by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 7, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 7 August 2023 In John 17, we find what has been described by scholars as the high priestly prayer of Jesus for his disciples. Among the many things that Jesus petitioned his Father in this prayer, one of the most important is that his disciples (and the Church)...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 17, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 17 July 2023 On 14 January 2023, the BBC reported that Canada is preparing to expand its controversial medical assistance in dying programme (known by its acronym MAID), to include people with mental illness. When MAID was launched in 2016, it was made available...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 3, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 3 July 2023 In January 2023, Channel News Asia reported that as the population in Asia ages, a race is underway to find various means to slow down the ageing process. Arrestingly entitled ‘Chipping away at the mystery of immortality: The race to cheat death as...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 1, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 1 May 2023 No one would dispute the fact that our world today is conflicted and dangerous. It is a world that is plagued by wars, pestilence, unrest, famine and poverty. In addition to the chaos is the presence of the phenomenon of fake news, whose purveyors...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 17, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 17 April 2023 On March 13, 2023, The Independent reported that Ho Ching, the wife of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had posted on social media excerpts from the book by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell which was published ninety-six years ago...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 3, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 3 April 2023 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain (1 Corinthians 15:14) According to a BBC report published on 9 April 2017, ‘A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not...
