#4 — Drugs, Addiction, Prison & Religion | Arthur Phua

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Arthur Phua is a Singaporean Christian Pastor. He has a Master’s Degree in counselling, and decades of experience in entrepreneurship, teaching, and running a very successful prison ministry in Singapore. We discuss these experiences, including what he’s learned about drug addiction, Christian faith, crime, malevolence, conscience, and a lot more.Thank you for listening ❤️See below for timestamps, social links, contact Tyler, etc.OUTLINE(00:00) - Trailer(00:46) - Introduction(01:35) - How Arthur became a Christian Pastor(05:27) - Opening a Prison Ministry(09:59) - What is a successful Prison Ministry?(13:44) - Singaporean Prison System(18:38) - Counselling Inmates(29:38) - How people become criminals and addicted to drugs.(39:37) - Counselling, Ministry, & Manipulation(50:37) - Worshipping other Gods(56:47) - Becoming your own God(59:30) - Death & Mortality(1:06:06) - Re-integrating into society after prison(1:11:46) - Attachment, Conscience, & Retribution(1:21:37) - Malevolence vs. Ignorance in Prison(1:24:15) - Has society failed them?(1:26:20) - Singapore’s spiritual revival(1:31:45) - Religions of love vs hatePODCAST LINKSPodcast Website: https://tylerkwan.substack.com/podcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3uyCO1eC3H1Nythg6QqsY4Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyler-kwan-podcast/id1885164051RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/10fb9471c/podcast/rssPodcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWA8_WkFezEwqP-xMiFrT7R63vOhrrsSQSOCIAL LINKSX: ⁠https://x.com/tylerkwan⁠Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tylermkwanTikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@tylermkwan⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylermkwanSubstack: ⁠https://tylerkwan.substack.com/⁠Contact Tyler - ⁠https://tylerkwan.substack.com/p/contact-me

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