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!
More than 500 years ago during the dark ages of the church, the laity (that is, people who are not popes, bishops, priests, church fathers, etc.) were not allowed to read the Bible (see articles of the Roman Catholic Council of Trent, AD 1546). The government of China today has...
Singapore is a society of many different faiths, cultures, and races. I am thankful that I could enjoy freedom of faith. If you were aware of the situation of Christians in other countries, you would realise that such freedom is not to be taken for granted. Today we could worship...
“Blessed Assurance,” “Praise Him! Praise Him!” and “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross,” are some hymns which we sing regularly in our church. These hymns are written by the great hymn writer, Fanny J. Crosby. She was born in 24 March 1820 in south east New York USA. At the...
John Piper writes about George Muller that “he had read his Bible from end to end almost 200 times. He had prayed in millions of dollars (in today’s currency) for the orphans and never asked anyone directly for money. He never took a salary in the last 68 years of his...
Before Jesus left the disciples to return to his Father who is in heaven, he gave to his disciples the following promise which carries with it a command in Acts 1:8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in...
Preaching the gospel is a command from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20: Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have...
The Lord Jesus loves every person in the world fervently. He proved His sincere love by dying for us all: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Just as...
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty” (Zech 4:6). We thank the Lord for leading the gospel rally that was held on 31 Aug and 1 Sep so that all went smoothly! From the...
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; the old has gone, the new is here” (2 Cor 5:17). If you humble yourself before the Lord Jesus Christ, acknowledge that you are a sinner, ask Jesus to forgive your sins, and receive Him as your Lord and...
The writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Teacher, describes the human life: Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. You can feel his anguish and frustration. This frustration is not theatrical but expresses his inmost emotion. This frustration is not only felt by adults. Students who face the daily...