by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 8, 2022 | Pulse
On May 25, 2022, an 18-year-old gunman by the name of Salvador Ramos fatally shot 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school. Ramos, who shot his grandmother before going on his rampage, was killed by law enforcement officers after they stormed into the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 20, 2022 | Pulse
20 June 2022 Pulse On 25 February 2022, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, a video footage of a Ukrainian pilot, known only as the ‘Ghost of Kyiv’, single-handedly shooting down six Russian planes went viral on social media. This video had two million views in less...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jun 8, 2022 | Pulse
Pulse 6 June 2022 ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’ writes Bernard Marr in an article published on the Forbes website, ‘describes exponential changes to the way we live, work and relate to one another due to the adoption of cyber-physical systems of the Internet of...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 16, 2022 | Pulse
Pulse 16 May 2022 In the past two decades, a number of important books on the nature and meaning of work from the Christian perspective have been published. These books have been enormously helpful in clarifying the Christian understanding of human work in relation to...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 2, 2022 | Pulse
Pulse 2 May 2022 In a previous article on the VR Church, I briefly alluded to the ministry of Pastor D.J. Soto who firmly believes that the future of the Church is in the metaverse. I mentioned that in one of his VR worship services, Soto baptised an anime girl whose...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 18, 2022 | Pulse
April 2022 Pulse In the previous article on the metaverse, I mentioned Alina Delp, a woman with a rare neurovascular condition called erythromelalgia, who has found participation in the Virtual Reality Church a meaningful spiritual experience. In 2018, Alina was...