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!
The newspapers recently reported that more employees are hiring ex-offenders. Since 2007, there has been a 69 per cent increase in the number of employers, totalling 2,700, who volunteer to hire ex-offenders. I thought these employers should be applauded. What if they misbehave at work? Will they steal the company’s...
It is recommended by some that sauna rooms be set to about 80 degrees Celsius and a person should stay inside there for around 10 minutes. I once entered such a room for about a minute and I thought that I was surrounded by steam. The past few months of...
Imagine you have a child who when he was 6 months old, talked to you using baby language: “Ya ya ya, wah wah wah.” You would say that he was very adorable. If after, 20 years, he still talks like that, will you say he is adorable? You will be...
After several months of preparation of sending out invitation cards, practicing for the choir, planning and much prayer, we will hold our annual Gospel Rally this coming Friday at 8pm. The gospel rally will be held here in the sanctuary where we conduct our weekly Sunday Worship. There will also...
I just got to know from a pastor friend, with whom I seldom kept in touch with, about his wife. I had asked him if his wife were well. He told me that she had not been well for some time. I was surprised as for the majority of those...
In less than a month (2nd of September 2011), we will be holding our annual gospel rally. The speaker is Rev Goh Seng Fong and his message is entitled “The Touch of Jesus.” In a time when people often face deep hurts as they live their everyday life, they need...
A man dashed in front of a father and his then four year old son and resulted in that boy being pushed against a car door. That man did not stop but continued walking. The father confronted the man and an argument broke out and vulgar words were exchanged. This...
A recent newspaper article recently reported that a man and a woman cheated at least 8 people of thousands of dollars by pretending to be civil servants . They offered to help them claim government benefits such as income tax rebates and baby bonuses. They would instruct the victims to...
Recently, the Ministry of Health issued a 38-page booklet that contains guidelines to help general practitioners manage gambling disorders which include breakdown of significant relationships, difficulty in managing work and studies, financial troubles, as well as physical and mental health deterioration. Several observations made by medical authorities in response to...
His conversion not only saved his soul, it smashed his dreams of fame and honour for himself. His one pressing purpose became to “plan his life to please his Lord.” In 1809, the same year he joined the Congregational church, he became burdened to become a missionary. He found some...