Dr Roland ChiaIn 1999, an international group of apostles gathered in Singapore in what was to be a historic meeting. For it was at this meeting that the International Coalition of Apostles (ICA) was formed. According to its website, the goal of ICA is to ‘advance the Kingdom of God more rapidly ....Continue Reading »
What is Critical Social Justice?: An Anatomy of an Ideology
August 1, 2024 | By : Dr Roland ChiaWhat is Critical Social Justice? An Anatomy of an Ideology This paper was presented at the TTC Faculty Colloquium on 26 July 2024 In recent decades, a new ideology has emerged which radically distorts received notions of justice which have their roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This new understanding of ....Continue Reading »
Feature
What’s in a name? Making Some Sense of the “Pronoun Hospitality” Debate
February 2, 2026 | By : Dr Lewis Winkler
What’s in a name? In Genesis 2, Adam names the animals as one way to fulfill God’s mandate to “have dominion” over creation. When Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah are brought to Babylon, to assert his authority over them, King Nebuchadnezzar changed their names to Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. . . . . Continue Reading »
Pulse
Woke ‘Science’
February 2, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
Woke ‘Science’ One of the most disingenuous strategies of the authoritarian Left is to instrumentalise science by distorting its findings in order to achieve its political and social goals. For many people, science is regarded as that human enterprise which has been kept outside the realm of the political, and . . . . Continue Reading »
Solidarity and Responsibility: Lessons from Bonhoeffer
January 19, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In his famous work Cost of Discipleship published in 1937, the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer sets out his profound understanding of human solidarity by grounding it not in the prevailing sociological and political theories but in the incarnation of the second person of the triune God. So significant is Bonhoeffer’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Have This Mind in You
January 5, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
Philippians 2:1-11 This sermon was delivered at the chapel service at Trinity Theological College on 27 September 2023 Our passage from Paul’s letter to the Christians at Philippi contains that great Christological hymn about the mystery of the Incarnation. The authorship and origins of this hymn are unknown to . . . . Continue Reading »
Credo
The Foundational Role of the Family in Society
February 2, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In a speech delivered at the launch of National Family Week at Suntec Convention Centre on 4 June 2022, then-Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, articulated the Singapore government's unwavering commitment to support the family in these memorable words: Strong families are the bedrock of our society. They are . . . . Continue Reading »
The Trinitarian Origins and Accomplishment of the Divine Plan of Salvation
January 19, 2026 | By : Dr Ng Kam Weng
Christianity teaches a unique salvation where God takes the initiative to save humankind from the plight of sin. This initiative is not a historical afterthought in response to the Fall of humankind in Adam, but is grounded in a pre-temporal plan of the God who is sovereign over history. The . . . . Continue Reading »
First things first
January 5, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. ~ Matthew 6:33 There is perhaps no better time to examine our priorities than at the beginning of a brand new year. Since ancient times, such an exercise has been deemed . . . . Continue Reading »
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August 1, 2025 | By : ETHOS Institute
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Videos for ETHOS Annual Conference 2021: The Triune God are now up!
October 26, 2021 | By : ETHOS Institute
To watch the videos for this event, please go to ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here!
Videos for ETHOS Conversation 2021: Religion and Politics in Singapore are now up!
May 3, 2021 | By : ETHOS Institute
To watch the videos for this event, please go to ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here. Please click here to read the speech by Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law.
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