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!
We meet today for the Annual Congregation Meeting. I thank God for members and friends—you have helped build God’s church. You have given of your time, monetary offerings, and spiritual gifts to serve God’s people. Your faithful attendance at the various spiritual meetings, especially on Sunday Worship, have encouraged this...
Just as the world is starting to walk out of the shadow of the pandemic, we are embroiled in a war that is happening thousands of kilometers away. Globalisation of the economy has caused Singapore to be affected by the war in Ukraine. Drivers were the first to feel the...
“Budget debate: Omicron wave in Singapore has peaked and is subsiding, says Ong Ye Kung SINGAPORE – The current Omicron wave in Singapore has peaked and the number of infections is now declining.” Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Wednesday (09 March 2022): “There are now good indications that...
There are spiritual lessons that we can learn from the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Our Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong comments, We must never lose the capability to defend ourselves. National Service and a strong, operationally ready SAF is our best deterrent against aggressors . . . The...
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. “One noteworthy incident demonstrates the power of his preaching. During the Lenten season of 387 the people of Antioch rioted over new taxes imposed upon them by the emperor Theodosius and burned a number of statues of the...
Recently, the Committee of Privileges released an investigative report regarding a certain party lying to the House in Parliament. The report included recommendations on the penalty towards the leader for lying. The course of investigation also exposed how the leader and members of its party covered up their lies. This...
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...
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...
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...
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...