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!
Why is life filled with so much pain and suffering? The Bible tells us that this is the consequence of sin-we have sinned against the most Holy God as the Bible says, “for all have sinned” (Rom 3:23). As a result, we must all one day die: “for the wages...
Singapore celebrates 50 years of nation building this year. Since the beginning of this year, there has been numerous activities island wide to commemorate this special occasion. A few local Christian churches have also organized a ‘Jubilee Day of Prayer’ at the National Stadium on 5th July. It was not...
The author stresses the importance of child discipline from the heart instead of just addressing the behaviour. By addressing only the behaviour, we have overlooked the more needed and importance of addressing the child’s heart. For out of the heart comes the issue of life. Although discipline is important, the...
Today is a new beginning for Tree of Life Christian Church. After having enjoyed or endured the bilingual (Mandarin and English) mode of Sunday Worship Service, today is the first Sunday where the Mandarin and the English speaking people will worship in separate congregations. This is a good change. People...
A new born baby is very lovely. Although a mother may not be able to understand the little noises that her baby makes, these little noises can melt a mother’s heart. Imagine, however, after 10 years, this child can say nothing except make these little baby noises. Should this happen,...
On 31 May, the brothers and sisters of Tree of Life Christian Church, regardless of their age, ‘mightily’ took the first important step in our community outreach work. Everyone wore the church’s ‘uniform’ to distribute gifts at the designated flats and introduced Tree of Life Christian Church to the residents....
The author emphasises the importance of setting goals for our children. More importantly, parents should re-examine the motive behind setting these goals. The motives in setting goals for our children must be done in the light of the chief end of man – that is to glorify God and enjoy...
Matt 28:18-20 contains what Christians usually call the Great Commission: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them...
Every Christian must be actively doing gospel work. Employees must report to work every day. If not, they are lazy and deserve to be dismissed. School children must attend classes and do homework. If not, these children are lazy and deserve to be disciplined by the teacher and parents. In...
Jesus commands us to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:19) At another time, Jesus tells his disciples more specifically, that they are to be His witness, that is, to tell people about Jesus in “Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the...