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Honouring parents willingly

The Maintenance of Parents Bill, a law passed in 1995, allows elderly parents unable to support themselves to apply to the Courts to make their adult children provide financially for them. Some may wonder if this is an instance of a secular law being put in place to compel children to fulfil God’s commandment to “Honour your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12). I think not.

The Christian mind

Perhaps the most profound challenge to the Christian mind is secularism, that is, the marginalisation of transcendence and the subtle erasing of the awareness of God in public consciousness.

At the end of 2025, dare we hope?

As we approach the final weeks and months of 2025, we find ourselves in a world that continues to be darkened by pain, suffering and uncertainty. It is a world burdened by wars and buffeted on all sides by a myriad of existential threats.

Partnering with World Vision to create better futures for children

Through World Vision Singapore, children and families in 23 countries have benefited from programmes that build sustainable futures. Methodist Message speaks with two members of Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church who share their personal journeys as World Vision donors.

Becoming a dementia-friendly church

On 26 February 2025, two-time Academy award winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy were found dead in their home. The medical investigator concluded that Betsy had passed away first, followed by Gene a few days later. His official cause of death was severe heart disease, with advanced Alzheimer’s disease (a form of dementia) as a contributing factor.

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