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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
Astrotheology
March 2, 2026 | By : Dr Roland ChiaIn 1995, Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz announced that they had discovered a planet orbiting another star, 51 Pegasi, like our own (1) – an epochal moment indeed in modern science. Since then, the number of ‘exoplanets’ has grown steadily. On 17 April 2014, the Kepler Space Telescope announced the ....Continue Reading »
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 »
Feature
I.E.C.D. Unto Christ
April 6, 2026 | By : Rev Daniel Tong
Following the worldwide COVID pandemic, great attention has been given to the issue of mental health, due to the stress experienced by many from an extended time of isolation, worry over career and finance, the possibility and impact of infection, along with challenges in interpersonal relationships, etc. Mental health challenges . . . . Continue Reading »
Pulse
Rightly Dividing the Word?: Prophetic Misreading and the Celebration of Violence
April 13, 2026 | By : ETHOS Institute
America’s and Israel’s war with Iran has caused excitement among some evangelical Christians for all the wrong reasons. The conflict has led them to believe that biblical end-time prophecies are being fulfilled right before their eyes. John Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel, described the war as part . . . . Continue Reading »
Further Down the Slippery Slope: On Extending the 14-Day Rule
April 6, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
One of the most contentious approaches to ethical reasoning is the slippery slope argument (SSA). While many ethicists credit the SSA as having some value, they are at the same time quite wary of it. Briefly, the SSA warns that permitting a certain policy would incrementally result in morally undesirable . . . . Continue Reading »
From the Closet to the World: The Dynamic Relationship between Prayer and Action
March 16, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
The modern evangelical church must be alert to two separate but not distinct misconceptions about prayer and action, and how the one is related to the other. The first misconception is to regard prayer as a substitute for action – which can also be a disguise for treating prayer as . . . . Continue Reading »
Credo
Our Identity in Christ
April 6, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
Standfirst: We live in a culture which, despite its obsessive preoccupation with identity, is suffering from an acute case of identity crisis. In this chaos and confusion about identities that plague the postmodern world, how are Christians to think of their own identity? The postmodern sensibility, with its aversion to . . . . Continue Reading »
Jesus is Coming! Are You Ready?
March 16, 2026 | By : Pastor Jonathan Tan
Are you Ready to meet the Lord Jesus? Time and again, the New Testament calls on us to be ready for Jesus' return (e.g., Mt 24:36–44, Lk 21:25–28, Jn 14:1-3, Heb 9:27-28, 1 Thess 5:1-3). Sadly, most Christians today have fallen asleep at the wheel, as it were, and the . . . . Continue Reading »
A Most Respectable Sin
March 2, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
One of the most distinctive contributions of Roman Catholic moral theology is the enumeration of what is now known as the "seven deadly sins". The origins of the list can be traced to Pope Gregory I (540–604), although it was later developed by the great 13th century medieval theologian, Thomas . . . . Continue Reading »
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Check out the videos for 2025!
August 1, 2025 | By : ETHOS Institute
Check out the latest available videos at ethosinstitute.sg/videos or click here! Check out the videos for the past events in the archives here.
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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Every month the ETHOS Institute publishes five articles on a variety of topics on its website. These articles have attracted many readers who find them informative and engaging.
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