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!
We had just celebrated Teachers’ Day and I had wanted to write a special note to our teachers in the Adult and Children Sunday Schools but I could not due to several reasons. Teaching is a critical ministry in church. This is where important and systematic truths are taught. In...
Regarding the recent gospel rally, we had been particularly concerned about several issues. First, our new (we moved into The Spire on 24th of June this year) church premises was not situated in the most accessible location. Some taxi-drivers were also not familiar with this place. For those who drove,...
After a stressful day of handling work related problems including navigating through complex human relationships, where would you look forward to going? Some visit pubs (don’t!) while some look up good friends to pour out our grievances. Many, like me, will think of returning home not because it is the...
What’s so special about October that today’s pastoral letter should be entitled “Entering the Month of October?” There’s nothing special about it because we will be doing what we need to do for the past months: serve God, take care of the family, do our job, etc. It is, however,...
Why do we urge people to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? If we can hear the people in hell speak, you might hear them call out: “Do not come here. It’s a place of great suffering!” The Bible has always been proven amazingly accurate in so many things, whether...
We sang the hymn “Must I Go and Empty Handed” in last Sunday’s Worship Service. This hymn was written by Charles Carroll who was a journalist and lay evangelist before he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1886. He authored this hymn when he heard about a Rev A.V....
There are several outstanding athletes in the London Olympics 2012. Two of them are Usain Bolt who won the 100m race in 9.63 seconds. The other is Michael Phelps who is hailed as the greatest Olympian ever. He has won a total of 18 Olympic gold medals. They are definitely...
In a few days’ time, Singapore will celebrate her 47th National Day. We are blessed in many ways in terms, as the nation’s pledge endeavours to achieve, “to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress.” We are also shielded from...
From the year 2010 to 2011, there was an increase of 47 percent in the number of people who sought help from the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS). Compared to five years ago, the number of people who used this service has increased by more than 240 percent. The SOS encourages...
Just recently, the news reported that a Christian group that is led by students has been suspended following investigations over posters that were deemed “insensitive and disrespectful.” A cabinet minister rightly reminds us that we must be sensitive and vigilant on matters of race and religion. Christians must be very...