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 visited an outdoor museum called Sovereign Hill which is situated in the city of Ballarat in Australia. In the 1850s, many, including Chinese, travelled there to seek a fortune by gold mining. Many endured hostile living conditions for years in the hope of striking gold one day. For an...
Just recently, WikiLeaks released secret American cables. These cables contained private discussions between political leaders. Many of these leaks revealed diplomats’ embarrassingly frank assessments of world leaders. Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs also joined the world in voicing its disapproval over such an act as it can destroy relationships between...
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil” (Luke 6:45). What is stored in your heart decides how you live your life. It is thus important that you store in your heart God’s truths...
Just recently, a Qantas A380 was forced to make an emergency landing at Singapore after one of its engines exploded. A few days later, another Qantas airplane Boeing 747 was forced to turn back to Singapore with engine troubles. I have booked a flight with Qantas and some who knew...
The prices of vegetable have gone up. It is a result of bad weather and floods. This does not only affect the income of the farmers but also us, the consumers. When this happens, it may have suddenly dawned upon you that mankind is very much dependent upon the weather...
Just a few days ago, I was trying to get to Vivo City by the West Coast Highway but realised only later that the exit nearest to Vivo City was meant only for port users. I had to drive all the way to Keppel Road and make a U-turn back...
Charles Carroll Luther was a journalist and a lay evangelist before being ordained as a Baptist minister in 1886. He wrote a hymn with the above title in 1887 when he heard Rev. A.G. Upham relate the story of a young man who was about to die. This young man...
For over 1000 years before Martin Luther (1483-1546), the Christian Church sank into a period of darkness where a false gospel was preached, that salvation comes by doing good works. A Roman Catholic monk was often troubled about his own sin. He often went to a great extent of torturing...
When a person repents of his sins and accepts Jesus as Saviour, Jesus promises him: “Come to me , all who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest” (Matt 11:28). Christians throughout history can testify to one fact: The gospel is the power of salvation that...
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...