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 recent referendum by Crimea to re-join Russia has raised international concerns over Russia’s use of force on its territorial expansion into Ukraine. I believe the reason for the international community rejecting the referendum by Crimea is due to Russia’s use of its military force against Ukraine. Indeed, one wonders...
If you wish to live an abundant life and be used by the Lord to save souls and build lives, the critical condition is self-denial: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life...
Elder Xiao Ming worked came to Singapore to work some years ago. Whilst he was here, he came to know the Lord. Since then, he fervently sought the Lord and grew spiritually. Today, he is serving the Lord full time in China. Besides pastoring a church, the Lord is using...
Today we meet to discuss the Lord’s business in our Annual Congregation Meeting. We will elect leaders. The church committee is responsible to the government and will assist the pastor in furthering God’s kingdom. May the Lord raise up Spirit filled leaders. In the Book of Acts, people who are...
In accordance with the constitution of Tree of Life Christian Church (TOLCC), we hold our members’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) every March to share with all members the past year’s progress of each ministry, the statement of accounts of the church. We will also discuss and resolve matters, and confirm...
Last Sunday, we continued our study on Exodus. I spoke on 16:1-36. The lesson learnt was that we can trust God to provide for our needs: God will take care of us every day and moment of our lives. Thus, we need not worry, if after having fulfilled our responsibility...
“Rise in couples who split within five years” is reported as one of the top news in the Straits Times. It reported the first five years of marriage are proving a challenge for more Singapore couples – that is when one partner may stray, and a rising number of marriages...
The government has been taking measures to curb rising property prices. This is needful to prevent plunging the country or individuals into financial problems. Some of the past measures, however, could not bring down prices. This caused the government to install even more drastic measures. Lately, these measures finally began...
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...
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.,...