“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...

Primary and secondary students look forward to June as it is school holidays.  They need not wake up early.  Neither do they need to rush to finish homework.  They may even travel abroad and visit places.  Nothing is more relaxing than that.  As for parents, June is more troublesome than...

We will be celebrating Father’s Day in a week’s time.  We thank God for the father who tirelessly and laboriously works in order to provide for his family, protects and shields them from harm and danger.  We remember the father who chauffeurs his children to and from classes.  He even...

Two weeks ago, a bomb exploded during a musical concert in England, Manchester.  The bomb was planted by a terrorist, Salman Abedi, and killed 22 children and young people, and injured many others.  What is troubling is this: The country, England, which Salman Abedi bombed was the same country that...

On 25th May 2017 Taiwan’s highest court ruled in favour of gay marriage.  She would probably be the first in Asia to legalise same sex marriage.  A part of the statement issued by the court explains the reason for its ruling: “disallowing two persons of the same sex to marry,...

As technology advances and becomes more accessible, it has made our lives easier.  Nearly everyone in Singapore owns a hand phone, which is also a smart phone.  Thus, shopping, scheduling appointments, making bank transactions, and searching for information is done just by the touch of a finger.  Electronic data and...

I can remember fondly my late mother for her sacrificial and unyielding love for me and the family.  Be it through her laborious hard work in supplementing the family’s income or being the mediator between my father and us when we got into trouble or through the smallest of ensuring...

Below is part 2 (and the last) of Stephen Altrogge’s article on handling clinical depression in http://www.desiringgod. org/articles/how-to-fight-for-faith-in-the-dark. Find a friend to remind you of the truth Depression gets you stuck inside your head.  Your brain becomes a swirling mass of half-truths and distorted perceptions.  Up seems down; truth seems...

Jesus says, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John 10:10).  Our greatest desire is that all who come into Tree of Life Christian Church may receive life: that those who are grieving may receive comfort, those who are disheartened may be encouraged,...

Stephen Altrogge wrote this article in http://www. desiringgod.org/articles/how-to-fight-for-faith-in-the-dark. I’ve often said that depression is like wearing tinted glasses. Everywhere you look, things look dark.  Bleak. Black.  Hopeless.  Helpless.  The waiting room for depression says, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.” Depression is both a physical and spiritual affliction.  Neurons...