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 celebrate Singapore’s 45th National Day tomorrow. We as her people have enjoyed much goodness and peace. These do not come by chance but because we have a good government that cares for her people. And this government has come by God’s kindness to us. Thus, as we celebrate the...
At this time when that I am writing this article, the Football World Cup is still in the heat of the contest. Brazil, a five time winner of the World Cup has just been defeated. Many expected Argentina to win this year’s World Cup as they have some of the...
I shared last week about the need to bear fruit in our inner spiritual life, bearing for instance the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) which is a change of life—putting off bad habits and putting on good habits. This is natural as we have within us the eternal life...
When I was living in the village, we planted some fruit trees including papaya and banana trees. Some bore fruits. There was a particular fruit tree that grew quite tall after some time and we were quite happy and looked forward to seeing it heavy with fruits. However, we waited...
Every Christian must learn how to share his/her testimony of salvation, that is, how he/she became a Christian. God can use your sharing to lead or attract someone to Christ. The length of your testimony should not be more than 3 minutes long when read out at the usual speed...
Tree of Life Christian Church will hold its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 27th June 2010, Saturday. We will elect deacons who will form the church committee responsible to the government and who will lead the church with the pastor. The bible in 1 Timothy 3:8-13 lists several criteria:...
At a five-day Singapore Food Expo, a seller was caught for selling bear gall bladder that came. It was priced at $700. An undercover from a wild-life rescue group made enquiries at the stall and video-taped the exchange. It is illegal to possess any bear parts, whether genuine or fake...
I believe most of us at one time or another would face problems related to work, tiresome relationship problems, marital problems, uncertainties about the future, health problems, etc. I had my fair share too and there were times when I did not quite know how to solve them. But I...
Hurling hurtful words in a moment of anger or gossiping about people you dislike, rebutting when you are criticized by others, these are all reactions that can get you into trouble or cause trouble to others. If you are someone who is quick to react or must react when provoked,...
When the Ministry of Education mentioned the possibility of lowering down the weightage of Mother Tongue, it caused quite a commotion. People wrote to the press. Some even gathered several thousands of signatures to oppose such a possible change. Mothers who were capitalizing on this subject to raise the aggregate...