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!
During this time of the year, Chinese would remember their deceased loved ones by visiting the tombs. They would offer prayers, food, and burn incense to the dead. Christians do not pray to the dead or participate in ancestral worship. Amongst several reasons for why we should not do so...
Not long ago, I received a whatsapp about an airliner giving away free air tickets. There was a link on which you could click if you were interested in finding out more about the offer. I found it hard to believe. But in order to verify its authenticity, I decided...
“TREBES: Tributes flooded in Saturday (Mar 24) for a French policeman who died after offering himself in exchange for a hostage held by an extremist gunman in a supermarket siege, with President Emmanuel Macron hailing him “a hero.” Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame swapped places with a hostage during the supermarket...
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied” (1 Cor 15:19). Life has happy moments. But the large part of life is filled with tears, anxiety, sufferings, and sorrow. Moses the man of God says in Psalm 90:10: Our...
I pray that this church will not only be one which increases in number, but most importantly, a church with which God is pleased. The church in Thessalonica is certainly not perfect. At the time Paul wrote to this church, it faced several problems that could be easily cause it...
Before we realise it, the second group of the Young People Fellowship (YPF2.0) has entered its second year. Thank God! That the fellowship could begin its second year is indeed God’s grace. This is possible because of the tireless efforts of a group of mentors. They gave of their time...
Psalm 133:1-3 says, How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. It is as if the dew of Hermon...
A leader of City Harvest Church, Chew Eng Han, was sentenced to jail for 3 years and 4 months for criminal breach of trust. Several days ago, he tried to flee to Malaysia to escape jail. What led him to do that? For certain, the thought of being imprisoned for...
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat gave his speech regarding Budget 2018. One of the goodies is that Singaporeans aged 21 and above this year will get a one-off bonus of up to $300 each. A highlight of his speech is also the announcement that GST will be increased from the...
In the few days before the Lunar Chinese New Year, the market was already packed with people early in the morning. In the evening supermarkets were overcrowded with people who came to buy goods in preparation for the coming new year. Big and small provision shops were also more crowded...