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!
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...
Jesus Christ occupies a pivotal place in human history. Because of Him, we have Christianity and the church. If not for Him, majority of the countries in the world, including Singapore, would not make Sunday a rest day. He is also the reason why this year is known as AD...
Luke 19:28-38: After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it,...
An article in the Straits Times proposes several things parents should not do with children in helping them handle stress: communicating with your children only when he has a problem rather than finding time to talk to him; becoming a part of his problems because you want him to meet...