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!
There is one thing about which I am constantly being reminded of: death. The news we read in the papers and sometimes the things that happen to our neighbours, friends and relatives remind us that sickness or death can happen to anyone. Today you see me in good health, but...
The Primary School Leaving Examination has just come to an end. This period, including several months before the first paper, was a most trying period for both the child and the parents. It seemed that some parents regard the PSLE as almost decisive for the child’s future well-being. There is...
Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, the wife of Mr Lee Kuan Yew died several days ago. Following her death, numerous letters of condolences, praises and eulogies in memory of her have poured in. Not only were these praises rightly hers, more importantly, they were, I believe, a great comfort to the...
We thank God for many who have worked hard at studying God’s Word. We also thank God for not a few who spent time caring for and visiting people. We are particularly thankful because they do that in the midst of their busy schedule. We thank God that by their...
There are only 3 months to go before the year 2010 ends. This is as the Chinese saying goes, “Time is like a flying arrow.” Are you on target in meeting the resolutions you set for the year? As in a marathon, there will be those who drop out and...
I am thankful to God and am grateful to four Christian brothers. One often cared for me and made me feel at home in church. He encouraged me to attend worship service faithfully and to enjoy Christian fellowship. Another helped me to continue trusting the Lord during difficult times. Yet...
We enter this world with a sinful nature. As we grow older, this sinful life deteriorates and sin taunts you. The strength of sin manifests itself in your daily life: It becomes evident when you often quarrel with people around you, envy those who are promoted, hate your colleagues, when...
Who is a teacher? That person can be someone who taught you in school. He or she (I shall just use “he” for simplicity from this point on) could also be someone you learnt from through books written by the author. But the biblical understanding of a teacher is deeper...
According to 1 Corithians 12, God has given every Christian one or more spiritual gifts, a special ability that when used in the church will bring great help and blessings to the people in church. Not only can your gift be a blessing to the church, it is important that...
We thank God for last evening’s fellowship where we had a fruitful time of brainstorming for ideas about building a fellowship group (the name has yet to be finalized) for adults below the age group of that of the Evergreen Fellowship. Everyone, I believe, felt that the best part of...