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!
John Piper writes about George Muller that “he had read his Bible from end to end almost 200 times. He had prayed in millions of dollars (in today’s currency) for the orphans and never asked anyone directly for money. He never took a salary in the last 68 years of his...
Before Jesus left the disciples to return to his Father who is in heaven, he gave to his disciples the following promise which carries with it a command in Acts 1:8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in...
Preaching the gospel is a command from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20: Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have...
The Lord Jesus loves every person in the world fervently. He proved His sincere love by dying for us all: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Just as...
“This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty” (Zech 4:6). We thank the Lord for leading the gospel rally that was held on 31 Aug and 1 Sep so that all went smoothly! From the...
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; the old has gone, the new is here” (2 Cor 5:17). If you humble yourself before the Lord Jesus Christ, acknowledge that you are a sinner, ask Jesus to forgive your sins, and receive Him as your Lord and...
The writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes, the Teacher, describes the human life: Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless. You can feel his anguish and frustration. This frustration is not theatrical but expresses his inmost emotion. This frustration is not only felt by adults. Students who face the daily...
When God created living things of the world, be it plants or animals, the Bible simply recorded, “according to their various kinds . . . And it was so . . . God saw that it was good” (Gen 1:11-25). When God created human beings, however, it was different from...
In any success story of a person’s endeavours, be it in academics, sports, or business, there is always a common trait. This common trait is discipline and hard work. To compete in any sports at any level, all athletes must sacrifice many hours in training. This often requires strict discipline...
An article in Channel News Asia relates an engineer whose eyesight became blurry and which would deteriorate over time. His supervisor when told about his condition remarked: “I don’t know what else you could do.” It was a disheartening comment. His general manager (now CEO), however, created a new role...