Smart Phones and Not-so-smart Persons?

December 2020 Feature Apple officially released the first iPhone on June 29, 2007, and with almost ten upgrades later, it has brought about significant changes in our lives.  In tandem, the development of the Android smartphones, has revolutionised the way we live. ...

Fighting With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs

November 2020 Feature Protestant churches in Singapore, as a whole, have expressed their firm opposition to sexual relationships and marriage between members of the same sex. I agree wholeheartedly with this position. There are, however, certain aspects of the life...

The Poor You Will always Have: A Reflection on Poverty

October 2020 Feature In her book, This is What Inequality Looks Like (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2018), the sociologist Teo You Yenn gauges that ‘roughly a fifth of the resident population of Singapore could be defined as poor.’ This estimate presenting a high proportion...

One Saved, is the Entire Family Saved?

September 2020 Feature Question: “We frequently say the phrase “when one is saved, the whole household is saved,” and examples like the Philippian jailer & his household, and the salvation of Cornelius’ household are often cited. It is often taken as one of the...