Pastoral Letters are weekly communications from our church pastor to the congregation.  They are mostly original reflections on the Word of God in response to church events or current affairs, local or beyond, with the primary intent to exhort Christians to live rightly before God in the real world.  Short bibliographies are sometimes featured towards the same end.

We pray that these writings will be a great blessing to you!

Be Faithful in the LORD

God’s faithfulness is demonstrated in His providence for man. God makes the sun to rise every morning and set every evening for generations. We can depend on God because of His faithfulness. He promises He would not fail to keep His promises and we can trust Him to fulfill this...

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When Is New Year Really New?

During the Chinese Lunar New Year season, we would put on new clothes. Some still practise the tradition of pasting the Chinese character, “blessing” on the door, our rice container, or even toilet doors. We would also greet each other, for example, “Happy New Year,” meaning that the person who...

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John Chrysostom: Golden-Tongued Preacher—Part 1/2

This 2-part article on the biography of John Chrysostom is taken from http://www.reformedspokane.org/Doctrine_pages/Doctrine_Intro/Portraits%20of%20Faithful%20Saints/Portraits06.html. Introduction “Almighty God, who hast given to us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto Thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in Thy name Thou...

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Quiet Time

The article below is a reprint of what I wrote about Quiet Time, when Christians spend about 15 minutes daily to read the Bible and pray. Imagine you have a child who, at 6 months old, talked to you using baby language: “Ya ya ya, wah wah wah.” You would...

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Distinguish the Truth

Recently, all sorts of scams via telephone and the internet caught everyone unaware. We hear of cases where scammers posed as police or health officer over the phone and threatened and deceived unsuspecting victims to transfer money to these syndicates. Just two weeks ago, sophisticated phishing messages resulted in victims...

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Go Preach the Gospel

“SINGAPORE – While Singapore remains religiously diverse, more residents aged 15 years and over reported having no religious affiliation compared with 10 years ago. This increase cut across most types of educational qualifications as well as all age groups, and was more prevalent among younger and Chinese residents, according to...

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Getting Ready for a Fruitful New Year

God willing, we will have a fruitful new year. Why say, “God willing”? James reminds us, “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow . . . Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that” (Jas 4:14-15)....

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A Gospel Month

December is a holiday month when many would take leave from work, students rest from their studies, and some may even travel overseas despite Covid-19! Thank God for the needed rest. In fact, the Teacher in Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 says, a person can do nothing better than to eat and drink...

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Who is Jesus?

I believe the name Jesus is no stranger to most of you. Jesus as a person is been a controversial topic for many. Some regard him as a moralist; some say that he was the founder of Christianity; yet others believe Jesus was only a legend in western culture. Who...

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A Christmas Gift To Our Friends

Christmas is around the corner. What is our gift to our friends and loved ones? Is it enjoying the Christmas lighting in a walk down Orchard Road with them or is it enjoying a bone-in ham dinner? Is this the real meaning of Christmas? Just as we may be somewhat...

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