Credo

Credo is a monthly column that addresses issues related to the Bible, apologetics and doctrine.

2024

January 1, 2024 – Behold, I am making all things new 
Dr Roland Chia

January 15, 2024 – The Rapture: Left Behind or Taken Away? 
Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon

February 5, 2024 – Hymning our spiritual heritage
Dr Roland Chia

February 19, 2024 – Thinking Theologically about Theological Education 
Dr Simon Chan

March 4, 2024 – On Reading the Bible with the Church
Dr Roland Chia

March 18, 2024 – Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most beautiful of them all? 
Rev Dr Billy Kristanto

April 1, 2024 – The storied self
Dr Roland Chia

April 15, 2024 – The Doctrine of Christian Perfection
Rev Gilbert Lok

May 6, 2024 – Called to Health, Wealth and Success?
Dr Roland Chia

May 20, 2024 – On Promethean Shame and the Gift of Creatureliness
Khaw Siew Ping

June 3, 2024 – Every member in ministry (from 040324 to 030624)
Dr Roland Chia

June 17, 2024 – Creation? Evolution? Or Both?
Dr Andrew Loke

July 1, 2024 – The Church’s role in being salt and light of the world
Dr Roland Chia

July 15, 2024 – The Spirituality of Tithing
Leow Wen Pin

August 5, 2024 – Marriage: Contract or Covenant?
Dr Roland Chia

August 19, 2024 – WhatsApp Ticks: Another Kind of “Already but Not Yet” Blues
Dr Kris Chong

2023

January 2, 2023 – The Jesus Prayer
Dr Roland Chia

January 16, 2023 – Lessons from the Pandemic
Rev Dr Leonard Wee

February 6, 2023 – Just a Hallucination?
Dr Roland Chia

February 20, 2023 – Church Discipline: A Loss of Nerve 
Rev Dr Simon Chan

March 6, 2023 – The Sacrament of the Ordinary
Dr Roland Chia

March 20, 2023 – Is God the Author of Evil in the World?
Rev Dr Edmund Fong

April 3, 2023 – Virtuous Living and Creation Care 
Dr Roland Chia

April 17, 2023 – Why Do We Need Revival?
Dr Billy Kristanto

May 1, 2023 – On Nurturing the Young
Dr Roland Chia

May 15, 2023 – The Presentation of Firstfruits
Dr Philip Satterthwaite

June 5, 2023 – Christians and the State
Dr Roland Chia

June 19, 2023 – The House of Salvation
Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert M. Solomon

July 3, 2023 – Spiritual friendships
Dr Roland Chia

July 17, 2023 – St. Augustine on the (temporal) city of man and the (eternal) city of God
Dr Ng Kam Weng

August 7, 2023 – A sacrament of divine love
Dr Roland Chia

August 21, 2023 – Don’t let ‘gospel’ become another Christian jargon
Ps Gilbert Lok

September 4, 2023 – Technological prudence
Dr Roland Chia

September 18, 2023 – Rethinking the Hymn “In Christ Alone”
Pr Png Eng Keat

October 2, 2023 – The Transfiguration of Jesus
Dr Roland Chia

October 16, 2023 – Spiritual Pursuits and Deception of the Ego
Rev Dr Jimmy Tan

November 6, 2023 – Faithful Remembering
Dr Roland Chia

November 20, 2023 – That his spirit may be saved
Dr Roland Chia

December 4, 2023 – A theology of Christmas carols
Dr Roland Chia

December 18, 2023 – Christian Orthodoxy and Biblical Interpretation
Adriel Yeo

2022

January 3, 2022 – Convicted Civility
Dr Roland Chia

January 17, 2022 – The Beauty of Music
Rev Dr Billy Kristanto

February  3, 2022 – The Fatherhood of God
Dr Roland Chia

February 21, 2022 – Mindfulness and Christian Meditation
Emeritus Bp Robert Solomon

March 3, 2022 – A Lenten prayer
Dr Roland Chia

March 21, 2022 – Pious Sins
Dr Roland Chia

April 4, 2022 – Experimenting with Tradition
Dr Simon Chan

April 18, 2022 – Singapore Census 2020 
Dr Andrew Loke

May 2, 2022 – By Suffering and Blood
Dr Roland Chia

May 16, 2022 – Kintsugi, Suffering, and Hope 
Preacher Png Eng Keat

June 6, 2022 – In the Shadow of the Pandemic
Dr Roland Chia

June 20, 2022 – We Need No Permission to Dance
Dr Kris Chong

July 4, 2022 – Leibniz on the Best of All Possible Worlds 
Dr Ng Kam Weng

July 18, 2022 – Youth Ministry and the Institutional Church: Lessons from Bonhoeffer
Mr Adriel Yeo

August 1, 2022 – Educating the Next Generation 
Dr Roland Chia

August 15, 2022 – Get Out!
Ps Gilbert Lok

September 5, 2022 – Into the Depths
Dr Roland Chia

September 19, 2022 – We Need Less Hebrew and Greek in Church (and More, Too)
Dr Scott Callaham

October 3, 2022 – Salvation in the City
Dr Roland Chia

October 17, 2022 – A Place for Art in Christian Imagination and Theology
Rev Dr Bernard Chao

November 7, 2022 – Christmas & COVID-19 
Dr Roland Chia

November 21, 2022 – Wesley on the Church
Dr Roland Chia

December 5, 2022 – On saving the family

December 19, 2022 – Of Beasts and Horns

2021

January 4, 2021 – For the Common Good
Dr Roland Chia

January 18, 2021 – Contemporary Resurgence of Apologetics – Revisiting the Relationship Between Faith and Reason
Prof Kwan Kai-man

February 1, 2021 – Lenten Fast
Dr Roland Chia

February 15, 2021 – Stephen Hawking’s Final Musings About God
Dr Andrew Loke

March 1, 2021 – Religion of the Heart
Dr Roland Chia

March 15, 2021 – The Immutable God Who Cares
Dr Ng Kam Weng

April 5, 2021 – Christus Victor
Dr Roland Chia

April 19, 2021 – What Makes Us Human?
Dr Billy Kristanto

May 3, 2021 – On being salt and light
Dr Roland Chia

May 17, 2021 – “In Jesus’ Name”
Rev Dr Leonard Wee

June 7, 2021 – Redeeming Work
Dr Roland Chia

June 21, 2021 – The Particularity of the Incarnation
Rev Dr. Simon Chan

Jul 5, 2021 – The youth and LGBT
Dr Roland Chia

Jul 19, 2021 – The Original Infection 
Bishop Emeritus Dr Robert Solomon

Aug 2, 2021 – The Voice of Tradition
Dr Roland Chia

Aug 16, 2021 – Why Creeds and Confessions are Less Important (than Scripture)
Dr Scott Callaham

Sep 6, 2021 – God with us
Dr Roland Chia

Sep 20, 2021 – Six Features of The Apostles’ Creed
Rev Dr Edmund Fong

Oct 4, 2021 – The challenge of Agape
Dr Roland Chia

Oct 18, 2021 – God the Father Almighty
Dr Mark Chan

Nov 1, 2021 – Unselfing
Dr Roland Chia

Nov 15, 2021 – Does the Bible tell us the Age of the Earth
Mr Daniel Lee

Dec 6, 2021 – Real Faith
Dr Roland Chia

Dec 20, 2021 – The Doctrine of Inseparable Operations and the Church
Mr Adriel Yeo

2020

January 6, 2020 – Forced Exit
Dr Roland Chia

January 20, 2020 – Redemption as a Touchstone for Right Theology in the Nicene Controversy
Dr Ng Kam Weng

February 3, 2020 – “Incarnational” Evangelism
Dr Roland Chia

February 17, 2020 – The Differences between Cultural Modesty and Biblical Humility
Rev Dr Jerry Hwang

March 2, 2020 – Covid-19 and the ‘Heath-and-Wealth Gospel’
Dr Andrew Loke

March 16, 2020 – Teach Your Children Well
Dr Roland Chia

April 6, 2020 – Christian Courage
Dr Roland Chia

April 20, 2020 – Theology and Film: Seeing the Sacred on the Silver Screen
Dr Kris Chong

May 4, 2020 – It Takes a Church
Dr Roland Chia

May 18, 2020 – Abiding in the True Vine
Dr Yee Chin Hong

June 1, 2020 – Truly #Blessed
Dr Roland Chia

June 15, 2020 – “We are Beggars. This is True.”
Dr Tan Seng Kong

July 6, 2020 – Online Holy Communion and Its Symbolic Representation
Dr Leow Theng Huat

July 20, 2020 – Faith with Understanding
Dr Lim K Tham

August 3, 2020 – Be As Little Children
Dr Roland Chia

August 17, 2020 – Righteous and Inclusive
Dr Philip Satterthwaite

September 7, 2020 – Be Thankful
Dr Roland Chia

September 21, 2020 – Why Creeds and Confessions are Important
Dr Edmund Fong

October 5, 2020 – Methodists and the Poor
Dr Roland Chia

October 19, 2020 – Not in Lofty Words: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12
Dr Roland Chia

November 2, 2020 – The Call to Companionship
Dr Roland Chia

November 16, 2020 – Annihilation or Restoration
Dr Leow Theng Huat

December 7, 2020 – Silence and Watchfulness in Prayer
Dr Roland Chia

December 21, 2020 – Prayer
Rev Dr Jimmy Tan

2019

January 7, 2019 – Procrustean Beds
Dr Roland Chia

January 21, 2019 – Love Alone? The Problem with Christian Universalism
Dr Billy Kristanto

February 4, 2019 – How Did the Church Get Its Bible?
Dr Roland Chia

February 18, 2019 – Is Jesus God? A Historical Evaluation Concerning the Deity of Christ
Dr Andrew Loke

March 4, 2019 – That They May Be One
Dr Roland Chia

March 18, 2019 – “Once Saved Always Saved” and Other Controversies
Dr Leow Theng Huat

April 1, 2019 – Pastoring with the Fathers
Dr Roland Chia

April 15, 2019 – Science and Theology as Analogous Research Programmes
Dr Ng Kam Weng

May 6, 2019 – Augustine and Christian Education
Dr Roland Chia

May 20, 2019 – 1 Peter 3:18-22: Did Christ Descend into Hell?
Rev Dr James Lim

June 3, 2019 – Subverting Scripture
Dr Roland Chia

June 17, 2019 – Ecclesiastes: Far from “Meaningless”
Dr Philip Satterthwaite

July 1, 2019 – The Secularisation of the Church
Dr Roland Chia

July 15, 2019 – The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Some Reflections
Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon

August 5, 2019 – The Crucifixion in Art and Theology
Dr Roland Chia

August 19, 2019 – Is There Still a Place for a Penal Substitutionary Theory of the Atonement?
Rev Dr Edmund Fong

September 2, 2019 – Seven Mountains Mandate
Dr Roland Chia

September 16, 2019 – Reclaiming and Renewing Creation
Dr Ng Kam Weng

October 7, 2019 – An Anatomy of Hope
Dr Roland Chia

October 21, 2019 – Conditional Immortality
Dr Tan Loe Joo

November 4, 2019 – Faith and Culture
Dr Roland Chia

November 18, 2019 – Whose Calendar? Which Rhythm?
Dr Leow Theng Huat

December 2, 2019 – Faith Working Through Love
Dr Roland Chia

December 16, 2019 – The Temptations of Aging
Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon

2018

January 2, 2018 – Divine Genocide?
Dr Roland Chia

January 15, 2018 – Ritual Matters
Dr Simon Chan

February 5, 2018 – Pope Francis and The Lord’s Prayer
Dr Roland Chia

February 20, 2018 – ‘All Israel Will Be Saved’
Dr Roland Chia

March 5, 2018 – Growing Old in Christ
Dr Roland Chia

March 19, 2018 – What is the Gospel?
Dr Leow Theng Huat

April 2,  2018 – Evidence for Jesus
Dr Roland Chia

April 16, 2018 – Can We be Sure of our Election?
Jimmy Tan

May 7, 2018 – The Return of Christ
Dr Roland Chia

May 21, 2018 – James and John (Packer and Wesley on Romans 7)
Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon

June 4, 2018 – Theological Liberalism as Heresy
Dr Roland Chia

June 18, 2018 – The Paradox of Discipleship
Rev Dr James Lim

July 2, 2018 – Religion and Magic
Dr Roland Chia

July 16, 2018 – A Fitting Salvation
Rev Dr Edmund Fong

August 6, 2018 – The Bible and Disability
Dr Roland Chia

August 20, 2018 – Proverbs: Rulers and Working for Justice
Dr Philip Satterthwaite

September 3, 2018 – What About 1 Timothy 2: 11-15?
Dr Roland Chia

September 17, 2018 – Grappling with our Christian and Asian Cultural Identities
Dr Lai Pak Wah

October 1, 2018 – Between Death and Resurrection
Dr Roland Chia

October 15, 2018 – Was Jesus Mistaken?
Dr Roland Chia

November 5, 2018 – Miracles
Dr Roland Chia

November 19, 2018 – Upon This Rock
Dr Roland Chia

December 3, 2018 – Resurrection or Hallucination?
Dr Roland Chia

December 17, 2018 – Different But Equal
Dr Roland Chia

2017

January 3, 2017 – The Forgotten Trinity
Dr Roland Chia

January 16, 2017 – What Does it Mean to Uphold Sola Scriptura Today?
Dr Edmund Fong

February 6, 2017 – Divine Transcendence and Immanence
Dr Roland Chia

February 20, 2017 – How a Minority Church Impacted Wider Society
Dr Ng Kam Weng

March 6, 2017 – The Unchanging God
Dr Roland Chia

March 20, 2017 – A Politically Correct View of Judaism?
Rev Dr Simon Chan

April 3, 2017 – Divine Presence
Dr Roland Chia

April 17, 2017 – Who is in Whose Image?
Bishop Emeritus Robert M Solomon

May 2, 2017 – God is Love
Dr Roland Chia

May 15, 2017 – Formulaic Christianity
Dr Leow Theng Huat

June 5, 2017 – The Mind That ‘Sees’
Dr Roland Chia

June 19, 2017 – The Book of Ruth: a Study in Unspectacular Faithfulness
Dr Philip Satterthwaite

July 3, 2017 – Initial Evidence?
Dr Roland Chia

July 17, 2017 – Being Christ’s Witnesses in a Pluralistic Society
Dr Billy Kristanto

August 7, 2017 – Word Made Flesh
Dr Roland Chia

August 21, 2017 – Should Everyone Study Theology?: Yes and No
Dr Tan Loe Joo

September 4, 2017 – Repentance and Forgiveness
Dr Roland Chia

September 18, 2017 – Maker of Heaven and Earth
Rev Dr Mark Chan

October 2, 2017 – Is the Reformation Over?
Dr Roland Chia

October 16, 2017 – Adam’s Sin and Ours—What Paul Really Said in Romans 5:12
Dr Brian Thomas

November 6, 2017 – Clarity on Sexuality
Dr Roland Chia

November 20, 2017 – Prayer from the Depths of Despair 
Rev Dr Christopher Wright

December 4, 2017 – Faithful Presence
Dr Roland Chia

December 18, 2017 – Mark 16:17-18: A Biblical Mandate for Handling Poisonous Snakes?
Rev Dr James Lim

2016

July 4, 2016 – What is Theology?
Dr Roland Chia

August 1, 2016 – Speaking About God
Dr Roland Chia

September 5, 2016 – The Image of the Invisible God
Dr Roland Chia

October 3, 2016 – Taking Doctrine Seriously
Dr Roland Chia

November 7, 2016 – Vestiges of the Divine
Dr Roland Chia

December 5, 2016 – The Importance of Tradition
Dr Roland Chia

December 19, 2016 – Is the Incarnation Possible?
Dr Andrew Loke