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!
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...
With the exception of Sunday worship, we do not have many opportunities to interact together as one brethren in our regular church life. Our church organises a Bible Camp or Family Day every year in order to give our brothers and sisters from different age groups and cell groups a...
The author emphasises that our role as parents goes beyond just the nature of discipline. Parents must be goal-directed. The author stresses the importance of setting biblical goals for our children. This often involves examining our goals for our children. Parents want children to be successful so they can “do...
Several weeks ago, the Straits Times carried an article whose title read “A* scholarship holder, ‘stressed, shy and insecure.” This student was a doctoral student in Stanford University. She was arrested for four counts of poisoning the drinking water of her laboratory mates. She was also caught for sabotaging the...
Today, as we celebrate the church sixth anniversary, our hearts are filled with gratitude to God for several reasons. First, as God’s Word reminds us, “unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain” (Psa 127:1). For many of you who have worked hard to grow the church...
During our Church camp in 2014, we spent some time sharing with our brothers and sisters our plans for the gospel work in Bukit Batok neighborhood. At that time, we also mentioned the significance of doing gospel work for the community. Allow me to reiterate some important details with regards...
The author emphasises the importance of parents setting concrete training objectives for our children. Parents should know our child’s strengths and weaknesses. We should design training objectives which will strengthen the child’s weakness and encourage the child’s strength. Often than not, we spend much time having fun with our children...
The Straits Times carried an article that talks about a leadership program that trains community leaders who would help the needy in the society. The article mentioned several factors that could make this training program effective. First, for last year, the program took in a more diverse group when compared...
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If...