by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994), ‘All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
MUCH of the confusion with the practice of prophecy in the contemporary church has to do with a misunderstanding of what the New Testament means by the term. It is not possible to provide a full discussion on prophecy in the limited compass of this article. What I...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
In a TIME magazine poll conducted in 2006, 17% of the Christians surveyed claimed that they are part of the prosperity Gospel movement in America. A staggering 61% believes that God wants people, particularly Christians, to be prosperous, while 31% are convinced that...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
It may surprise some readers of this magazine to learn that the practice of praying for the dead has a very long history in the Christian tradition that can be traced as far back as the third century A.D. The great father of the early church, Tertullian, who has...
by ETHOS Institute | Mar 3, 2015 | More Articles by Dr Roland Chia
On 9 March 2013, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon chose euthanasia as the topic of his lecture to the Singapore Medical Association. CJ Menon’s main argument in his wide-ranging lecture is that it is mainly for Parliament to decide on whether euthanasia or...
