by Dr Roland Chia | May 6, 2024 | Credo
Credo 6 May 2024 In an article entitled ‘Magical Moments’, Stephen Hunt, who teaches religion at Reading University, notes that the ‘health and wealth gospel’ is ‘one of the fastest growing religious movements on a global scale’. Hunt is right. In a 2006 poll...
by Rev Gilbert Lok | Apr 15, 2024 | Credo
Credo 15 April 2024 Imagine this conversation among a group of sincere Christian friends: “Hey, did you know some denominations say that Christians are to be perfect?” “Oh? You mean we are to be flawless and sinless? C’mon, is that even possible?” “Seriously, isn’t...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 1, 2024 | Credo
Credo 1 April 2024 The phrase “silver tsunami” is often used to describe the extraordinary rise in the number of older people throughout the world today. It is employed by not only politicians and academics, but also the ageing service sector. The...
by Rev Dr Billy Kristanto | Mar 18, 2024 | Credo
Credo 18 March 2024 In the ETHOS feature article of July 2019, Dr. Calvin Chong bemoaned “life in an increasingly aestheticized world.” Indeed, beauty can lead to idolatry rather than true worship. Perhaps the Protestant tradition is not entirely wrong when they...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 4, 2024 | Credo
Credo 4 March 2024 In his thoughtful book entitled Passion for the Truth (1996), the evangelical theologian Alister McGrath observed that ‘Evangelicals have always been prone to read Scripture as if they were the first to do so’. To read Scripture in this way is often...
by ETHOS Institute | Feb 19, 2024 | Credo
Credo 19 February 2024 Not a few students have complained that studying theology at Trinity (where I taught) is tougher than their university education. This is not surprising. Let’s begin with an analogy. We trust doctors who have received a thorough education at a...
