by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 1, 2021 | Pulse
February 2021 Pulse One of the most controversial issue surrounding people struggling with same-sex attraction arguably is whether their sexual ‘orientation’ can or should be ‘corrected’ through therapy. For many, the very idea of treating people who are same-sex...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 18, 2021 | Pulse
January 2021 Pulse In their book, As Iron Sharpens Iron, Howard and William Hendricks emphasise the importance of spiritual mentoring before the idea became fashionable in evangelicalism. Stressing the cruciality of this work of spiritual direction in the Church, they...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 4, 2021 | Pulse
January 2021 Pulse On the 24 February 2020, BBC reported that the Canadian government has put forward a Bill to expand the scope of its current laws on assisted suicide to include people who are not terminally ill. If passed by Parliament, the new law will create a...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 21, 2020 | Pulse
December 2020 Pulse One of the most interesting books I’ve read about the irrational fascination that leftist intellectuals have for tyrants and terrorists is Jamie Glazov’s United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny and Terror (2009). With impeccable research...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 7, 2020 | Pulse
December 2020 Pulse In December 2000, the Singapore Cabinet formed the Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) at the initiative of the then-Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan. The BAC is an independent national advisory body responsible for examining the ethical, legal and...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 16, 2020 | Pulse
November 2020 Pulse One of the freedoms that Western democratic societies cherish and are determined to defend is the freedom of speech or expression. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articulates the right to the freedom of expression thus:...
