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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)