Normalizing Homosexuality: How Should Christians Respond?
Without a doubt, the LGBT advocacy movement may be said to be one of the most successful in modern history. Within a short space of fifty to sixty...
Articles by ETHOS Institute
A Sin Or A Crime? – On Legislating Morality
On September 24 (2018), The Straits Times published an article by Professor Tommy Koh entitled ‘Section 377A: There is a difference between a sin and a crime’. This...
A Rising New Incivility?
In contemporary society, a trend towards incivility seems to be rising. This article registers my observations about the shifts. I hope this article will invite many others to...
Towards a More Coherent Faith Formation
The findings of a recent Ethos Institute survey titled “On Christian’s Attitudes Towards LGBT” reveal that even though a large majority of Christians did not agree with the...
Obligation to Future Generations
One of the most significant and yet controversial developments in genetic science in recent decades is the Human Germline Genetic Modification (HGGM) technology. By employing a set of...
God with us
One of the most common Gospel passages that is read in churches across the globe during the season of Advent is Matthew 1. This chapter, located at the...
Millennials and Religion
A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Centre revealed that millennials in America are leaving traditional institutionalised religions such as Christianity. Roughly two-thirds of those between ages...
The Roots of Christian Social Action
A recent article by a former editor of the Straits Times in Singapore caused some interest related to the spike of Covid-19 infections, especially those related to the...
Experimenting with Tradition
This article is aimed mainly at Christian leaders, educators and theologians. But I hope that as they are called to account, thoughtful Christians will also come to a...
Christians must reflect on meaning, purpose of the arts in human life
How should Christians understand and view the arts? SINCE the Reformation in the 16th century, when leaders of the church destroyed statues and other works of art to stem...
Mindfulness and Christian Meditation
The Bible does speak about meditation. It basically means thinking about God and His Word in His presence. We can look at a few verses that shed some...
Faith and Culture
Many years ago, I met a group of Chinese Christians who do not believe in celebrating the Lunar New Year. The festival, in their view, has its roots...