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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
Who Has Faith in Marriage and Family? It’s Not Just the Religious
March 2, 2026 | By : Darius Lee
A glimpse of social media or the news cycles today might give the impression that attitudes towards marriage and family are more polarised and hostile than ever. In debates about sexuality and gender, there are occasionally voices which suggest that “conservative” attitudes on these topics are held only by certain . . . . Continue Reading »
Pulse
Theology’s Handmaiden
March 2, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In the last few decades, there has been a significant and exciting resurgence of philosophical theology, especially within analytic philosophy. Several reasons can be attributed to this phenomenon, including the collapse of logical positivism in the 1970s and the renewed interest in metaphysics. Contributing to this development are the works . . . . Continue Reading »
Compassionate Killing?
February 16, 2026 | By : Dr Roland Chia
In October 2024, a proposal was made in the UK Parliament that terminally ill adults in England and Wales should be allowed to end their lives with the help of their physicians. This proposal has sparked an emotional debate. According to Kim Leadbeater, the lawmaker from Britain’s governing Labour Party, . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »
Credo
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 »
Fighting Pagan Gods and Principalities with the Practice of the Good Life
February 16, 2026 | By : Kjelti Koh
God or gods? When confronted with passages such as Exodus 20.3 (You shall have no other gods before me.) or Psalm 95.3 (For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.), how do we typically understand the concept of gods? We often consider them to be . . . . Continue Reading »
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 »
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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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