PASTORAL MESSAGES (Page 48)

By Not Known Today is Palm Sunday, when Christians and churches commemorate Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem a week before His resurrection, where the crowds laid palm branches in front of Him as He rode through on a donkey. This is recorded in each of the four gospels, fulfilling the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9.  The choice of riding on a donkey, as opposed to a…

By Not Known With our focus today on Christ’s saying with “I am the true vine” (John 15) comes the issue of discipline.  In fact, one of the aspects of church life that we do not discuss widely enough is the subject of church discipline.  There are probably many reasons why this is so.  As it is not an easy matter to deal with, many leaders shun this…

By Not Known A Caring Society SMRT train is my main form of transportation to and from work.  I have observed orderly and considerate behaviors of fellow passengers – everyone queuing up in a straight line before the train door opens and giving way to outgoing passengers before boarding the train.  In the past, passengers used to crowd around and rushed in…

By Not Known It is interesting to note that since time immemorial, Satan has been using the same three tactics to tempt human beings.  By studying Genesis 3:6 alongside 1 John 2:16 we can identify these three tactics, and that helps us avoid falling into Satan’s trap. “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also…

By Not Known Today, we join with 10,000 churches worldwide to sing the hymn (of prayer) – “Facing a Task Unfinished”.  This is a call by the OMF Global Mission movement for churches to increase their effort and resources towards the evangelisation of people in East Asia. The Hymn was first written by a China Inland Mission (CIM) worker, Rev Frank Houghton (1894 –…

By Not Known Nagash, Qarab, Halak are three Hebrew worship words which means to approach, to draw near, and to come.  Just as God calls us to come worship Him, He also draws near to us.  But how can we approach a holy God?  Psalm 95 is a three-movement psalm calling us to worship. Come and rejoice.  Oswald Chambers said “A joyful spirit is the…

By Not Known Chinese communities all around the world will be celebrating the Lunar New Year in the days ahead.  Shops are closed and businesses slow down in Singapore, especially on the first two days: most areas would appear like a ghost town.  I have had several foreign friends sharing their surprise on not being able to find places to eat.  Our youth…

By Not Known The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” (Rom 8:15) No Earthly Father The word, ‘Father’ was never used or called out by me for the first twenty five years of my life.  I was adopted at birth by the Chew…

By Not Known Thirty-three miners were trapped in 2010 for 69 days 2000 feet underground in Chile.  Many around the world followed their ordeal until finally they emerged one at a time from darkness into light.  As these 33 men emerged onto the surface, they were not just a group of soot-covered men in ragged clothes, but a group where many have turned to Jesus…

By Not Known There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven – A time to give birth and a time to…