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!
Among the issues discussed during the recent 12th Parliament sitting, the government discussed ways to make Singapore a caring community. One minister singled out some groups that will need help. These include people with disabilities, the chronically ill, and the vulnerable elderly with no family support. It is also the...
Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes died a few days ago at the age of 56. People all around the world grieved for him. Many people laid their condolences, flowers and apples in front of his house. Larry Page, CEO of Google remembers him,...
The Old Testament records that when Ezra “stood on a wooden platform” to preach and teach the Word of God (Neh 8:4), at least thirteen other leaders (Neh 8:7) “helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the...
A few days ago, I visited a non-Christian in a hospital. He was diagnosed with cancer of the liver at the advanced stage somewhere in June this year. His nephew (a Christian) requested me to visit him at the hospital. Doctors told him that he had only about one to...
I was purchasing something at a shop a few days ago. I took a queue number and waited for my number to be called. I then heard a beep which indicated my turn but I could not find the screen that displayed the number of the counter I was supposed...
The newspapers recently reported that more employees are hiring ex-offenders. Since 2007, there has been a 69 per cent increase in the number of employers, totalling 2,700, who volunteer to hire ex-offenders. I thought these employers should be applauded. What if they misbehave at work? Will they steal the company’s...
It is recommended by some that sauna rooms be set to about 80 degrees Celsius and a person should stay inside there for around 10 minutes. I once entered such a room for about a minute and I thought that I was surrounded by steam. The past few months of...
Imagine you have a child who when he was 6 months old, talked to you using baby language: “Ya ya ya, wah wah wah.” You would say that he was very adorable. If after, 20 years, he still talks like that, will you say he is adorable? You will be...
After several months of preparation of sending out invitation cards, practicing for the choir, planning and much prayer, we will hold our annual Gospel Rally this coming Friday at 8pm. The gospel rally will be held here in the sanctuary where we conduct our weekly Sunday Worship. There will also...
I just got to know from a pastor friend, with whom I seldom kept in touch with, about his wife. I had asked him if his wife were well. He told me that she had not been well for some time. I was surprised as for the majority of those...