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!
In a just a few days, the year 2014 will be over forever. A full year of 365 days has gone by. These 365 days are like 365 pieces of gold bars. No, each day is far more precious than a gold bar because each day is a day of...
The arrival of December is a timely reminder that the year will soon be over. How was your 2014? Did you fulfill all the New Year resolutions which you have set for this year? Are you happy with your performance this year? In which areas did you grow and learn?...
There are two issues that feed into the persons your children become: the shaping influences of life and their Godward orientation. Therefore parenting must address both of these issues, so says the author. Whatever the shaping influences of life, it is the child’s Godward orientation that determines his response to...
I read the article below when a pastor friend posted the link http://www.dancogan.com/my-journey-away-from-contemporary-worship-music in his Facebook page. The writer is Dan Michale Cogan. Below is part 2. First, hymns have been sung by the giants of the faith who have gone on before us over the last two millennia. When...
I read the article below when a pastor friend posted the link http://www.dancogan.com/my-journey-away-from-contemporary-worship-music in his Facebook page. The writer is Dan Michale Cogan. Below is part 1. I have been what many would call a “worship leader” for close to two decades. When I first became involved in “worship ministry”...
Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The...
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,...
I remember during one of the fellowship meetings when the worship chairman announced that there will be a Library Day, he mentioned that he had never heard of a program like ‘Library day’ even though he has been a church goer for many years. Planning for ‘Library Day’ was in...
The development years of a child are critical as the character of a child develops during that period. The author terms shaping influences which mould a person’s character. “Shaping influences are those events and circumstances in a child’s development years that prove to be catalyst for making the person he...
What happens when someone whom we love dies? We grieve. We grieve because we will miss his or her presence. Hence, spend more time with your loved one when he or she enters old age. If God is willing, they will live to a ripe old age. But the truth...