By Not Known As the Lenten season ends in Easter rejoicing, my reflections also trigger deep emotions.  This is especially so after having gone through the weeklong farewell to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, our founding Prime Minister. I also noted that more people have taken the time to practice Lenten disciplines, even some…

By Not Known This is a season of remembering and of paying tributes. This past week, Singapore lost her founding father.  In his tribute to the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said these words, “The first of our founding fathers is no more… We won’t see another like him… Singapore…

By Not Known King Saul began well as an impressive leader without equal among his peers in Israel.  However, he did not last, for he soon disobeyed God.  He became an outcast rejected both by God and His people.  His kingdom was taken from him and he spent his last days as a desperate recluse,…

By Not Known We have often heard people say, “the youths are our future”, and who we groom today will become our leaders tomorrow.  Yes, youths are important and it’s also true that we are probably losing them in church as they grow up.  How many of the kids in our Sunday school 10 years…

By Not Known Last Sunday I preached from Mark 14.1-11 entitled “A Beautiful Thing”.  The passage was about how Mary anointed Jesus with very expensive perfume. As I explained how Mary showed care for Jesus in a lavish way, I cited several passages which showed Jesus being affirmed/cared for among which was Mk 15:36: when…

By Not Known People and things in life that bother us can reveal a lot about our values and priorities.  When the morning toast was accidentally burnt and you snapped at your wife, what did it reveal?  When a child scored 89/100 for his spelling test and received a stern verbal lashing from his parent,…

By Not Known One of the favourite titles of our Lord Jesus Christ we are more familiar with, is that of “the Author (Pioneer) and Finisher (Perfector) of our faith” (Heb 12:2).  In 2 Pet 1:3, the Apostle tells us how the Author and Finisher’s “divine power has granted us everything pertaining to life and…

By Not Known Do you know what this acronymn stands for? It stands for What You See Is What You Get.  It is a computer term that “implies a user interface that allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document is being created.”   Unfortunately, with people, it…

By Not Known I Corinthians 12:18:  But in fact, God has arranged the parts in the body every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. I Corinthians 12:24b: God has combined the members of the body… These verses come from a passage where the apostle Paul emphasises that although there is one…

By Not Known Ask any child what he wants to be when he/she grows up and chances are they will NOT say “A pastor.” For that matter, how many parents would want their child to be a pastor? Somehow fulltime pastoral ministry does not seem to be very appealing and yet, every church needs a…