Faithful Presence
Reader’s Question: How can I be a faithful witness for Christ to my sceptical friends and colleagues? In 1 Peter 2:9, we have one of the most remarkable...
Articles by Dr Roland Chia
Bonhoeffer and Discipleship
“Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” These words eloquently summarise the central message of Dietrich...
Modern Slavery
Despite the incredible leaps that our species have made in the last couple of centuries, one of the oldest scourges that has accompanied us throughout our history still...
Repentance and Forgiveness
Reader’s Question: Does the Bible teach that Christians should forgive the unrepentant? Christians are commanded to forgive because they worship the God who forgives. In Matthew 6:15, we read:...
Who is Jesus Christ?
This question continues to exercise inquiring minds throughout the centuries, even as the enigmatic figure of the first century Rabbi never ceases to fascinate and capture the human...
Mathematics and Reality
At a recent Ethos Institute seminar on ‘Science and the Christian Faith’, a participant asked an important question pertaining to the relationship between mathematical models and reality. Mathematicians...
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Reader’s Question: Is speaking in tongues the initial sign that a Christian is baptised in the Holy Spirit? Pentecostals maintain that the ability to speak in other tongues (Greek: glossolalia)...
The Mind That ‘Sees’
What do Christians mean when they say that they have a personal knowledge and experience of God? What do Christians mean when they say that they sense his...
God is Love
In 1 John 4:8, we find the briefest but most profound description of God: ‘God is love’. Christian philosophers and theologians have long pointed out that the message...
Divine Presence
“Am I a God who is near”, says the Lord, “and not a God far off? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I do...
The Unchanging God
‘They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away, but...
Divine Transcendence and Immanence
In the Eastern Church, the Trisagon is usually sung before the Prokeimenon of the Gospel and the reading of the Epistle. Known as Ter Sanctus in Western Christianity,...