Sermon Schedule for January 2021
After our series of Advent sermons from Isaiah, we will be returning to Luke’s Gospel starting this Sunday. ...
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Loving and Teaching Our Young Ones
Chua Seok Eng, who has been serving faithfully in our Children’s Ministry for the last 46 years, shares how the church has been shepherding our children. The church plays an important role in teaching our children the ways of God and loving them as God has loved us. This is the last of our series on how God has been working in our midst across generations displaying His faithfulness and abounding grace. ...
Reflecting on Truth #25
Reflections on the New City Catechism #25 Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God graciously imputes Christ’s righteousness to us as if it were our own and will remember our sins no more....
Growing Up in the Church
Matthew Seah, one of our youth leaders, shares what serving in the youth ministry is like, and how the whole church is also involved in discipling and caring for our youths. Joshua Lee, a youth, shares how those older than him in the faith have modelled and helped him in his faith journey....
Reflecting on Truth #24
Reflections on the New City Catechism #24 Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die? Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and everlasting life....
Missionaries' Sharing: Yap Kim Meng and Goh Beow Kheng
At our May prayer meeting, Yap Kim Meng shared about his and his wife, Goh Beow Kheng's work with the Navigators. ...
Pilgrims on the Journey
The Bible speaks often of passing on our faith and testimonies to the next generation. This is instrumental within the church family. We spoke with two couples of different generations: Vincent and Sachie Ong, and Shige and Kitty Mori, on how they journey and encourage one another in their walk with God....
Finding and Cultivating Rest in God (Part 1)
How do our days go? Are we busy? How do we find rest in God? This was originally a breakout session by Chan Yoke Meng at the Women of Grace event on 14 May 2022. This is an edited version of her transcript and is the first of two parts....
Reflecting on Truth #23
Reflections on The New City Catechism #23 Why must the Redeemer be truly God? That because of his divine nature his obedience and suffering would be perfect and effective; and also that he would be able to bear the righteous anger of God against sin and yet overcome death....
Book Spotlights: Genesis and Jesus (and Us)
Samuel Ho shares with us some helpful books available for all ages to accompany our Genesis sermon series....
Reflecting on Truth #22
Reflections on The New City Catechism #22 Why must the Redeemer be truly human? That in human nature he might on our behalf perfectly obey the whole law and suffer the punishment for human sin; and also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses....
Family Dedication (May 2022)
Last weekend, we praised God for the good gift of children that He has so generously blessed us with. We covenanted with God and one another to steward these young lives, pointing them to Christ and reflecting to them the grace that has changed our lives....
Building God's Church
For the month of June, we will be featuring guest writers from GBC who will share how God has been faithfully working in our midst across generations. This is in line with our current Generations of Grace series. In this first article of the series, Lee Chung Cheong, known to many of us as "CC Lee", shares how God has built up GBC through the years....
Women of Grace
The "Women of Grace" event was a half-day event held on 14 May 2022. The women of GBC gathered to share, pray, meet other women and to also learn together. Bibianna shares what took place and how God provided for the event. ...
God's Faithfulness Across the Generations
Pastor Oliver explains why the Bible includes lists of genealogies and how they point to God's faithfulness across generations....
No Retirement in God's Kingdom
In 2016, William and Karen Lenn established Beacon Hall, a hostel in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It has been a fruitful time for the faithful couple as they witnessed how God provides and works in their midst. They share how it all started and their prayer for this endeavour....
Reflecting on Truth #21
Reflections on The New City Catechism #21 What sort of Redeemer is needed to bring us back to God? One who is truly human and also truly God....
Church Picnic on 16 May
After two years of social distancing, we were excited to be able to gather for a church picnic at Fort Canning Park. Many came and spent the morning together at Fort Canning Park on this public holiday. ...
Resurrection Hope: Not greyscale, but in colour
Though Good Friday and Easter are over, we continue to reflect on the significance of the death and resurrection of Christ. Bibianna uses Psalm 107 for her meditation on God's character and work, and what it means for us....
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Good Friday 2022)
Neo Yi Ling reflects on last week's Good Friday service where we gathered to remember the death of Jesus on the cross....
Welcome One Another
We interview four members from the Welcome Ministry on how serving in this ministry has been an encouragement to them....
Lent: A Time of Personal Reflection
Carrie encourages us to dwell in the presence of God and feast on Him in His Word as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ....
Encouraging by Understanding
Samuel shares how his interactions with our elders during the internship have given him a better glimpse into the lives of our elders and how we can encourage them....
Book Review: "Side by Side"
"Side by Side" is a book by Edward Welch that a group of GBC members have been reading together for the past few months. Koon Han, who has been involved in this reading group, shares some key points from the book. ...
Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Church
Our intern, Ryan, answers the question that he's been asked most these days, “How has the internship been?"...
There, Though Not There
Pastor Ian shares how we can still join the church family for Sunday worship even if we cannot be physically there, as well as the latest measures GBC will be taking for Sunday's worship service....
Keep ReadingSermon Schedule for January 2019
This week, as we greet the dawn of 2019 we also launch our new series, entitled "Grace Together."...
Keep Reading“That you may know”: Our messages on 1 John
How can we know if we are in Christ? What beliefs and attitudes give proof to our claim to be a Christian? Pastor Oliver shares with us where we can find answers to these questions. ...
Keep ReadingBook of Proverbs
We are starting a new series of messages from the book of Proverbs this Sunday. To help us prepare our hearts and minds for the messages, the pastoral team recommends this short video clip by The Bible Project which gives an overview of the book. ...
Keep ReadingMaking Sense of Hosea
As we continue through our sermon series in Hosea, there have been various questions asked on how to make sense and apply the message of an Old Testament prophet (like Hosea) to our current context....
Keep ReadingAdvent Sermon Series : Isaiah's Servant Songs
This Advent, over 4 Sundays, we will focus on Isaiah's Servant Songs in order to help prepare us for Christmas....
Keep ReadingSermon Schedule for November 2017
Here is the sermon schedule for November 2017. Let's be praying for our pastors as they prepare to bring God's truths to us....
Keep ReadingSermon Schedule (Jan - Jun 2016)
We are indeed thankful to our pastors and speakers for their pulpit ministry. Let's be in prayer for the preachers as they prepare to bring God's Word to us with the power of the Holy Spirit at our Sunday worship services....
Keep ReadingHow to Listen to a Sermon by George Whitefield
How do you listen to a sermon? Some of us keep our Bibles open, and listen attentively. Others take copious notes. But beyond the habits and form of listening, what is our attitude and heart posture? Let us consider what the great English preacher and evangelist George Whitefield has to say about this. ...
Keep ReadingDeliverance (Ex 1:1-2:10)
We begin a new sermon series tracing the life of Moses. ...
Keep ReadingUntil Now The Lord Has Helped Us: Stories of God's Mercy
In this sermon on 1 Samuel 7:2-17, Pastor Oliver reminded us of God's mercy to Israel, and how this same mercy and love was displayed on the cross years later, and is very much extended to us today! ...
Keep ReadingThe Holiness of God
The second in the new series by Pastor Arnold about who God is. This week takes us to consider what it means that we worship a holy God, and therefore, are called to be holy as He is holy. ...
Keep ReadingSermon Series Recap: The Church Series
In this sermon recap, we remind ourselves of what the doctrine of church is, and why it was taught to us in 2013....
Keep ReadingListening to the Word of God
So how do you prepare to hear the Word of God? Are you a good listener? Do you hear it well? By surveying some of the writings of great Christian writers, we can take a look at the best practices for the building up of the church....
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