By Not Known Some children at a Christian orphanage in Indonesia recently received several boxes of expensive multivitamins at no cost. It all happened through people in our congregation One person had the vitamins. He looked for somewhere to send them. An elder and a deacon had some coincidental conversations. Yet another person became involved…

By Not Known “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, [a] where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” (Eccles 9:10) Most of us can readily divide our lives into various aspects such as employment, hobbies, close family, wider family,…

By Not Known Our region has seen another natural disaster this week with the earthquake that happened near Yogyakarta. What do we make of these things? Some may see the hand of God in judgement against Indonesia for various evils including resistance to the gospel. Others may see it as a sign of approaching end…

By Not Known Few lives are all up or all down. For most, life is a mix of ups and downs It was like that for the Old Testament figure of Joseph. He was the great grandson of Abraham. His father played favourites with him. His brothers hated him (Gen 37: 3-4). He lorded it…

By Not Known Abraham and Sarah had Isaac and Isaac & Rebekah had twin sons. We can assume that Esau and Jacob were both circumcised when they were 8 days old (Gen 17: 9- 14) Male circumcision was a spiritual symbol for God’s Old Testament people. It symbolised that they were set apart from the…

By Not Known Our society and media abound in much sentimental nonsense concerning modern motherhood. Soft-lens photo shoots of fluffy pink scenes give images of contented mothers who spend their days being loved and served by their ever-doting husband and children, while puring themselves out in generous service to family and society. The reality is…

By Not Known We thank God for the 3 new elders and 4 new deacons who are installed today. This gives us a total of 13 elders and 9 deacons. 3 Elders will “retire” later this year after completing 2 terms (Elds Sunny Chan, Sng Kian Hoe and Tan Kim Chye). The elders, deacons and…

By Not Known King Solomon has extraordinary wealth. He is described as being the wealthiest king of his day (1 Kgs 10:23). Among his several sources of income, he received 23 metric tons of gold annually (1 Kgs 10:14). That’s about $728 million per annually at this week’s gold price! What could you do if…

By Not Known The Easter message tells of how God so loved us sinners that he gave his Son so that, instead of facing judgement, we have eternal life. This is a welcome message but it is also the start of the good news God’s Easter love goes on to our peace and joy as…

By Not Known Mark mentions that the resurrection of Jesus Christ happened on the ‘first day of the week‘ (16:2). This is significant as it forges a link between the 2 creations of God. His first creation was to make the world. His second creation is the new creation in the crucified and risen Christ…