Feature Articles
A series of monthly articles written by featured ETHOS Institute™ writers.
2025
January
ADDICTION TO SCREENS
Bishop Emeritus Robert M. Solomon
February
“LET IT GO?” LIVING AUTHENTICALLY AND FINDING FULFILMENT
Mr Darius Lee
March
TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE?
Ps Charles Lee
2024
January 1, 2024 – The Promise and Peril of Technology
Bishop Emeritus Robert M. Solomon
February 5, 2024 – Reflections on the Reformation
Mr Adriel Yeo
March 4, 2024 – What Would We Gain by Praying
Dr Lim K Tham
April 1, 2024 – Saved but Safe? Abuse in the Singapore Church
Dr Calvin Chong
May 6, 2024 – Memory, Relationship, and Remembrance
Mr Lisman Komaladi
June 3, 2024 – A Fine-tuned and Designed Universe
Dr Ng Kam Weng
July 1, 2024 – Imagining Extraterrestrial Encounters to invigorate Theological Reflection
Rev Gilbert Lok
August 5, 2024 – Caring for God’s Creation: Worship, Discipleship & Witness
Rev Poh Zhi-hui
September 2, 2024 – ETHOS Institute: Equipping the Saints and Engaging Society for the Church’s Faithful Presence in the Public Square
Rev Dr Edmund Fong
October 7, 2024 – Biblical Justice
Rev Christopher Chan
November 11, 2024 – Deepfake: How Deep is Our Fake?
Dr Kris Chong
December 12, 2024 – GOD’S “NO!”
Dr Leow Theng Huat
2023
Jan 2, 2023 – The Many Facets of Inclusiveness
Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert M. Solomon
February 6, 2023 – End Time Prophecies in the Context of Current Global Conflict
Mr Daniel Lee
March 6, 2023 – Moral Controversies & Debates about Human Nature
Mr Darius Lee
April 3, 2023 – Shame, Dementia, and the Church
Mr Leow Wen Pin
May 1, 2023 – Ageing Well
Rev Dr Jeremy-Joe Tan
June 5, 2023 – The Cross and the Sword: The Church’s Relationship to the Government
Rev Benjamin Fong
July 3, 2023 – Loving the Other in Our Midst: Ministering to International Students in “Our Jerusalem”
Dr Tan See Seng
August 7, 2023 – Living Out Faith in a Post-Section 377A Singapore: Insights from Nehemiah
Rev Jenni Ho-Huan
September 4, 2023 – Natural Law Redux
Dr Roland Chia
October 2, 2023 – Between Fantasy and Reality: Violent Media and Sexual Aggression
Lai Wei Yen
November 6, 2023 – Whose Meaning, Which Reality
Dr Leow Theng Huat
December 4, 2023 – Authentic Witness in a Social Media “Avatar” Age
Darius Lee
2022
Jan 3, 2022 – Encountering Racism And Critical Race Theory
Dr Liow Chin Yong, Joseph
Feb 3, 2022 – Ars moriendi, The Art of Dying
Rev Dr Billy Kristanto
Mar 3, 2022 – Should I Follow the Truth Wherever It Leads
Rev Dr Lewis Winkler
Apr 4, 2022 – The Roots of Christian Social Action
Bishop Emeritus Robert M. Solomon
May 2, 2022 – Invisible No More: Dignifying Migrant Workers
Rev Dr Bernard Chao
June 6, 2022 – Towards a More Coherent Faith Formation
Mr Adriel Yeo
July 4, 2022 – 7 Reasons to Include People with Disabilities in the Church
Mr Leow Wen Pin
Aug 1, 2022 – Digital Disruptions & Theological Education in the light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Singaporean Case Study
Dr Lai Pak Wah
September 5, 2022 – Reflections on A Church Wedding in the Singapore Context
Mr Kua Wee Seng
October 3, 2022 – Developing Complexity
Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok
November 7, 2022 – Identity in Christ & Moral Witness of the Church
Dr Ng Kam Weng
December 5, 2022 – Gender Dysphoria & the Gender Identity of the “Inner Self”
Rev Dr Edmund Fong
2021
Dec 6, 2021 – Four Bowl Metaphors and the Christian Life
Dr Calvin Chong
Nov 1, 2021 – Rethinking the Church’s Theology of Mission: Reflections on Jonah
Mak Sue Ann
Oct 4, 2021 – When Magic Fails
Rev Dr Jerry Hwang
Sep 6, 2021 – Christianity and Economics
Gilbert Lok
Aug 2, 2021 – The Mission of God’s People Today
Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok
Jul 5, 2021 – A Message from the Book of Revelation
Mak Sue Ann
Jun 7, 2021 – Thinking about Moses’ Ninth Commandment in our Era of Fake News
Dr Phil Chan
May 3, 2021 – Understanding Race and the Church in Singapore
Tan Jing Min and Jonathan Chan
April 5, 2021 – Michael Polanyi on Science as Personal Knowledge
Dr Ng Kam Weng
March 1, 2021 – What John Calvin has to teach about Church-State relations
Dr Edmund Fong
February 1, 2021 – Is It the End of the World?
Bishop Emeritus Robert Solomon
January 4, 2021 – Can We Legislate Morality? Some Contemporary Reflections
Prof Kwan Kai-Man
2020
December 7, 2020 – Smart Phones and Not-so-smart Persons?
Dr Andrew Peh
November 2, 2020 – Fighting With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs
Dr Leow Theng Huat
October 5, 2020 – The Poor You Will always Have: A Reflection on Poverty
Dr Lim K Tham
September 7, 2020 – One Saved, is the Entire Family Saved?
Dr Tan Loe Joo
August 3, 2020 – Stopping Euthanasia, Revering Life – Some ideas for Christians
Nick Chui
July 6, 2020 – How Do You Hold Your Microphone?: Storying Differently in the Church
Dr Calvin Chong
June 1, 2020 – Our Faith and Science during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Prof Phil Chan
May 4, 2020 – A Christian View of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part 2)
Dr William Wan
April 6, 2020 – A Christian View of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part 1)
Dr William Wan
March 2, 2020 – The Least of These…
Dr Eliza Lian
February 3, 2020 – Engaging Chinese Rituals: Perspectives & Approaches
by Dr Lai Pak Wah
January 6, 2020: Christian Humanism
by Dr Ng Kam Weng
2019
December 2, 2019 Feature Article: Nature, Climate Change, and God’s Faithfulness
by Dr Joseph Liow
November 4, 2019 Feature Article: The Roots and Fruits of Marriage
by Bishop Emeritus Robert Solomon
October 7, 2019 Feature Article: The Hebrew “Bechor ” and Jesus’ Discipleship Legacy
by Dr Phil Chan
September 2, 2019 Feature Article: Time to Open our Eyes?
by Dr Leow Theng Huat
August 5, 2019 Feature Article: On Being a Christian Scholar in a Fallen World: A Personal Reflection
by Dr Kumar Ramakrishna
July 1 2019 Feature Article: Manufactured, Manicured and Marred Beauty
by Dr Calvin Chong
June 3, 2019 Feature Article: A Christian Perspective on Global Uncertainties and Disruptions
by Dr Joseph Liow
May 6, 2019 Feature Article: All Things To All Men: Being a Christian in a Secular Society
by Dr William Wan
April 1, 2019 Feature Article: Towards an Ethos of Responsibility in Southeast Asia
by Dr Tan See Seng
March 4, 2019 Feature Article: Book Review – Through the Valley: the Art of Living and Leaving Well
by Gilbert Lok
February 4, 2019 Feature Article: Inter-Religious Dialogue: Compromise of Faith or Expression of Conviction?
by Dr Leow Theng Huat
January 7, 2019 Feature Article: What is the Role of Science in a Christian Life?
by Dr Phil Chan
2018
December 3, 2018 Feature Article: Plastic Planet
By Dr Andrew Peh
November 5, 2018 Feature Article: On Sound Bites and Silence
By Rev Dr Jimmy Tan
October 1, 2018 Feature Article: More an Onion Than an Apple
By Dr William Wan
September 2018 Feature Article: Citizens of Heaven on Earth
By Rev Dr Edwin Tay
August Feature Article: Christian Worship and the Shortage of Space
By Rev Dr Leonard Wee
July Feature Article: A Common Platform
By Dr Tan Loe Joo
June Feature Article: Caring for the World’s Vulnerable Children and Families
By Lyndsay Matthews
May Feature Article: Sola Scriptura: Reality or Rhetoric?
By Dr Calvin Chong
April Feature Article: A Rising New Incivility?
By Rev. Dr. Timothy T. N. Lim
March Feature Article: The Urban Church and Creative Urbanism
By Lawrence Ko
February Feature Article: Resurgent Religiosity: a Problem or Opportunity?
By Dr Leow Theng Huat
January Feature Article: Christianity and the University
By Dr Phillip Towndrow
2017
December Feature Article: Religious Tolerance and Limited State Bureaucracy
By Dr Ng Kam Weng
November Feature Article: One Vocabulary, Different Universes
By Bishop Emeritus Robert Solomon
October Feature Article: The Seed of the Church
by Michael Fisher
September Feature Article: Enchanted by ‘Magic Bullets’?
Dr Philip Satterthwaite
Principal, Biblical Graduate School of Theology
August Feature Article: Reflections on the Galileo Effect – Was the Galileo Affair a Conflict between Science and Religion?
Dr Keith Leong
July Feature Article: Our Way is Not to be Discovered in Ourselves, but Offered from Another
Dr Thomas Harvey
Academic Dean, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
June Feature Article: Christian Hospitality from ‘Migrant’ to Migrant
Dr Fong Choon Sam
Dean of Academic Studies and Interim Co-President, Baptist Theological Seminary
May Feature Article: Pop Music, Pragmatism, and Christianity
Rev. Billy Kristanto
Academic Dean, International Reformed Evangelical Seminary Jakarta
April Feature Article: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
by Dr Andrew Loke
Research Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
March Feature Article: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
by Dr Kwa Kiem Kiok
Lecturer, East Asia School of Theology
February Feature Article: Strangers and God Encounters
by Dr Goh Wei Leong
January Feature Article: Common Morality in a World Wounded by Fragmentations
by Rev Dr Daniel Koh Kah Soon
Lecturer, Trinity Theological College
2016
December Feature Article: Just Say No: Personal Responsibility in a Fallen World
by Rev Dr Chiang Ming shun
Lecturer, Trinity Theological College
November Feature Article: Climate Change – Missiological Implications
by Dr Andrew Peh
Lecturer, Trinity Theological College
October Feature Article: Are we fully living up to our public responsibilities?
by Dr Robert Banks
Theologian
September Feature Article: The Pneumatological Perspective to Inter-faith Dialogue
by Rev James Yeo
Rector, Catholic Theological Institute of Singapore
August Feature Article: Niebur in Asia: Christianity & Culture
by Dr Greg Clarke
CEO, Bible Society of Australia
July Feature Article: Dying Faithfully: Biblical & Theological Perspectives
by Bishop Emeritus Robert Solomon
June Feature Article: The Christian Mind
by Dr Lee Soo Ann
President, The Bible Society of Singapore
May Feature Article: Religion and Violence
by Fr Joseph Tham
Dean, School of Bioethics, Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University
April Feature Article: Two Kinds of Secularism and Social Peace
by Dr Brian H. Thomas
Lecturer, Singapore Bible College
March Feature Article: The Prophet and the Strategist
by Dr Tan Gee Paw
February Feature Article: Can A Christian Accept Macroevolution?
by Dr Andrew Loke,
Research Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
January Feature Article: Foreigners, Integration and Christian Civil Society
by Dr Gillian Koh
Researcher
2015
December Feature Article: Returning to Basics on SG50
by Mr Andy Lie
Ecumenical Officer, Northern Synod (United Reformed Church)
November Feature Article: The Crisis of Biblical Literacy
by Mr David Lang
Associate Professor, Singapore Bible College
October Feature Article: The Two Kingdoms – A Christian Perspective on Church and State in Singapore
by Mr Darius Lee
Lawyer and Author of ‘Like Fire In My Bones’
September Feature Article: Responding to Changing Family Realities
by Dr Mathew Mathews
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies (NUS)
August Feature Article: Christian Spirituality in a Time of Resurgent Spirituality
by Dr Calvin Chong
Associate Professor, Singapore Bible College
July Feature Article: Modern Christian Martyrdom
by Dr Tan Loe Joo
Lecturer, Trinity Theological College
June Feature Article: A Christian View of the Internet and New Media
by Dr Phillip A. Towndrow
Author, ‘Education and Society: A Christian Perspective’
May Feature Article: A Good Death?
by Dr Robert Solomon
Bishop Emeritus, Methodist Church of Singapore
April Feature Article: Interfaith Dialogue and Democratic Virtues
by Dr Ng Kam Weng
Director, Kairos Research Centre (Malaysia)
March Feature Article: Render To Caesar…Render To God
by Dr Leow Theng Huat
Lecturer, Trinity Theological College
February Feature Article: The Christian Virtue of Civility
by Dr William Wan
General Secretary, Singapore Kindness Movement
January Feature Article: Caring For Our Ill Neighbour
by Professor Philip Lee Hin Peng
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (National University of Singapore)