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!
During the Lunar New Year, friends and relatives would exchange New Year greetings, wishing each other a better life in this coming year, a life with greater blessings. Besides the classic New Year greetings such as “Happy New Year,” “good health,” “abundant wealth,” “may there be surpluses every year,” etc.,...
Welcome to Lunar New Year 2014! I am sure many of us have enjoyed our time during this festive season. We visit family and friends, and catch up on what is happening in the lives of our loved ones. For many of them, we may possibly be meeting them only...
Recently, a Muslim Malaysian couple who stays in Sweden was arrested by the police there. They hit the hand of a son who did not perform his prayers. Sweden bans physical punishment of children under any circumstances both at home and in school in 1979. If you were staying in...
Two weeks ago, an elderly lady was kidnapped. She is the mother of the boss of the well known supermarket chain Sheng Siong. The perpetrators were two Chinese Singaporeans. They demanded $20 million as ransom but which was later lowered to $2 million after negotiation. After the money was deposited...
Christmas has hardly passed and the Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching. The shopping malls have started displaying all sorts of New Year goods. Many families have also begun their preparations for the New Year. In keeping with Chinese customs of remove the old to usher in the new, many...
Welcome to a brand new year! As we look back into last year, I am sure there are many things that we can thank God for, be it successes or failures in our career, personal, family or church life. We thank our almighty and faithful God who has seen us...
Next Sunday is Dedication Sunday. All who are serving in 2014 will need to stand before God and promise our Lord that we will serve Him faithfully. It is not pleasing to God that after you have made this promise and you fail to keep your promise to God. Please...
I believe many, Christians or non-Christians, love to hear and sing Christmas carols. Not only are the melodies of these numerous carols lovely, they exuberate joy. The carol “Joy to the World” is an instance. But why are Christmas carols filled with so much joy? For instance, why was the...
Decembers always make it feel like time has passed so quickly. It will be 2014 in just a few weeks and 2013 will become history forever. Perhaps you are making the final sprint at work; hoping that the year will end on a good note or you may be making...
We have learnt and heard of great men in the past who have done great things for God. I believe they have one thing in common, they are men of prayer. Jacob wrestles with God. God names Jacob Israel who later becomes a great nation Israel. Through his descendants, a...