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!
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)....
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...
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...
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...
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psa 90:12). As I write this letter, I write with great fear. One year, one precious year of 8760 hours of our life has passed away. Will you give away one hour of your life to...
John the Baptist preached, saying, “Look, the Lamb of God” (John 1:36). From this, Andrew knew who the Saviour was. “The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus’” (John...