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!
Christmas will be here in a few weeks’ times! Whether or not you are a Christian, people living in the western part of the world and those influenced by western culture look forward to this season. Singapore is no exception. For some, this is a joyous festival for giving gifts...
The year 2018 will soon come to a close and we will usher in a brand new year. In retrospect, as we reflect on this year 2018, I am sure there are many things in our lives for which we can be thankful. For some it could be overcoming a...
By the time this pastoral letter is published, most students would have completed their examinations. How did they prepare for their examinations? They would have done several things. During class they ensure that they pay careful attention to what the teacher says. They would also do their homework diligently. This...
As the year comes to a close, companies take stock. A retail shop takes stock to detect theft and strategise pricing for maximum profit. The world does stock taking to earn greater monetary profits, whose benefits last but for a while. For the same reasons, Christians should also do spiritual...
When the church moved from West Coast to Bukit Batok in 2012, we explored how the church could bring the gospel into this community. We visited several HDB blocks where we distributed gospel tracts house by house. We realised, however, this was not the best approach because we could not...
The Adult and Youth Sunday School has completed the study of Gospel of John. We concluded this study with separate Sunday School quiz held separately for both the English and Chinese Sunday School. The quiz comprises 3 sections: True / False, Fill In The Blanks, and, memorizing a set of...
Will I starve to death if I do not have spiritual intake? To put it in another way, will I feel hungry if I do not read the Bible? Many do not think so. “How could it be? I have not read my Bible for two months and I am...
More than 500 years ago during the dark ages of the church, the laity (that is, people who are not popes, bishops, priests, church fathers, etc.) were not allowed to read the Bible (see articles of the Roman Catholic Council of Trent, AD 1546). The government of China today has...
Singapore is a society of many different faiths, cultures, and races. I am thankful that I could enjoy freedom of faith. If you were aware of the situation of Christians in other countries, you would realise that such freedom is not to be taken for granted. Today we could worship...
“Blessed Assurance,” “Praise Him! Praise Him!” and “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross,” are some hymns which we sing regularly in our church. These hymns are written by the great hymn writer, Fanny J. Crosby. She was born in 24 March 1820 in south east New York USA. At the...