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!
SINGAPORE—The National Day Parade (NDP) this year will be postponed to Aug 21 after the end of the latest Covid-19 restrictions, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) on Thursday (July 22). Despite the postponement and changes, the upcoming NDP would still be held, albeit as a scaled-down affair. Even so,...
Just when we decide to return to church premises for worship on a long term basis, the government issues a last minute directive (on Tue, 20 Jul) that basically U-turned the nation and our plans. This is understandable in view of the sudden big increase in Covid-19 infection. As a...
Read below to learn about prayer from some great men and women of God. Prayer lays hold of God’s plan and becomes the link between his will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit’s prayer....
Due to Covid-19, we are gradually becoming accustomed to shopping online, getting meal deliveries, working from home, attending online classes, keeping in touch with relatives abroad through video calls. We even attend church worship service and Sunday schools through videos. These advances in network communication have allowed us to achieve...
A Straits Times article dated 3 July 2021 reads “Moving from COVID-19 pandemic to endemic: Singapore’s strategy and how it can unfold.” “SINGAPORE – Singapore has started its journey towards living with COVID-19, with most restrictions expected to be lifted before the year ends.” What is behind this decision? What...
Habits are very powerful, so powerful that without needing your mother to nag at you, you would brush your teeth in the morning—daily. And you have been doing that for as long as you remember, 10, 20, or 50 years. There is a holy habit that Christians must have—daily Quiet...
Our lives are filled with different kind of challenges and difficulties. The new wave of COVID-19 pandemic has led to people falling into financial turmoil once again. Chronic diseases that come as we age would greatly affect our normal way of life. It could even bring inconveniences to people around...
An article by Jeremy Reynalds on Father’s Day from Two Perspectives and I quote “Unjustly or not, I think that sometimes dads feel cheated when it comes to Father’s Day. It seems to play second fiddle to Mother’s Day.” Here is some interesting information I found (www.menstuff.org) comparing the two...
This article, written by Dr Brad Klassen, is taken from https://blog.tms.edu/living-on-the-brink-of-eternity-the-life-of-david-brainerd. During one of his trips, Brainerd preached in an Indian village. Among the Indians who had gathered was a young, 20-year-old Native American, the daughter of a notable chief. Her family had been horribly mistreated by white settlers. Yet...
This article, written by Dr Brad Klassen, is taken from https://blog.tms.edu/living-on-the-brink-of-eternity-the-life-of-david-brainerd. They advised that he serve alongside an experienced missionary before traveling to more remote and dangerous regions of the frontier. Brainerd agreed and arrived in Stockbridge, Massachusetts early in the spring of 1743. Under the oversight of John Sargent,...