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!
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...
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...
“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...
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)....