PASTORAL MESSAGES (Page 24)

By Ps Tan Hui Ru Today we celebrate two things: ORPC’s 164th anniversary, and our return to on-site services after months of worshipping only online. Welcome back, and welcome home. Even if you’re not on-site with us today, you are still with us in spirit, witnessing our return to being an embodied physical gathering of the Body of Christ, worshipping God together, by the…

By Rev Dr Edward Goh John 1:14 says, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” The incarnation of Christ is indeed a wonder of wonders. It was in God’s mind when He made the world and created us male and female. In pondering the depths of this wonder, Paul cited Gen. 2:24…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin 10 “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children…

By Ps Ho Wei Liang When I was a young Christian, converted from a non-Christian background, one of my greatest joys was the realisation that I did not have to deposit my brain at the church door, so to speak. Reading the books of Christian thinkers such as C.S. Lewis and J. I. Packer, I discovered that there were many Christians who thought deeply about the Bible, about…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31). Beginning in October, we will begin a new sermon series on the Gospel of John. Although the…

By Pr Herna Kong Being still is something alien to most of us, especially in our living in the fast-paced developed country of Singapore. This fast-paced expectation has even seeped not only into our daily routines but also into our ministries, so much so that it leaves little room for us to selah — to pause or reflect. As a result, when we are faced with an onslaught of…

By Ps Ho Wei Liang As busy and performance-oriented Singaporeans, our focus is often on the tasks we must accomplish. Sometimes we bring that mentality into our church ministries. Yes, the tasks are necessary and important, but let us bear in mind that they are not the end goal.  Remember, we are serving the church. We serve with our time, talents and gifts so we may…

By Rev Dr Edward Goh In encouraging us to conduct ourselves honourably before others by putting our trust in God, 1 Peter 3:10-12 cites Psalm 34, which has a subtitle suggesting it was written by David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, the king of Achish. If so, Peter might have intended his readers to remember what led to some of David’s most desperate moments in…

By Rev Dr Clive Chin “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Rev. 2:4-5).  Darkness is never so dark as when a redeemed Christian isn’t satisfied in God. Such a person has…

By Ps Tan Hui Ru Romans 12:5 reminds us that “in Christ. we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Each of us has different gifts and all of us are to serve the church, the Body of Christ, with the gifts that have been given to us. Our default for this is that we should then serve in one of the functional ministries of the church we…