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!
We sang the hymn “Must I Go and Empty Handed” in last Sunday’s Worship Service. This hymn was written by Charles Carroll who was a journalist and lay evangelist before he was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1886. He authored this hymn when he heard about a Rev A.V....
There are several outstanding athletes in the London Olympics 2012. Two of them are Usain Bolt who won the 100m race in 9.63 seconds. The other is Michael Phelps who is hailed as the greatest Olympian ever. He has won a total of 18 Olympic gold medals. They are definitely...
In a few days’ time, Singapore will celebrate her 47th National Day. We are blessed in many ways in terms, as the nation’s pledge endeavours to achieve, “to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress.” We are also shielded from...
From the year 2010 to 2011, there was an increase of 47 percent in the number of people who sought help from the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS). Compared to five years ago, the number of people who used this service has increased by more than 240 percent. The SOS encourages...
Just recently, the news reported that a Christian group that is led by students has been suspended following investigations over posters that were deemed “insensitive and disrespectful.” A cabinet minister rightly reminds us that we must be sensitive and vigilant on matters of race and religion. Christians must be very...
The many advances in medicine have prolonged the life span of an average Singaporean. Also, technological inventions have also made our daily life a lot easier. Overall, the standard of living in Singapore has risen. Ironically, however, depression is on the rise. Recent studies say that 1 in 10 persons...
Towards the end of the renovation works, the contractor who is also a brother in the Lord asked me: “How long do you expect to be here?” I told him we would probably be here for the next 5 years. He said to me: “I think you will have to...
“Tree of Life Christian Church started with a group of 10 Christians who had the same burden of wanting to start a new work for God. After waiting upon the Lord for several months where we prayed and planned, God graciously enabled us to meet for the first Sunday Worship...
We thank God for the recent church camp. A total of 70 campers stayed in Holiday Inn in Malacca. Many went up to give thanks to God for the recent church retreat on the last day during the closing ceremony. We had been uncertain about several related things for the...
In a typical chapter of a gongfu novel, a young man ascends a mountain to learn martial arts from a gonfu Master. After years of rigorous training in gongfu skills and moral discipline, there will come a day when his teacher, the gongfu Master, tells him: “You can descend the...