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!
Just not too long ago, I wrote about someone whom we cared about who died suddenly at a young age. She had heard the gospel numerous times but she did not, as far as we knew, make a decision to receive Christ. Perhaps during the last minutes of her life,...
When a person simply and sincerely believes in Jesus, that is, receives Him as Saviour, that person receives eternal life from that very moment he believes in Jesus. He will also experience and enjoy eternal life in his life on earth. At the same time, he is also guaranteed a...
The PSLE results have just been released. While some are overjoyed, there are other parents who are disappointed with their child’s results. More importantly, they are worried about their child’s ability to excel academically and hence to succeed in life. In other words, to them, academic results determine your success...
Computers are one of the wonders of the modern world. Just by clicking a mouse or typing on a keyboard, you can move a machine to perform your commands, control an air plane or print a document without attaching any wire. All these tasks are made possible not because of...
In the course of these several years, the world has witnessed major disasters including tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and presently, famines in Africa and nearer home, the present flood in Thailand. The floods in Thailand are the worst in half a century and have shut down 10,000 factories, put 660,000 jobs...
We received news on Tuesday that someone whom we know and loved passed away. We were in shock as she was young—only 42 years old and she had, as far as we knew, no history of any serious sickness. She came for September’s church gospel rally. In fact, she had...
The church remembers 31st October as Reformation Day. Martin Luther, a brilliant scholar, was a Roman Catholic monk who was often troubled about his sins. He went to great extent of torturing himself, thinking that by so doing, God would forgive his sins. It was upon reading the book of...
Among the issues discussed during the recent 12th Parliament sitting, the government discussed ways to make Singapore a caring community. One minister singled out some groups that will need help. These include people with disabilities, the chronically ill, and the vulnerable elderly with no family support. It is also the...
Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes died a few days ago at the age of 56. People all around the world grieved for him. Many people laid their condolences, flowers and apples in front of his house. Larry Page, CEO of Google remembers him,...
The Old Testament records that when Ezra “stood on a wooden platform” to preach and teach the Word of God (Neh 8:4), at least thirteen other leaders (Neh 8:7) “helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the...