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ETHOS Conference: Human Sexuality, Marriage & the Church
Biological Basis for Homosexuality: A Brief Look at the Evidence by Dr Roland Chia. Click here to read the paper.
During the mid-autumn festival, my sister-in-law received a box of mooncakes from a property developer who was constructing a sky-scrapper office building right beside her apartment complex. Instead of going over the moon with the gift, she filed a complaint to the developer for noise pollution. The reason: work on the project has been going on into the wee hours of the morning almost daily, bringing with it an incessant humdrum of construction activity and noise pollution.
The problem of noise pollution has, in fact, become a major global concern. A report by the World Economic Forum in March, 2017, lists cities with the worst noise pollution. Among them are Guangzhou, Delhi, Cairo, Mumbai, Istanbul and Beijing. The problem is so bad in these cities that it is affecting their hearing. Singapore received a Worldwide Hearing Index rating of 1.08, putting us in the middle of the scale of fifty cities tested for noise pollution.
November 2018 Credo
Miracles
By Dr Roland Chia
Jesus’ statements concerning the timing of the consummation of the kingdom of God, recorded in the Gospels, have generated considerable debate among some scholars.
For instance, in Mark 9:1, Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power’.
Another example is found in Matthew. Weaved into his instructions to his disciples, as he sent them off on a preaching mission to Galilee, is this statement: ‘I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes’ (Matthew 10:23).
November 2018 Pulse
Normalizing Homosexuality: How Should Christians Respond?
By Dr Roland Chia
Reader’s Question: How should Christians respond to the attempts to normalize same-sex relationships?
Without a doubt, the LGBT advocacy movement may be said to be one of the most successful in modern history. Within a short space of fifty to sixty years (slightly beyond one generation), we have seen the seismic shift in cultural sensibilities, from viewing homosexual behaviour as a reprehensible taboo to legalizing same-sex marriage.
These winds of change are not only blowing in liberal societies in the West, but are also felt in more conservative countries in Asia. The ruling of the Taiwanese Constitutional Court on 24 May 2017 that same-sex couples have the right to marry is a case in point.
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The article “Divine Genocide” is extremely helpful and insightful to aid me in my understanding regarding Joshua 's 'brutal' military actions against the Canaanites - in relation to the 'occasional' and 'general' command. Something I will share with my cell members tomorrow evening.
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Excellent overview of ideas and views from all sides of the debate.
Upcoming Events
- 20 March 2019 - ETHOS Conversation: Nurturing the Future Generation
Speakers: Minister Desmond Lee and Rev Christopher Chia
Venue: 5th Floor, Bible House
Time: 7.30pm - 9.00pm
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Featured Video
ETHOS Conference – Justice and the Common Good
A Conference organized by ETHOS in collaboration with BGST, BTS, DTC, EAST, SBC, TCA and TTC.
30 September 2017
Session 1 – Justice & the Common Good – A Biblical Perspective: Part 1
Part 2 and Sessions 2 , 3 and 4 of this conference are available HERE.