Pastoral Message (Page 18)

By Dr Dominic Kuek I have lost track of how many Christian friends of mine have stopped believing in the gospel. And it wasn’t just the ‘flaky’ ones. Many of them grew up in church with me, served in various committees, came for prayer meetings regularly, and taught Bible studies. One of them was even considering full-time ministry. None of them would have thought that…

By Ps Tan Hui Ru Tomorrow is Singapore’s 56th National Day, and for the first time in 56 years, we will not be watching the National Day Parade (NDP) on 9 August itself. It feels really odd to me because as a child, I looked forward to National Day with a passion. Before NDP tickets changed to being balloted, a yearly routine my maternal extended family had was to queue…

By Pr Herna Kong Many of us are familiar with the saying “Like father, like son”, or “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”, which figuratively means the qualities, talents, traits or even hobbies of a child are similar to his or her parents’.  Billy Graham’s parents grew up in a family of believers, and they came to faith in the process. They, in turn, nurtured…

By Rev Dr Edward Goh Have you ever wondered how much God loves us? Paul repeatedly reminded us of the Father’s love for us in Ephesians. He said, “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us . . . so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Eph. 2:4-7). God loves…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin Beginning in August, our church will begin a series of expositional messages on Paul’s second letter to his apprentice, Timothy. What is the message of 2 Timothy and why is it relevant to the life of ORPC?  This letter is a great resource for struggling Christians, who don’t know what the future holds but want to be faithful. Essentially, these…

By Pr Ho Wei Liang “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for…

By Dr Dominic Kuek “We are a new creation in Christ.” It is perhaps one of the most extraordinary statements a Christian can utter. Extraordinary because in a world of the dead and the damned, we are those who are gloriously alive. Extraordinary because God’s unfathomable grace was shown towards undeserving sinners like us. Extraordinary because it is true. Irrefutably,…

By Ps Tan Hui Ru Today we begin on-site services again, after going entirely online for Phase 2 (Heightened Alert). Another day, another change in regulations. It feels like there’s no longer any certainty in anything that we do, and it’s been a long time since we were able to make long term plans of any sort. Any plan we make seems to be immediately overturned by events,…

By Pr Herna Kong Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil (Prov. 4:23-27, NLT). Taking care of…

By Eld Lim Chung Wei The word “sanctification” may be difficult to understand. It is the process of achieving holiness in the believer’s life through the power of the Holy Spirit (Rom 6:19-22; 1 Thess 4:3-7). Because God is holy, he expects his believers to be holy and thus believers are to strive to become holy (1 Pet 1:15-16) by obeying God (Isa 8:13; 1 Pet 3:15). …