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 recently, a brother in the Lord fell seriously ill. I was very encouraged by the love and concern shown by many in the church. The love and concern demonstrated was spontaneous and I think it was a natural outflow of the love and life of God. Many prayed, visited...
There was a big rush at Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple on Wednesday night as devotees rushed to place their joss sticks in the large god of fortune urn on the temple’s main stage. They hoped to be the first to offer their joss sticks immediately after the clock strikes...
Just recently, a particular company ruled that no employee will be allowed to take medical leave during the Chinese Lunar New Year. Should any not comply with this ruling, they will be penalised with four demerit points. The converse is also true: Should anyone not take leave, they will be...
Just half an hour after the stroke of the New Year, a bomb exploded in a church in the city of Alexandria, Egypt which was holding her church service. Twenty-one persons died while 79 others were injured. It was the worst attack in a decade compared to the past which...
Many of us rely a lot on handphones. Besides using it to keep in touch with people, some also use it to play games, watch videos, as a calculator, keep appointments, etc. Some also use it as an alarm clock to wake them up for work. The handphone has become...
Those who have tried to teach a child how to do something might have experienced this. Before you have finished what you want to tell him, he tells you: “I know! I know!” When he, however, performs that task, he is unable to do what you want. The problem was...
What is the time of your life? What I mean is, how much time do you think you have left before you pass away from this world? For some of you, it is bed time. You know, judging from your age, that you may not have many years on this...
We visited an outdoor museum called Sovereign Hill which is situated in the city of Ballarat in Australia. In the 1850s, many, including Chinese, travelled there to seek a fortune by gold mining. Many endured hostile living conditions for years in the hope of striking gold one day. For an...
Just recently, WikiLeaks released secret American cables. These cables contained private discussions between political leaders. Many of these leaks revealed diplomats’ embarrassingly frank assessments of world leaders. Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs also joined the world in voicing its disapproval over such an act as it can destroy relationships between...
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil” (Luke 6:45). What is stored in your heart decides how you live your life. It is thus important that you store in your heart God’s truths...