Tag Archive for: identity

The Curse of Being a High Achiever

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By: Third Space

I’m a firstborn Asian son. I was always a high achiever! In primary school, I was the annoying kid who asked the teacher for more work. Read more

Be the Real You

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By: Dr Eliezer Gonzalez

 Are you the real you? I actually think that many people aren’t true to who they really are and who they are meant to be. Read more

Society is Suffering A Case of Mistaken Identity

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By: City Bible Forum

There’s a lot going on in our society around identity at the moment. I only have to say the words “Manly Sea Eagles” and you’ll get it. Read more

What’s Even Better Than a Self-Stacking Dishwasher?

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By: Sam Chan

We all know the feeling – we go to put a dirty cup into the dishwasher… but, ‘aaaaaargh!’ – the dishwasher is full of clean dishes. It still needs to be unstacked. Read more

How Do We Know We Are Human?

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By: Sam Chan

Lately I’ve been re-listening to “Human” – the 2008 song by The Killers. Read more

“Social Glyphosate”, aka Individualism, and How It’s Withering Our Society

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By: City Bible Forum

On Monday morning I decided that I would take to all of our indoor plants with weed killer. Actually I didn’t decide that. I decided to feed all of the plants with liquid fertilizer, but inadvertently took the wrong bottle out of the cupboard and gave them all a liberal dose of glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Read more

Why ‘Looking Within’ For Identity Isn’t Enough: We Also Need To ‘Look Up’

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By: Akos Balogh

“Your days are numbered, Maverick. Your kind is heading for extinction.” So said a US Admiral (played by actor Ed Harris) to Maverick (Tom Cruise) in the latest Tom Gun movie. Read more

How “You Do You” Is Leading To Narcissism and a Mental Health Crisis

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By: Akos Balogh

We’re the first generation in human history in which ‘You Do You’ is the default way of doing identity formation. ‘You Do You’: it’s all about finding your purpose and identity by looking within. Read more

What Are You Worth? A Different View

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By: Dr Eliezer Gonzalez

What are you worth? There are many wrong ideas about Christianity. One of them is that for Christians, being humble means being realising that you are sinful, evil, and totally worthless.
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Is Your Work a One-Sided Romance? Find a New Identity

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By: City Bible Forum

There’s a saying: “Find a job you love and you’ll never work another day in your life”. Career advice that many of us have no doubt adhered to, and probably even shared with others. 

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